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The BIM for Masonry Project Update
The Building Information Modeling for Masonry (BIM-M) initiative continues gaining momentum with the Ne.-v York State Concrete Masonry Association (NYSCMA) pledging to contin�ue sponsorship, and Duke Concrete Products of Queensbury, N.Y., coming on board as a new sponsor.
The initiative is identifying barriers to and strategies for the full implementation of masonry materials and systems into BIM soft�ware for the design and construction industries. The pwpose ofthe initiative is to unify the masonry industry and all supporting indus�tries through the development and implementation of BIM for masonry software to facilitate smoother work.flows and collaboration across all disciplines.
Stakeholders are expected to benefit greatly from the integra�tion of masonry into the next generation of BIM tools., such as:
Buildingowners-information for understanding life-cycle costs ofownership; record keeping for tracking maintenance and upkeep; tools for creating and maintaining as-built drawings.
Architects -design tools, methods for quickly importing mason�ry details and product models into BIM authoring tools; uniform language and classification systems for masonry units and assemblies; tools for describing air, thermal, moisture and vapor control layers within BIM models; tools for cost estimating while in the program�ming and schematic design phase.
Engineers -tools for sharing information with architects and converting design information into structural analysis models (2-D and 3-D); means for generating and applying masonry details to models.
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