RESOURCES

ORGANIZATIONS:

• AEC Bytes:  http://www.aecbytes.com/
• AGC BIMForum:  www.bimforum.org
• Alliance for Construction Excellence:  http://construction.asu.edu/ace
• Applied Technology Council:  http://www.atcouncil.org/atc75.shtml
• buildingSMART Alliance:  http://www.buildingsmartalliance.org/
• SEI-CASE Joint Committee on BIM:  www.seibim.org
• IAI International:  http://www.iai-international.org/
• OmniClass:  http://www.omniclass.org/
• National Institute of Building Sciences  http://www.nibs.org/index.html
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/top/Whatwedo.htm
• Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) http://www.wbdg.org

PUBLICATIONS:

• CASE White Paper: BIM for the Engineer of Record
• AGC Contractors Guide to BIM:  http://www.agcnebuilders.com/documents/BIMGuide.pdf
• AIA Integrated Project Delivery:  http://www.aia.org/ip_default
• AISC:  Interoperablity White Paper
• GSA BIM Guidelines:            http://www.gsa.gov/bim
• National BIM Standard (NBIMS): http://www.buildingsmartalliance.org/nbims/
  
  
• NIST General Buildings Information Handover Guide:
  • http://www.facilityinformationcouncil.org/bim/pdfs/nistir_7417.pdf
    
    
• Smart Market Report - http://www.buildingsmartalliance.org/pdfs/mhc_bim_smartmarket.pdf
• NIST CIS/2 and IFC - Product Data Standards for Structural Steel:
  • http://cic.nist.gov/vrml/cis2.html
  • http://www.aecbytes.com/buildingthefuture/2005/CIS2format.html
• Industry Foundation Classes – Release 2x (IFC 2x), IFC Technical Guide, Enabling Interoperability in the AEC/ FM, 2000.  http://www.iai-international.org/Model/documentation/IFC_2x_Technical_Guide.pdf

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PROGRAMS:

• CIS/2 at Georgia Tech
• Stanford University Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
  
  

SOFTWARE COMPANIES:

• Autodesk Revit Structure
• Bentley Structural 
• Tekla Structures
• Navisworks 
• Solibri 
• Gravisoft  

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