BOULDER, Colo. — Many architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms have taken advantage of the market downturn to try innovative approaches to the construction process. Among these ...

Virtual design tools are a real growth trend for illustrating delay claims in construction, say contractors and practitioners—with good reason. For one, adding a project's CPM schedules to the ...

In early 2008, as a storm approached northern Michigan, a 19-year-old construction worker raced to the rooftop of a multifamily building to clear the area of construction debris. Unaware that a metal ...

How AI could consolidate AEC firms, reshape design practice & elevate full-stack designers, transforming BIM into an intelligent decision hub ...

A set of new products that graduated from public beta status in late May will let users of Vela Systems' field data management services add new interactive building information modeling tools for the ...

This past April, more than 500 AEC professionals—many from Giants 300 firms—gathered in Boston for BIMForum. Now in its ninth year, the group, which is co-sponsored by AGC and AIA, brings together ...

The roots of building information modeling began with a nuclear physicist from Russia, Leonid Raiz, and his development of 3-D computer-aided design (CAD) software. We refer to it today throughout ...

Rather than just doing a visual inspection, EMCOR now is able to capture data through a variety of methods, including BIM authoring tools and 3D scanners. These technologies have made the difference ...

The Second Studio (formerly The Midnight Charette) is an explicit podcast about design, architecture, and the everyday. Hosted by Architects David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, it features different ...

Sketching has always been an essential part of the architect’s creative process. Case in point, architect I.M. Pei drafted his preliminary design for the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art on a ...