Field BIM Best Practices: Unique IDs

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Many new and existing Vela customers and users, from both VDC (Virtual Design and Construction) “power” users to intermediate BIM (Building Information Modeling) users, ask me about best practices around modeling, authoring, aggregating and organizing Building Information Models for Field BIM programs, such as commissioning and owner handover and onto ongoing O&M (Operations & Maintenance). [...]

Mastering Autodesk Navisworks 2012

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Mastering Autodesk Navisworks 2012, the Autodesk Official Training Guide [Paperback], authored by Jason Dodds and Scott Johnson, is now available for pre-ordering at Amazon.com for $47.41! As this title is not yet released, Amazon is offering a $32.58 (or 41%) savings off of the list price of $79.99 for pre-ordering, in addition to free shipping [...]

BIM and the Application to the Building Lifecycle Event

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Last week, I attended the BIM and the Application to the Building Lifecycle Event, in beautiful San Diego. Jet fighters from the nearby Miramar Top Gun base rocked the crystal clear skies with supersonic shocks, with the same tone reverberating at the event around the ever-increasing acceleration of BIM in the design and construction of [...]

Field BIM Series – Part 1: What is Field BIM for Commissioning and Owner Handover?

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Field BIM for commissioning and owner handover is the process of harmonizing and integrating as-installed information and documentation from construction quality and commissioning programs in the field and at the point-of-construction with Building Information Modeling (BIM), to create new efficiencies in construction project delivery, in transfer to the owner and operator for beneficial use and [...]