Building Information Modeling | Best Practices Construction Law

Call it "BIM Leaves the Building and Hits the Road," which is highlighted in this Autodesk video about Mortenson Construction and the advantages of BIM for road construction and other infrastruct...

https://www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com/2012/09/articles/technology/building-information-modeling/mortenson-highlights-bim-for-road-construction-and-infrastructure-project/

Last year around this time, I blogged about a new report indicating that half of the construction industry was using building information modeling (BIM) on their projects.  Last week, the BIM co...

https://www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com/2011/05/articles/legal-trends/communication-communication-communication-lessons-from-a-bim-lawsuit/

Since I only had a few minutes to review my RSS feed this morning, I skipped over hundreds of headlines.  But the following words caught my attention: "New federal program helps defray cost of a...

https://www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com/2011/01/articles/technology/building-information-modeling/lessons-from-the-north-new-canadian-program-promotes-bim/

Just a few days ago I wrote about how, like the World Cup soccer games, BIM presented a lot of excitement for many proponents. Turning to another competitive analogy, there continues to be many i...

https://www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com/2010/06/articles/technology/building-information-modeling/new-report-half-of-construction-industry-now-using-bim/

I grew up with a soccer ball at my feet. So it was no surprise to see me relaxing in front of the big screen this weekend, son by my side, to watch United States and England play in the opening r...

https://www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com/2010/06/articles/technology/building-information-modeling/its-a-tie-how-bim-is-similar-to-world-cup-soccer/

I have my Google reader set to search various blogs, news sites, and Twitter feeds to help me keep current with the latest trends in the construction industry.  There remains one major proble...

https://www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com/2009/10/articles/legal-trends/the-problem-with-words-they-can-leed-to-miscommunication/

Budgets are being cut left and right.  Our family "eating out" budget … gone!  Our community organization "summer party" budget … gone!  I see non-profit organizations struggling to keep p...

https://www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com/2009/09/articles/technology/building-information-modeling/construction-industry-rebounding-one-bim-solutions-provider-says-so/

In July 2009, Wisconsin (through its Division of State Facilities) became the first state to require BIM on large public projects.  The details were highlighted in a previous post. Yesterday, t...

https://www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com/2009/08/articles/technology/building-information-modeling/first-wisconsin-now-texas-states-adopt-bim-for-design-and-construction-on-public-projects/

I know that title sounds odd. Before you start flooding my email box with comments about the practicality of Building Information Modeling (BIM) or the utility of social networking like Twitte...

https://www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com/2009/08/articles/technology/post-recession-recovery-can-bim-save-the-day-what-about-twitter/

Last month, I wrote about how Building Information Modeling (BIM) helped a project meet its time and money goals when local legislation requiring LEED certification was enacted in Wasington...

https://www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com/2009/07/articles/project-management/contract-docs/when-not-if-does-bim-become-mainstream-wisconsin-says-now/