In Which BIM Saves The Planet! – RTC News

Friends,

Easter this year was really something. And I’m not just writing that because my 4-year old wanted to stake out the Easter Bunny (‘Dad, you eat the meat – I eat the chocolate’).  No – it’s because the weather has been funky around here. People have been walking around like it was Miami Beach – and this morning we had snow…again!

I will spare you from graphically describing the reactions of a 4-year old being told that he is not yet Viking enough to venture out in the Easter Blizzard wearing Bermudas and a T-shirt; suffice to say – he disagreed, but when the dust had settled (which in all fairness was pretty quick), he asked me why it snows when it’s no longer winter.

Personally, I think he’s a little too young for the whole global warming lecture; but you, my dear readers, are not. I know I’m far from the first to link integrated BIM to environmental impact – just look at the UK’s ambition to reduce carbon emissions from construction with 33%…

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