Advertorial: BIM – a Tool, an Approach, a Paradigm

Written in collaboration of the multi-talented Nehama Shechter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nehama-s/), COO of Arch-Intelligence, makers of Environment for Revit (www.archintelligence.com), and who are making BIM for outdoor and landscape design a reality.

“Redefining the way we think and work when designing landscapes

Building Information Modeling, or BIM. Doesn’t sound very earthshattering, does it? Anyone not in the AEC sphere would have a hard time guessing just how far-reaching the impact these three nondescript words, and everything that they represent, have had on the discipline of architectural design. The truth is that sometimes, even design professionals may not fully appreciate just how profound the BIM paradigm shift really is. This is especially true for us landscape designers, who, with the aid of tools like Environment for Revit®, have only recently been able to confidently move forward in the world of BIM.

In this article we’ll explore the BIM paradigm shift, how it’s reinventing time-consuming drafting activities and converting them to be a part of our actual design work, and how, as BIM continues to evolve, us landscape professionals who adopt it are gaining more of an edge in the industry…”