Masonry Magazine July 2008 Page. 42
TECHNOLOGY
Completed a project using BIM, and 75 percent overall planned to use BIM in a project sometime in the next year.
"But the percentage of projects overall being done with BIM is still much lower than that," and could be as low as one in 20 projects, he says.
BIM allows all conflicts to be resolved early on and, theoretically, will wipe out any need for change orders and requests for information, says Deke Smith, executive director.
BIM allows all conflicts to be resolved early on and, theoretically, will wipe out any need for change orders and requests for information.
- Deke Smith,
Executive Director of the Building Smart Alliance
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WinEstimator Inc.'s DesignEst Pro is estimating software designed to leverage BIM technology to quickly produce both conceptual budgets and detailed cost estimates. DesignEst Pro links the object and property library in Revit Architecture with the object and properties in a WinEst cost database, allowing both conceptual and detailed estimates to be developed as the building is being designed. The link provides support for unlimited what-if scenarios during the design phase of the project. As design alternatives are explored, the cost estimate is changed accordingly.
DesignEst Pro recognizes custom Revit objects that were not originally linked to the WinEst cost database and allows the user to link those objects on the fly. The product requires Revit Architecture 2008 from Autodesk, and existing WinEst customers can use DesignEst Pro with version 10 of WinEst eTeam and WinEst Pro Plus. Learn at www.winest.com. IMAS
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