Planners say 4D BIM helps them coordinate schedules, eliminate conflicts and confusion, improve training and enhance safety by design. The models can help head off spatial conflicts and safety ...

It is an object-oriented file format with a data model developed by the International Alliance for Interoperability to facilitate interoperability in the design and construction industry. The GSA has ...

BUILDING Information Modeling (BIM) has become a key tool for creating more sustainable and resilient infrastructure. Architects, engineers and builders have long utilized it to study, create, analyze ...

Over the past 20 years, advances in BIM technology have transformed the industry’s expectations of graphics and technology, as well as presenting opportunities for enhanced supply chain collaboration ...

Use BIM to build one "master" model that includes all trades. Then, after you have completed the "clash detection" part of the process, start building individual trade models.

Widening Use Doug Rowe, general manager of builder Lend Lease's integrated project group, says the company routinely uses 4D BIM to model and simulate detailed safety and logistics plans during ...