Although we have just had the 2012 London Olympics, the 2014 FIFA World Cup isn’t to far away! Just as the 2012 London Olympic Stadium, it seems a 2014 FIFA World Cup stadium in Brazil, Arena das Dunas, will also be using BIM! Designed by Populous, the stadium will have a capacity of 45,000. Buro… Read more
Votes for the The Tekla Global BIM Awards close on November 30, 2012 and if you vote you go in the chance to win a Microsoft Surface tablet! The winner will be chosen by public vote and jury of BIM experts, both those who are from Tekla and others from outside Tekla. One model will be… Read more
The Autodesk Exchange is a great way to source third party add-ons for Revit and other Autodesk products. Inspired by the success of Apple’s App Store and others, chances are if you can’t do something in Revit you can find an add-on that will. The best part is that many of them are low in… Read more
Autodesk will open new green office spaces this year in San Francisco, Milan, Beijing and the UK. They will be seeking LEED certification for each, which if achieved will bring Autodesk’s office who have LEED certification to 13. Autodesk will be using their own software (of course!) to design and build these new offices. The… Read more
Recently we released our new BIM questions and answers section (you can access it here) as a way of aggregating our Building Information Modeling knowledge as well as that of our growing community of global BIM experts. It has been a great success with users around the globe finding it useful. Below is this month’s… Read more
GTeam™ is a cloud-based 2D and 3D file collaboration platform officially launched by Gehry Technologies (GT) to deliver better BIM collaboration for AEC professionals. The GTeam’s open platform helps to collaborate and share data and design information, regardless of the BIM or CAD software tools used by the individuals. Features of GTeam include: Can be… Read more
The new, free and downloadable SmartMarket Report, The Business Value of BIM for Infrastructure by McGraw-Hill Construction, looks at how BIM is being used on infrastructure projects, such as roads, bridges, dams, water treatment facilities, power plants and transportation facilities. The report examines: • use of BIM on infrastructure projects • drivers and obstacles to… Read more
Upon the success of the Build London Live events (2008, 2009, 2012), Asite, AEC3 and buildingSMART MENA & India are launching a new OpenBIM event, Build Qatar Live 2012. The 48 hour competition takes place from Tuesday, November 27th 2012 to Thursday, November 29th 2012 and is sponsored by Nemetschek Vectorworks. The Build Live Events are undertaken through cloud-based collaboration… Read more
This is a great video by Graphisoft showcasing how BIM is used to design complex buildings. In 2010, Wellington Airport in New Zealand gained a new expansion; Studio Pacific in association with Warren and Mahoney Architects designed the ‘The Rock’, the new unique International Airport Passenger Terminal. The new addition doubled international processing capacity to… Read more
Autodesk and CGarchitect have launched a new competition; the Autodesk Excellence in Infrastructure. This new annual competition showcases exemplary use of BIM for civil infrastructure. The competition rewards the use of the technology to plan, design, build and manage infrastructure projects. The competition extends to several industries including water and energy, land development, transportation, urban planning… Read more
