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Review by Kristine Fallon, FAIA
In the BIM Handbook (A Guide to Building Information Modeling
for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors), a
remarkably knowledgeable and credential team of authors has
provided a sound, thoroughly researched and comprehensible review
of the technology, the market drivers and the business
transformation issues surrounding Building Information Modeling
(BIM). This book is a must-read for anyone involved in the design,
construction or operation of buildings who needs to understand and
apply effectively the emerging BIM tools and techniques. University
professors of architecture, engineering and construction will find
this an excellent text for introducing BIM to the emerging
generation of design and construction professionals.
The concepts underlying BIM have been evolving for a quarter
century, as the book makes clear. In the past few years, however,
market drivers and technology advances have converged to produce
software tools that have an extraordinary positive impact on the
design and construction of buildings. In the industry scramble to
take advantage of this potential, there has been much confusion
about what BIM is, how to use it and who benefits from it. The BIM
Handbook tackles all three questions.
Highlights include the chapter on the interoperability of building
models, which clarifies what is probably the least understood
technology issue related to BIM. Of immediate utility is the
evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the major BIM
software products. Even the most design-oriented readers will
marvel at the variety and innovation demonstrated by the ten case
studies. The very thoughtful chapter entitled "The Future: Building
with BIM" provokes lively conjecture and debate.
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