Benefits of Using Point Cloud Data for Accurate Construction Models
Point cloud data in construction gives you a single, measured source of geometric truth-captured once with 3D laser scanning and carried through your Scan to BIM pipeline. The payoff is simple: as-built models that reflect reality, fewer site revisits, and accurate construction modeling that prefab and field teams can trust. In this guide, we’ll show […]
Interoperability in BIM: IFC, BCF and Open Standards Explained
If your models can’t talk, your teams won’t either. That’s the heart of BIM interoperability-making sure geometry, properties, and issues move cleanly between authoring tools, coordination platforms, cost/schedule systems, and FM applications. When you nail interoperability with IFC in BIM, the BCF format, and other open BIM standards, collaboration gets simpler, RFIs drop, and handovers […]
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 […]