Get On Board With BIM or Lose Contracts

Contractors in the UK were told if they don't get up to speed with BIM they may lose out on major contracts

Oct 1, 2013

A new government initiative in the UK centers around Building Information Modeling (BIM) to help reduce project time scales and costs. Small and medium-sized businesses were urged to get up to date on the BIM process so they wouldn't lose out on major contracts. According to the article, one in 25 projects currently demand contractors are BIM compliant, but that is expected to rise to more than half by 2016.

(More on the UK's encouragement for BIM compliance...)

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An estimated 56,000+ concrete contractors working with and around concrete pumps can benefit from the training program.

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The same construction equipment manufacturers who brought you automated grade control precision and efficiency anticipate full autonomy as the next leap forward.

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