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BIM for Construction

Autodesk
Autodesk Construction Solutions
Win more business with BIM for Construction! By leveraging digital building data and content across project teams, construction firms can win more clients by reducing change orders, accelerating project schedules, and reducing project costs. BIM also allows construction professionals to streamline quantity takeoffs and visualize and analyze constructability through 4D simulation and clash detection. Visit the Autodesk Construction Resource Center for free access to customer stories, educational webcasts, tutorials, whitepapers and more.

Selvaag Bluethink AS
Bluethink House Designer
Bluethink House Designer is a rule based system that is fully integrated with Autodesk Revit. This provides the benefits of automated rule based assistance in designing buildings using a familiar and powerful Building Information Modeller. In House Designer there are several layers of rules: physical rules governing positioning of elements (providing clash and interference detection); national and regional building regulations; and company best practice rules. Rules are organized in rule sets which can easily be switched on and off for any given model. House Designer will not only check the integrity of the building model against any selected set of rules, but will also assist the user in adding and positioning elements in order to build the model correctly in the first place. One example of this is furnishing a room with light points: House Designer will compare the room's shape, size and contents against the currently active rules and create and position the required number of light points automatically.

Beck Technology
DProfiler with RSMeans
Beck Technology has developed a first of its kind macro BIM solution, called DProfiler. Using included RSMeans data or Timberline data, DProfiler combines conceptual estimating, modeling, energy analysis, and scope definition into a single platform. Beck Technology offers DProfiler software and cost modeling services to contractors, architects and owners.

Solibri
Solibri Model Checker

Solibri Model Checker analyzes Building Information Models for design integrity, quantities, accessibility, and constructability. It includes visualization, walkthrough, interference detection, model aggregation and collaboration. The building model is checked for design flaws, while validating that the model complies with building codes and organizational best practices. Solibri offers flexible licensing options.


Vela Systems
Vela Systems Field BIM™ Software

Vela has partnered with Autodesk and Tekla to extend the information contained within BIM to the field, a concept called Field BIM. Processes like materials tracking, work list, punch list, and commissioning are all Field BIM applications.  Construction teams benefit from time savings, Owners benefit from BIM-enabled handover documents.


Tekla
Tekla Structures
Tekla Structures for Construction Management is a BIM-based project management solution that supports contractors, sub-contractors, project and construction management professionals by helping them to centralize, visualize and manage project information. Tekla Structures for Construction Management can process large amounts of BIM and non-BIM information regardless of the source. The solution uniquely enables streamlined communication and decision-making throughout all phases of the construction process from design, detailing, construction to project handover.

Bentley
Bentley Software for High Performance Building Construction

Bentley provides software and services uniquely suited for IPD projects—enabled by fully integrated, interoperable, multi-disciplinary BIM applications to empower architects, structural, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineers, energy assessors, site designers, and other professionals to design, analyze, construct, and manage facilities of all types and scales. Each discipline-specific application provides an informed work environment to support the design and documentation process throughout all phases of the project lifecycle—from conceptual design and construction documentation to coordination and construction.


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