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Leading the Digital Savvy
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Jeff Gavin
| August 2012
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  • Your Business

You may already work with building information modeling (BIM). Perhaps you’ve built a team proficient in this technology or hope to in the near future. At the very least, you suspect one day a project will come your way that will require BIM.

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The State of Virtual Building Design
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Jeff Gavin
| April 2011
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Building information modeling (BIM)—the software-based 3-D real-time modeling process for construction—is the summit of design to some and a summit to climb for others.

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Building Information Modeling: The Future Today?
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Jeff Gavin
| January 2009
| under
  • Systems

For early adopters of building information modeling (BIM), it is the standard way to conduct business. Some see it as a future for building design and construction. Electrical contractors (ECs) may be the last to embrace BIM, but it is not for lack of interest.

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