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BIM survey closes Friday 23rd July - ACT NOW!
Commencing Thursday 8th July 2010 the industry survey of BIM usage in Australia will go live. This is your opportunity to have your voice heard on the benefits of using BIM, the costs of implementation and training, and many other related issues of its adoption by the Australian and NZ construction sectors.
Your contribution will help formulate industry and government policy on this vital technology.
Your contribution will help formulate industry and government policy on this vital technology.
BEIIC - BIM Economic Study
Will building information modelling (BIM) lead to better outcomes for the building environment? Who is using BIM in Australia? These questions are the scope of a BIM Economic Study being managed by buildingSMART on behalf of now seven industry sponsors and the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
Interoperability: How important are open standards?
The AIA believes that all industry-supporting software must facilitate, not inhibit, project planning, design, construction, commissioning and lifecycle management.
Read this article to learn more on the AIA's position on open standards.
Read this article to learn more on the AIA's position on open standards.
BIM & Health Seminar
CHAA (Centre for Health Assets Australasia) and buildingSMART are holding a seminar on the role of BIM in Health Facilities design and construction at UNSW.
Digital Modelling Guidelines - New Review!
Following the publishing of the DMG (See here) Neil Greenstreet has undertaken a personal appraisal of the documents to start a conversation about its emerging use and development.
Thanks Neil!
Tasmania hosts a Construction Industry Summit (COINS)The Tasmanian Building Construction Industry Training Board (TBCITB) held on 27 May 2010 a very successful one-day seminar, focussed on the need for continuous innovation in the Tasmanian construction sector.
buildingSMART board members, Tom Fussell and John Mitchell were guest speakers on the subject of BIM.
International User Group - Next meeting
The next meeting will be held in Copenhagen, 6-7th September 2010. An agenda will be posted soon with meeting scope details.
Product Information for BIM
buildingSMART has identified the importance of rich product data for BIM users. At present many discipline groups are re-inventing or duplicating object libraries, a waste of expensive resources and in the absence of cross diciplinary guidelines.
BIM in Health 2010 Seminar this week
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