Making fast decisions is easy. Any fool can do that. Making good decisions fast is whats hard. Now, more and more firms are turning to visualization tools to help make that possible. A look at how some are doing it suggests that a revolution in construction communications is under way.
People up and down the chain of construction are churning out graphics created with blends of digital photographs and three-dimensional design data. They are manipulating images as models or animated construction sequences, or snapping off screen shots to be e-mailed or printed as instant renderings or graphical instructions to subs for display or distribution. And they are finding that the imagery is not only relatively inexpensive and easy to produce, but makes a superb tool for conveying complex information.