Budgets are being cut left and right. Our family "eating out" budget … gone! Our community organization "summer party" budget … gone! I see non-profit organizations struggling to keep pace with last year’s donations, while attendance at professional industry conferences are shrinking.
You can imagine my surprise when I read a press release from CADD Microsystems
In July 2009, Wisconsin (through its Division of State Facilities) became the first state to require BIM on large public projects. The details were highlighted in a previous post.
Yesterday, the Texas Facilities Commission (TFC) announced its adoption of BIM for state design and construction projects. The state has diligently worked to standardize the use of BIM
I know that title sounds odd. Before you start flooding my email box with comments about the practicality of Building Information Modeling (BIM) or the utility of social networking like Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn in the construction industry, consider the life of the personal computer:
Were you around in the 1980s during the microcomputer wars between Commodore
Last month, I wrote about how Building Information Modeling (BIM) helped a project meet its time and money goals when local legislation requiring LEED certification was enacted in Wasington, D.C. The original article that appeared in McGraw Hill Construction provided an excellent overview of BIM uses and strategies for all construction projects, including green ones. The question that keeps running through my
Yes, he actually said that … Marketing Awesomeness! "Nametag Scott" is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, blogger and consultant. Here is a short video about how Scott Epstein got into the nametag-writing-speaking-marketing business.
What does Best Practices for Marketing Awesomeness have to do with Best Practices Construction Law? Not much … yet everything! Take a minute and watch what
I know it’s a gamble to think that my wife or kids would be reading Best Practices … but in case you do … my birthday is right around the corner … and I want one of these:
Gadgets like the Canadian-based ecobee Smart Thermostat are coming to America! ecobee has partnered with Brady & Associates, as
“Intellectual property is an extremely important and valuable asset that is often overlooked or ignored in the construction industry.” So said Brian Hickey and Edward Benes at the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry’s annual meeting in April in New Orleans.
In their joint presentation entitled When the Colors Run Together: Recent Development in
That’s not exactly how the headline reads … but close enough. The actual title is BIM Promotes Sustainability: Practitioners are Finding Paths to Green through Interoperable Software. As reported by McGraw Hill Construction, this article demonstrates the practical utility of Building Information Modeling (BIM) on a construction project … a green one! MH reports about the
Earlier this week, I read an article in the Daily Commercial News about the future of building information modeling:
The advent of building information modeling will have a major impact on project-delivery methods, says Ottawa contractor Doug Burnside, president of Dolyn Developments Inc.
“I think we are going to see more design-build projects as
My roomie from law school, Rick Klau, sent me a note this past weekend. Actually, he tweeted it! (You, too, can follow me at www.twitter.com/matthewdevries). I was excited to hear where Rick was visiting.
"Best Practices…" you ask, "Why are you posting about your old law school roommate? This is a construction-related blog!"
The best answer