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Turner Named Leading BIM Contractor

Turner Construction Company has been recognized as the leading contractor in the adoption of BIM technology in Building Design & Construction's 2009 Giants 300 rankings. Through Turner's commitment to integrating technology into the delivery of its pre-construction and construction services, the company's portfolio of projects utilizing BIM represents more than $20 billion of construction on 100 projects.

Wisconsin First State to Require BIM for State Projects

Following in the footsteps of the General Services Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard and the Smithsonian Institute, Wisconsin has become the first state to institute a systematic adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM) practices for state-funded construction projects.

Building Information Modeling (BIM): Multiple Models, Multiple Players

On the same day that the Boston Globe published an article on the benefits of "Building Image  Modeling," subscribers in the know listened to the third iteration of WPL Publishing's BIM Roadmap 2009 Series:  Multiple Models, Multiple Players: The Model Exchange Challenge. The dichotomy between the well-intentioned (but incorrect) article is germane because the first few years of BIM implementation focused on improved visualization. Now, in 2009, dubbed the "Year of the Contractor" by McGraw-Hill's SmartMarket BIM Report, BIM has moved beyond improved visuals from design offices