Best Practices for Data Management in BIM
When projects get complex, data-not drawings-decides outcomes. If your models, RFIs, submittals, and field photos live in different places, you get rework, delays, and adversarial meetings. If they flow through a well-governed Common Data Environment (CDE), you get traceability, faster decisions, and a handover that facilities teams can actually use. This article condenses best practices […]
BIM for Infrastructure: Bridges, Roads & Tunnels
How civil construction teams use BIM to design smarter, build faster, and hand over with confidence. Civil projects are complex ecosystems-multiple corridors, utilities, disciplines, permits, and a lot of moving parts. Building Information Modeling (BIM) gives you a single source of truth from planning to O&M. In this guide, we’ll break down how BIM for […]
How to Train Your Team for BIM Adoption – Skills, Tools, Mindset
BIM adoption is an operating-model shift. If you treat it like a software install, you’ll burn licenses and time. Treat it like a cross-discipline change program and your bim engineering teams will ship cleaner packages, cut RFIs, and speed approvals. What changes (and why teams resist) From files to a CDE: One governed source of […]
The Differences Between 3D, 4D, 5D and 6D BIM LOD’s
Quick clarity before we dive in: BIM dimensions (3D/4D/5D/6D) describe what kind of information you manage (geometry, time, cost, operations). LOD (Level of Development) describes how reliable/detailed that information is (100–500). They work together, but they’re not the same thing. 3D BIM – Geometry & Location 3D is your coordinated model-the place where architecture, structure, […]
The Role of Bentley Systems in Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects
When you’re delivering highways, metros, bridges, water systems, or airports, tool choice isn’t cosmetic-it determines coordination speed, error rate, and how reliably you hand over an operable asset. Bentley Systems is built for that reality. Its stack covers the full lifecycle-context capture, design authoring, common data environments (CDE), 4D/5D construction, digital twins, and asset performance-without […]
The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in BIM Workflows
AI isn’t a magic button. It’s a set of assistive engines that shorten coordination loops, catch issues earlier, and make decisions more predictable. Use it to triage clashes, validate parameters, read specs, accelerate Scan-to-BIM, and feed digital twins-provided your data governance is tight and you’re honest about what limitations of BIM should we plan around? […]
Converting Point Cloud Data to BIM: A Step-by-Step Guide
Most coordination problems aren’t software issues-they’re information problems. If the underlying geometry is off, every clash test and shop drawing inherits the error. The fix is a rigorous point cloud to BIM workflow that starts with 3D laser scanning, locks in control points and coordinate systems, and converts the registered cloud into a lean, accurate […]
The Role of BIM in Data Center Construction and Operations
Data centers aren’t “just another building.” You’re packing megawatts, extreme heat loads, fault-tolerant power chains, and zero-downtime maintenance into a box that must scale fast. That’s exactly where BIM earns its keep-by giving developers, MEP engineers, and construction managers a single, governed model that drives decisions from site selection to IST and day-two operations. Below […]
What Is Lumion and What Is Lumion Used For?
If your renders take ages and your client meetings rely on flat PDFs, you’re handicapping good design. Lumion is a real-time visualization tool built for architecture and AEC. You import your model, dress it with believable materials, people, trees, weather, and lighting, then export persuasive images, videos, and 360 panoramas—fast enough to use during design, […]
Comparing BIM 360 and Autodesk Construction Cloud
Construction projects are shaped by how well teams coordinate information. Models, RFIs, schedules, submittals, field issues, and handover information all require an unifying, reliable home. That’s where BIM collaboration tools and project management software in construction come in. Autodesk provides two closely linked cloud ecosystems: BIM 360 and Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)-and the overlap can […]