As we approach the second decade of the 21st Century it might be time to adjust our industry's cliches and adages. With the advancement of Building Information Modeling, better known as BIM, the construction industry will simply revisit the "smart board" instead of going "back to the drawing board."
Before Computer Aided Design (CAD) hit the market, contractors relied on the accuracy of the design team’s blue prints. The old pin-bar mylar gave way to two-dimensional CAD drawings and our current three-dimensional system of coordination. The construction industry is now ready for the next technological evolution of BIM.