SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Dec. 15 — Further enhancing its portfolio of solutions for building information modeling (BIM), Autodesk, Inc. , a leader of design innovation software and technologies, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of BIMWorld, a privately-owned business specializing in the production and distribution of branded BIM content for building product manufacturers.

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Just released on Dec. 1, 2008

I knew this was being updated…  I loved the last one and now there is more up to date info.  I wish I had seen this before AU…

From their website…

Building Information Modeling (BIM): Transforming Design and Construction to Achieve Greater Industry Productivity is a 45-page printed report (available as hard copy or PDF) that examines the results of research conducted by McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics regarding perceptions among BIM users about BIM adoption, implementation, value and impact within their firms. The study sheds light on the role of BIM in reshaping the way project teams work together in today’s industry.

Click Here to go to the intro page

Thanks to Steve Jones for letting me know about this… from his comment on this site…

Thanks for talking about the 2007 report but there’s a brand new one about BIM -its free at many websites including this one:
http://www.csinet.org/s_csi/docs/16600/16526.pdf

Steve Jones
McGraw-Hill Construction

Developed with a lot of input from a lot of people…

Here is an example BIM Manager Job Description.

Check it out here

I posted this on my CADD Manager site when I found out about the latest issue.

Take a look here

Posted first on my CADDManager site…

I have long wanted Autodesk to suggest best practices…

Kyle Bernhardt of Autodesk wrote on his blog… under the heading of Required reading

Revit Platform 2009 Technical Notes – Direct from Autodesk

"it is a comprehensive paper that discusses best practices for optimal performance and productivity within the Revit 2009 family of products. It is required reading for all Revit users interested to know this information straight from the Product Teams themselves.

It is the result of a comprehensive effort among the Designers, Developers, Quality Assurance, Consulting, Customer Success Engineers, and Product Managers, and we are excited to get this information straight to users."

Some major topics that are discussed:

• Project Structuring
• Worksharing
• Linked Files
• Hardware Optimization
• Large Model Performance

He list where you can get it – but it used to be a subscription only location. Now it is available to everyone.

Click here to see… Revit Platform 2009 Technical Notes

For more info – go to the AUGI thread that started this whole thing…

Finally – someone is publishing information about how much BIM is being used.

This is from the Interoperability in the Construction Industry SmartMarket Report – a 36-page printed report (available as hard copy or FREE PDF) that reviews the results of research conducted by McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics during late-Spring 2007.

This is from a very interesting report.

Purchase it or download the Free PDF here