During my days as a technology vendor, I chafed at the idea of introducing government standards for technology developed by a polyglot group of stakeholders. Users, software companies, and bureaucrats ...

The Building Information Management (BIM) Council is seeking public comment on an updated national BIM standard. NBIMS-US V4 has been three years in the making and is scheduled to be released this ...

Learning how the GSA wants to work with contractors using Building Information Models (BIM) will dramatically improve your odds of winning federal work, says Richard Gee, senior architect and BIM ...

WASHINGTON — The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) buildingSMART alliance™ announced that it has released the first-ever consensus-based standard governing building information modeling ...

In just over two weeks, the National Institute of Building Sciences buildingSMART alliance® will release the latest edition of the nation’s consensus-based standard governing building information ...

Two new international standards on building information modelling (BIM) have been published by BSI in the UK. They are the first in the 19650 series and supersede BS 1192 (principles) and PAS 1192-2 ...

Contractors have no way of knowing whether they can rely on the designer's LOD 300 information for layout in the field, for example. For the LOD spec, "we tried to be specific per element, regarding ...

At a May 2011 buildingSMART alliance Collaborative BIM Breakfast meeting, James Salmon, Esq. explained Building Information Model making is emerging as a new legal "Standard of Care" in the U.S.

NYC Department of Design and Construction issues BIM-based standards for public building projects between $15 and $50 million The New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) has issued ...

The new international standard on BIM could take some getting to grips with – but guidance is being developed The UK has been a world leader in the development of BIM. It was the first country to ...