April 16, 2009

For BIM fans, it's a 'night and day difference'

Images courtesy of Turner Construction [enlarge]

This consolidated model snapshot shows site utilities, structure, crane erection phasing and more. Colors note which steel delivery should be erected by which crane, helping save time and reduce errors.

It's a typical scene: a dozen Turner Construction subcontractors squeezed into a narrow room, hashing out the mechanical, electrical and plumbing details for an office building.

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Previous columns:

• Sustaining the future while restoring the past, 04-09-2009
• Tall wood building faces Godzilla-size shake test, 04-02-2009
• Wind farms lift economy in Klickitat County, 03-26-2009
• WSDOT repairs I-5, section by section, 03-19-2009
• Students home in on construction at Charlie's House, 03-12-2009
• The venerable construction trailer goes green, 03-05-2009
• After 30 years, solar energy gains traction, 02-26-2009
• Beware of toxic vapors lurking below, 02-19-2009