Why BIM Implementations Fail

Hi & good morning

An excellent Article in Aecbytes for decision makers.....read this in earnest read it again, make sure your company decision makers read it.

In my opinion excellent article....and so.......true

An excellent read for Principles.....please share

www.aecbytes.com

Trimble acquires SketchUp from Google

On April 26, 2012, Trimble announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SketchUp® from Google. SketchUp is one of the most popular 3D modeling tools in the world. As part of the SketchUp platform, Trimble will also partner with Google on running and developing SketchUp's 3D Warehouse, an online repository where users can find, share, store and collaborate on 3D models. 
 Trimble Website
Interesting just wonder how this will work out, they will spent a lot to make SketchUp BIM worthy. But after buying Tekla they seem to be serious. This can only be good for us users.

Galvin Engineering Free Revit Models

Galvin Engineering has started to release Revit Families for Health care and Laboratory taps
they say
Galvin Engineering is fully committed to ensuring all our key products, especially those which are widely specified in BIM models, are freely accessible in Revit format. The product families developed are largely tailored for healthcare, aged care, education and mental health projects.
 
Working with Architects in partnership.....
Sample Link-CliniLever Health Care Tapware

Pedestrian simulation and crowd analysis

I stumpeld over this tool the other day pretty impressive i may say.
Pedestrian simulation and crowd analysis tool capable of simulating hundreds of thousands of people within a matter of hours.
Massmotion