HVAC systems account for over 35% of a building's energy costs. They are often difficult to design, fabricate, install, and manage with traditional processes and tools. An uncoordinated effort from ...

MINNEAPOLIS - McQuay International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daikin Industries Ltd., has introduced HVAC object models and content for building information modeling (BIM) design created in ...

Scan to BIM is the process of converting laser-scanned point cloud data into a Building Information Model (BIM), most commonly created in Autodesk Revit. BIMPROVE delivers Scan to BIM models at LOD ...

Building information modelling (BIM) enables quicker, more economical and more sustainable installation of heating, cooling and ventilation (HVAC) systems, says mechanical pipe-joining service ...

Sophie Feliksinska-Swierz looks at two BIM project applications in the MEP sector. The fundamental principle of BIM is that the object oriented model remains the reliable source of project data, ...

Learn how a lean approach to BIM can transform design processes and workflows, prioritizing efficiency, clarity, and ...

This old adage is one that craftsmen understand well and never question. Careful measurement and planning is essential in producing any quality product, and when it comes to the building industry, a ...

The BIM research group has made research on uses of Building information modelling (BIM) at different phases of the construction projects and the lifecycle of the buildings. The research group has ...

For a subcontractor on a major hospital project in Hershey, Pa., BIM was a bust. The plumbing and mechanical subcontractor on the Milton S. Hershey S. Medical Center Children’s Hospital project at ...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a phrase currently being thrown around the construction industry a lot. You might have heard it, but you might not know what it ...