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National BIM Program Could Boost Project Productivity & Cut Costs Up to 20% Hear about efforts to expand application of a national Building Information Management (BIM) standard, as well as promote a public-private partnership to produce a national BIM program to improve construction productivity and cut construction costs. April 5, 2021 In this episode, Roger Grant, Executive Director Building Information Management at the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), disc...

Dive Brief: The National Institute of Building Sciences has announced that Salla Eckhardt, Microsoft’s director of transformation services, will serve as chair of the National BIM Program Steering Committee. The announcement follows the kickoff of the U.S. National BIM Program in early February to discuss the need for a coordinated program to advance collaboration and innovation in the building industry.  Since 2018, according to LinkedIn, Eckhard has directed and managed the delivery of di...

One of New York’s pioneering developers, Steven Goodstein, has died at the age of 81. The chairman of Goodstein Development Corporation, Mr Goodstein, passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2021 in Delray Beach, Florida. A son of Queens, Mr Goodstein led one of the city’s leading family firms, playing a key role in developing Battery Park City in the 1980s and iconic properties including Fifth Avenue Tower and the former Taft Hotel, which he helped transform in 1987. Born in Queens in 1940,...

National BIM Program Is Topic of Building Industry Executive Roundtable Industry leaders convened to discuss the need for a National Building Information Management Program to advance collaboration and innovation in the building industry. February 11, 2021 National Institute of Building Sciences The National Institute of Building Sciences brought together nearly 40 leaders from public and private organizations to discuss the need for a coordinated program to advance collaboration and innovat...

Design News, Delivered —xx, your friends at Business of Home ASID names CEO, The Novogratz has a new president, and more ASID names CEO, The Novogratz has a new president, and more Business of Home’s February roundup of new hires in design, manufacturing, media and more. TO THE TRADE Lynchburg, Virginia–based leather company Moore & Giles has promoted Adam Shurr to the position of director of marketing, where he will lead the team and oversee strategies. St. Augustine, F...

National Institute of Building Sciences to Lead BIM Executive Roundtable to Reimagine Construction Building information modeling and management is paving the way for digital transformation of the design and construction industry News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Institute of Building Sciences is convening an exclusive list of leaders from public and private organizations to develop a solution to advance and elevate the b...

The number of heat-related deaths in Arizona soared to a new high last year as people endured the hottest summer on record and the complications of the pandemic.  The deaths of at least 494 people were linked to heat during 2020, state health officials said this week, a preliminary number that may continue to grow as more deaths under investigation are resolved. More than 300 heat-associated deaths have been confirmed in Maricopa County, a number that could also climb. The statewide toll f...

No more excuses! The next disaster is coming, what are you doing about it? Format *By Robert Kaufman, Head of Philippines Country Office, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. * Imagine getting hit by six typhoons during a deadly pandemic. For millions of people in the Philippines, this is their reality as 2020 comes crashing to a close. Predictions of the increasing severity and frequency of emergencies have come true. Its heart-breaking, exhausting, and scary. But ...

Introduction As natural disasters increase in frequency and intensity, communities across the country have sought state policy solutions. Disaster seasons of the last few years have broken records across the board.  Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and 14 others made 2017 the costliest hurricane season on record. It would also have been the most destructive wildfire season on record, if not for 2018, the nation’s deadliest and most destructive year ever, featuring the deadliest single fire in ...

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