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The BIM Handbook (Book Review)

§ August 28th, 2008 § Filed under Product Reviews § 4 Comments

This is a review of the book, “BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors” by Chuck Eastman, Paul Teicholz, Rafael Sacks, and Kathleen Liston, published by Wiley in March 2008. The review presents an overview of the book, and explores how well it meets its intended goals of providing an in-depth understanding of BIM technologies, the business and organizational issues associated with its implementation, and the advantages that effective use of BIM can provide to all members of a project team.

URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/review/2008/BIMHandbook.html

Interoperability and Sustainable Design

§ August 14th, 2008 § Filed under Newsletters and Features § 3 Comments

In the recent wake of Autodesk’s acquisition of Ecotect and Green Building Studio, and events such as the cooperative agreement announced between Autodesk and Bentley Systems, this article takes a look at how interoperability relates to green building design, and how innovation in the way we communicate as building design professionals will help us all design more sustainable buildings.

URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/feature/2008/Interoperability_SustainableDesign.html