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In the BIM blogs below we share stories about how simple BIM planning is helping Architects, Engineers, Contractors and Owners agree on BIM.
Pull Planning
We applied Lean concepts to the BIM Management workflow to enable a Smart Lean BIM approach. Here we share The 4 Simple Steps that we implemented…
Lean Construction
We mapped out the BIM Management workflow and found these “6 BIM Wastes” you should probably target to increase your BIM efficiencies…
Building Information Modeling (BIM) confusion
Have you ever “BIM” TLA’d to death? 😄
LOD Planner supports the Solar Decathlon!
The Solar Decathlon is a competition challenging collegiate teams to design and build houses powered exclusively by the sun. The winner is…
Top 3 BIM Planning Steps!
Owners sometimes read online about the promise of BIM saving them time and money – but as we all know without the right plan and common goals things can quickly go wrong. In the…
What is BIM?
A “What Is BIM” explanation that even your Grandma would understand!
Creating a better design and construction world requires teamwork
Do you know a BIM Expert helping our industry through this Digital Transformation? Maybe they would be interested in our Smart Lean BIM Partner program?
BIM Transformation
A few years ago we didn’t have BIM titles. At that point there wasn’t enough BIM for a BIM Manager to manage. Now maybe we have too…
Clash Detection vs Clash Avoidance
Once upon a time I held multiple drawings against a window to identify clashes. Then along with BIM came automated clash detection tools. This…
Managing your BIM risk?
Owner: “I’ve been reading online about BIM” and “we’d like our project to be LOD 500 with COBie” Architect: we “usually do 200 and some 300” Owner: “if you can’t do this BIM thing I’ll have to get a team that can” Architect: “Oh no, we can do it, where do we have to...
#GlobalBIMStandard
A lot of the BIM revolution is about technology until we remind ourselves that it’s more about processes and people. Then we…
The journey to Smart.Lean.BIM.™ is fun!
Here are 20 BIM features that are important to BIM experts from around the world: You want “embedded videos” in your BEPs – nice idea! You wanted…
Maybe Global BIM Teams Need Global BIM Standards?
Our two weeks in London were exceptional – thanks to all of the amazing BIM champions that we had the opportunity to meet – in fact we…
If Spinal Tap did BIM…
Anyone remember when the guitarist Nigel Tufnel told a customer “these go to eleven”? Nigel was referring to the volume of his…
My First Startup
When I was ten years old I really wanted to buy a pool table. I’d been growing flowers in the back yard and selling them out the front of our house. However…
LOD 2.0: “This is genius! The more I see, the more I realize how brilliant this is”
BIM Execution Plans are now being created to support some amazing BIM uses. Learn more about the new approach to LOD here…
San Francisco and London – What do you think about our “BIM BHAG”?
Over the past few years our small idea for better BIM planning has developed into a much larger and more global goal. This big passion to…
How do you build a BIM Optimizationinator?
It’s been exciting for our small team to spend our days listening to your feedback and our nights reworking the product ready for the…
Shhh, aren’t new startups supposed to begin in stealth mode?
On Jan 1st I changed my title on LinkedIn but I didn’t anticipate the magnitude of what happened next. I’ve been completely stunned by the…
From Landlord to Tenant – did I make the right decision to start a new business?
Just a few weeks ago I was Vice President at one of the world’s largest real estate developers. Now I’m their smallest tenant. It feels a bit…
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