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January 17, 2008

Survey: More owners try BIM, but some still wary

  • An annual survey by FMI and CMAA asserts that a “perfect storm” of seven industry challenges is driving the need to modernize, collaborate and model.
    • By SHAWNA GAMACHE
    Journal Staff Reporter

    MORE CONSTRUCTION project owners are using Building Information Modeling, but many are not tracking their use of BIM and other information technologies or developing information systems to meet their individual needs, according to an industry survey.

    Image courtesy of FMI [enlarge]
    Only 12 percent of surveyed construction owners have used BIM for five years or more.


     
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