Hot Links:
GORUG Site
ORUG Blogspot
AUGI Site
Autodesk University
Revit in Plain English
BIM SITES - Get big-picture information at these sites:
1. BIM Resources @ Georgia Tech http://bim.arch.gatech.edu/
2. Whole Building Design Guide (see BIM Libraries)http://www.wbdg.org/bim/bim_libraries.php
3. buildingSMART http://buildingsmartalliance.org//; http://www.buildingsmart.com/; http://www.iai-international.org/
4. AECbytes – Tips & Tricks + Articles http://www.aecbytes.com/
5. BIM ThinkSpace (Bilal Succar of Melbourne, Oz) http://changeagents.blogs.com/thinkspace
6. BIM Forum http://www.bimforum.org/
7. BIM wiki http://bimwiki.com/
8. BIM on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_Information_Modeling
9. GSA: 3D-4D Building Information Modeling http://www.gsa.gov/
10. USACE: CAD/BIM Technology Center https://cadbim.usace.army.mil/
11. OGC: What is BIM about? https://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/markets-technologies/bim
12. RAIC: BIM & IPD https://www.raic.org/practice/bim/ipd_e.htm
BIM BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS - Certified, Legitimate & Official
1. BIM Handbook Eastman, Teicholz, Sacks, Liston
2. BIM: A Strategic Implementation Guide Smith, Tardiff
3. BIG BIM, little bim Jernigan
4. National Building Information Modeling Standard - Part 1 National Institute of Building Sciences (U.S.A)
5. Information Delivery Manual: Guide to Components and Development Methods BuildingSMART IAI
6. General Buildings Information Handover Guide (GBIHG) Fiatech + K.Fallon, NIST
7. The Contractors’ Guide to BIM Construction Association of America
8. BIM Guidelines 2007 Senate Properties
9. GSA BIM Guide Series U.S. General Services Administration
10. E202 Document - Building Information Modeling Protocol Exhibit AIA
11. 301 BIM Addendum CONSENSUSDOCS
12. USACE Roadmap; Attachment F U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
13. Building information modelling framework: A research and delivery foundation for industry stakeholders Journal: Automation in Construction 18 (2009) 357-375, by Bilal Succar
14. BIM Guidelines & Standards for AECs Indiana University
15. BIM Guidelines & Standards (for AECs) Wisconsin State - Division of State Facilities
16. AEC (UK) BIM Standard http://aecuk.wordpress.com/documents
17. Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings and Bridges, American Institute of Steel Construction Inc. http://www.aisc.org/uploadedFiles/Steel_Solution_Center/Technical_Resources/Engineering_FAQs/Code_of_Standard_Practice.pdf
18. ASHRAE: An Introduction to Building Information Modeling (BIM) http://cms.ashrae.biz/bim/ 2009
REVIT SITES: Use these sites to find tutorials, family content, and FAQ:
1. Autodesk University http://au.autodesk.com/
2. AUGI & Forums & Revit http://www.augi.com/home/
3. Revit Zone http://www.revitzone.com/
4. RevitCity http://www.revitcity.com/index.php
5. Design Reform – Revit Tutorials and so much more http://designreform.net/
6. CAD Digest – Revit Tutorials http://caddigest.com/subjects/revit/tutorials.htm
7. Autodesk Seek http://seek.autodesk.com/
8. Revit Market http://www.turbosquid.com/Revit
9. Revit Factory http://revitfactory.com/
10. Cadalyst – Revit Tutorials & Articles (Rick Rundell) http://www.cadalyst.com/aec
11. Revitopia http://revitopia.wetpaint.com/
12. CAD Clips http://www.cadclips.com/
13. BIM Nation (Eric Wing) http://www.bimnation.com/
14. Digital 210 King (Autodesk Research + CIMS + Faro) http://digital210king.org/index.php
15. Ontario Revit Users Group http://ontariorevit.blogspot.com/
REVIT BLOGS: Get the nitty-gritty, hard and fast tips and opinions by these industry voices:
1. Revit OpEd (Steve Stafford) http://revitoped.blogspot.com/
2. The Revit Clinic ( Harlan Brumm) http://revitclinic.typepad.com/my_weblog/
3. The Building Coder (Jeremy Tammik) http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/
4. BIM and Beam (Structural) http://bimandbeam.typepad.com/bim_beam/
5. Do U Revit? (David Baldacchino) http://do-u-revit.blogspot.com/
6. All Things BIM (James Vandezande) http://allthingsbim.blogspot.com/
7. Inside the System (MEP) ( Kyle Bernhardt) http://inside-the-system.typepad.com/my_weblog/
8. Revit in Plain English (Jay Polding) http://revit.blogspot.com/
9. (bim)x ( Laura Handler) http://www.bimx.blogspot.com/
10. Everything Autodesk Revit & BIM (David Light) http://autodesk-revit.blogspot.com/
11. Revit Beginners http://revitbeginners.blogspot.com/
12. The Sustainable Design Toolbox (Simon Gillis) http://thesustainabledesigntoolbox.typepad.com/blog/
13. GREEN BIM NETWORK (Jon Gardzelewski) http://www.greenbimnetwork.blogspot.com/
14. Revit Resource: Blogs by Topic http://revitresource.blogspot.com/
15. Beyond the Paper (Volker Joseph) http://dwf.blogs.com/beyond_the_paper/
16. BIM Manager (David Kingham) http://bimmanager.blogspot.com/
17. ARCH TECH (Phil Read, et. al) http://architecture.blogspot.com/
18. Revit Rocks (Daryl Gregoire) http://revitrocks.blogspot.com/
ARTICLES & PAPERS - Concepts, Ideas & Rhetoric that define the BIM environment:
1. “Comparing Pommes and Naranjas”, Jerry Laiserin http://www.laiserin.com/features/issue15/feature01.php 2002
2. “AtomicBIM: Splitting Data to Unleash BIM’s Power”, John Tobin http://www.aecbytes.com/buildingthefuture/2008/atomicBIM_pr.html
3. “Towards Digital Facility modelling for Sydney Opera House using IFC and Semantic Web Technology”, Schevers, Mitchell, Akhurst, Marchant, Bull, McDonald and Drogemuller http://www.itcon.org/data/works/att/2007_24.content.02481.pdf 2007
5. “BIM and the U.S. GSA” (1-2-3 Revit Tutorial), Rick Rundell http://www.cadalyst.com/cad/building-design/bim-and-us-gsa-1-2-3-revit-tutorial-3480 2007
6. “Specifying and Cost Estimating with BIM”, Dean and McClendon http://www.buildings.com/Magazine/ArticleDetails/tabid/3413/ArticleID/3624/Default.aspx 2007
7. “Wisconsin Bets on BIM”, Jeff L. Brown Civil Engineering—ASCE, Vol. 79, No. 9, September 2009, pp. 40,42 2009
8. “BIM - What is it, why do I care, and how do I do it?” http://modocrmadt.blogspot.com/2005/01/bim-what-is-it-why-do-i-care-and-how.html 2005
9. “Modeling Rules”, Dace A. Campbell http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/1011/tools_1-1.html%202006
10. “210 King Street: BIM Case Study”, CIMS Lab, Carleton University, Ottawa http://digital210king.org/downloads.php
11. “buildingSMART (get over it)”, Mario Guttman http://www.aecbytes.com/viewpoint/2005/issue_17_pr.html 2005
12. Cadalyst Arcticles titled The Five Fallacies of BIM, Part 1 and Part 2:
http://www.cadalyst.com/aec/the-five-fallacies-bim-part-1-1-2-3-revit-tutorial-3688
http://www.cadalyst.com/aec/the-five-fallacies-bim-part-2-1-2-3-revit-tutorial-3693
These two arcticles are great to argue against skeptics that like to put down the tools that are the focus of change.
