With shrinking project timelines, growing regulatory complexity, and pressure to reduce embodied and operational carbon, the fragmented workflows created by using the current patchwork of siloed tools in AEC are a barrier to both efficiency and performance. This article by Nathan Kegel, Vice President of IES, shows how whole-building platforms address this fragmentation by providing an integrated environment where multiple performance tasks can be conducted from a single model.
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Lachmi,
The latest version of the BIM Handbook has just been released and you could not think of a book that more supports the message of this article. You can get the book from Wiley.
Paul
Thank you for letting us know, Paul! Congratulations to the authors, and I’m sure it will be an invaluable resource for the AEC industry.