Sep 5
BIM Execution Plan (BEP): What Contractors and Project Managers Need to Know
Table of Contents A BIM Execution Plan (BEP) is a document that determines how a project team will operate regarding the representation and sharing of information throughout the course of a project. Specifically, it establishes the standards for modeling, specifies who is responsible for each part of the model, as…
Sep 3
How 3D Steel Modeling Is Transforming Structural Steel Detailing in 2026
Table of Contents With 3D steel modeling, flat 2D drawings are replaced by a single digital model that everyone on the team – engineers, fabricators, and field crews alike – can work with. This means that there is less work to correct mistakes and work can be completed quickly because…
Aug 29
BIM Clash Detection: What It Finds and How It Prevents Costly Site Problems
Table of Contents Clash detection means checking architectural, structural, and services models against each other before anything gets fabricated. When done properly, it catches three types of issues: hard clashes, soft clashes, and sequencing clashes. In case of wrong coordination, the associated reworking costs are generally within a range of…
Aug 27
How Structural Steel Detailers Convert Engineering Designs into Fabrication Reality
Table of Contents The purpose of structural steel detailing is to take what the engineer needs in the design (calculations of load, the necessary size of members, and connection type) and create precise drawings for the actual production of steel in a factory. Detailers make 3D models of the project…
