A new software application that helps contractors add facilities data fields into a building-information-model file system throughout the construction cycle is showing promise to address a major pain point with as-built information.
"BIMfx will be revolutionary for the industry," predicts Kevin Bredeson, virtual construction director with Chicago-based Pepper Construction Co., referring to the application by StratusVue, formerly known as PlansandSpecs, also of Chicago. "BIM benefits the design phase through to the construction phase, but there's always been a gap [with the] handover to the owners. I think this is going to narrow the gap, if not eliminate it," says Bredeson, who beta-tested BIMfx.