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Bending BIM to Design Utilities Breaks New Ground

Publication Date: 05-AUG-09
Author: Melissa Traynor, with Tom Sawyer and Debra Rubin
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Virtual design and construction is gaining ground in the utilities markets because of its ability to speed large-scale planning and development of energy projects. Though current applications on projects have just begun to touch the full potential of the approach, experienced users are enthusiastic about the financial benefits of debugging a project by building it first on the computer.
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