BIM + Lean + Green

New Construction Strategies with Ted Garrison Greg talks about lean construction principles and its real time applications in the industry. He also talks about the critical role lean construction can play in today's economy. Listen by clicking on play button.

The beauty of data visualization. Equally true for our industry.

Stephen A. Hilger discussed the legal merits of Integrated Project Delivery ( IPD ) contract in ENR article " The Legal Worries Raised by IPD ." His major concerns involve: 1. Design and Financial Risk 2. Loss of the Spearin Doctrine 3. Sharing in Means and Methods 4. Losing the Economic Loss Doctrine 5. "Fluff" Language 6. Third Party Design Liabilities 7. IPD Team Members Can't be Sued and 8. Impact on Indemnity Clauses

New Construction Strategies with Ted Garrison Gregory A. Howell is co-founder and managing director of the Lean Construction Institute (LCI), a non-profit organization devoted to production management research in design and construction. Howell brings 35 years of construction industry project management, consulting and university-level teaching experience to LCI. Listen by clicking on play button.

A group of open-source programmers and researches involved in architectural CAD and building information modeling (BIM) tools have developed a working tool called BIMserver. Known as the BIMserver Project from TNO and the University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands, the group’s efforts propose to radically alter the landscape for computerized applications in the AEC (architecture, engineering and construction) industries. After three revisions of open source BIMserver, version 1.0 is now available for download. Read more about opensource BIMserver here - BIMserver | Architosh | StressFree