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Diving Into BIM.

The article discusses how the construction of library buildings in King County, Washington allowed the architectural firms Miller Hull Partnership and BNBuilders (BNB) to implement building information modeling (BIM) in their design methods. The author discusses how BIM allowed the architects to cre...

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Published in:Architectural Record Vol. 197; no. 12; pp. 2 - 3
Main Author: Gonchar, Joann
Format: Article
Published: BNP Media Dec2009
Subjects:
Building information modeling
Library design & construction
Miller/hull Partnership LLP
Bnbuilders (Company)
Architectural models
Computer software
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses how the construction of library buildings in King County, Washington allowed the architectural firms Miller Hull Partnership and BNBuilders (BNB) to implement building information modeling (BIM) in their design methods. The author discusses how BIM allowed the architects to create digital design models that would promote collaboration, reduce costs, ensure design consistency between different libraries and solve construction problems while meeting a schedule.