Staying active This is where what we at Elecosoft call “Active 4D®” comes into play. By thinking in terms of ‘passive’ versus ‘active,’ we can flip 4D BIM on its head. Passive use is just visualising ...

"It's not an easy process," admits Scott Kerr, principal BIM integrator at London-based Balfour Beatty Construction Services, which has maintained a 4D model through the life of a complex terminal ...

"It helped [the parties] reach a settlement out of court." The parties later told him that if 4D had been used sooner, it likely would have accelerated their negotiations. But it's a tricky process.

Some contractors told Siemens that incorporating BIM would add more than $1m to the price; for others it was already part of their business model. This included Strabag, which had not only been using ...

With BIM 360 Glue, enhanced cloud-based collaboration and mobile access help ensure that the entire project team can participate in the coordination process, minimizing the coordination cycles and ...