Digital Drawings (Constructech)

In today’s wide world of CAD (computer-aided design), BIM (building information modeling), and collaborative building processes, the detail is in the drawing. Construction technology is beefing up in terms of offering to help aid at the design and model phases of a job.

For the residential market CG Visions, www.cgvisions.com, Lafayette, Ind., continues to make a strong statement with its BIM Pipeline product. This product is a Web-based materials management system that uses the BIM data in order to directly drive detailed takeoffs in a rules-driven manner. This helps bridge that all too familiar gap between design and estimating, and helps builders leverage BIM data in order to create master plan estimates with delta BOM (bill of material) options reports and lot-specific as-built reports to help cut purchase orders directly.

Provided by: Constructech