We Want Digital Perfection, but We’re Building with Analog Hands

Let’s face it, we’re living in the future, right? We have self-driving cars (sort of), phones that can practically read our minds, and we’re sending…

Lean Out Your BIM Data and Processes with Ephany by Reducing Asset Information in Your Models

Let me tell you a little secret about working in BIM: the more data you cram into your model, the more of a nightmare it becomes to manage. Early in my career as a BIM Manager, I thought it was smart to add as much data as possible to Revit Families for owner-furnished items (OFI).

Purging Shared Parameters in Revit

I made a critical mistake when launching my BIM program at one of the largest tech conglomerates in the world… Oh, and I found a…

BIM Levels of Implementation (LOI)

With all of the new levels that are defined (Level of Detail, BIM Level, etc.) we thought there was one additional level that needed some…

Professor Arto Kiviniemi (University of Liverpool) and Barie Hasib (BIM REC) Present The True Meaning of Open BIM

An excellent webinar by Professor Arto Kiviniemi from the University of Liverpool. In this session, Professor Kiviniemi discusses the concepts of data sharing with BIM.…

Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Facility Management (FM) Is The Future

Yes, Revit is a design tool for architects and engineers. Revit is also evolving into a fabrication tool for contractors. But did you know that…