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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), discusses NIBS’ efforts to expand application of a national Building Information Management (BIM) st...

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 digital transformation strategy for the technology company’s Global Real Estate and Security divisio...

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, he joined his father Jack, a polish immigrant, at Goodstein Construction Corp. in 1957 and subseque...

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 innovation in the building industry. The Building Information Management (BIM) Executive Roundtable includ...

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, Florida–based home furnishings manufacturer Brown Jordan Inc. has named Bernie Guerin as its new c...