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The McGraw Hill SmartMarket Report on Interoperability captures a variety of perspectives on the current status and importance of interoperability in the north American construction market and potential paths towards solutions. BIM is playing a key role in driving demand for interoperability, which will become a larger issue as we continue the push for use of new technology that gets us closer to an integrated project delivery system; this report also includes statistics about BIM adoption within the US construction industry.

Full House for Change the World: Harnessing BIM Technology and Integrated Project Delivery for Sustainable Design.
A sold-out audience of 350 attended AIA Technology in Architectural Practice’s annual conference, Change the World, presented with the support of the AIA Integrated Project Delivery Discussion Group, the AIA Committee on the Environment and the AIA Center for Building Science and Performance May 13 – 14, 2008 in Boston. Interactive/Blog/Social Networking Site

2008 TAP BIM Awards
TAP’s 2008 BIM Awards illustrate the innovation, experimentation and business results that advanced computational techniques are bringing to the practice of architecture and the art of building.

Integrated Practice: Putting It All Together
2007 Integrated Practice Pre-Convention Conference
The 2007 Integrated Practice Pre-Convention Conference was held in San Antonio on May 2, 2007. A range of industry leaders gathered for a series of seminars, presentations, panel discussions and open forums addressing topics relevant to Integrated Practice. Presentations from the conference are available below.

AECbytes
AECbytes is a free online publication that focuses on researching, analyzing, and reviewing technology products and services for the building industry. Each month, subscribers receive the e-mail newsletter along with summaries of product reviews, case studies, and other articles written by Lachmi Khemlani.

Other links of interest from various sources including AIA Knowledge Community’s and AKR
Integrated Project Delivery – Expanded Sustainability
An article by James M. Suehiro, AIA highlighting the integral role of an architect and the two tools that support this role are Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM). Integrated Project Delivery reduces waste in the building and design process and BIM can facilitate key design decisions about the life cycle of a building. Together, they support an expanded process to increase life cycle sustainability of a building – plan, design, construct and operate.

Preparing for Building Information Modeling
In its most basic form, building information modeling (BIM) is the move from analog to digital design and construction. It is a model-based technology linked with a database of project information. And it is poised to fundamentally change the way projects are built and the way project stakeholders communicate with each other.

International Alliance for Interoperability Industry Foundation Classes
The IAI is an alliance of organizations—software companies, building product manufacturers, information publishers, owners, designers, and builders—in AEC and other industries whose goal is to develop a universal standard for information sharing and interoperability of intelligent digital building models developed in object-based systems throughout all phases of the building life-cycle.

For BIM's Sake
In this editorial, I urge you to consider the use of BIM in your daily practice not for BIM’s sake, but for the project’s, the architecture profession’s, and your sake. -- Martin Fischer is associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and (by courtesy) computer science at Stanford University. He has built virtually and carried out research in building information modeling since 1987. He also is director of Stanford’s Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE). June 2005.