Abstract
LiDAR and BIM: How they're being used by today's AEC's?
Track: Architecture, Engineering, Construction
Authors: John Russo
As technology transforms the vast world we know into manageable bits of information, we can see the coming convergence of the macro spaces (GIS) and the micro spaces (BIM). As such, it is ever more important to understand the transformations occurring within these spaces themselves. In the Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) market today, LiDAR and BIM are rapidly transforming an industry that has forever functioned in a 2D world to one that rich with the detail of a 3D world. So how are Architects, Engineers and Contractors incorporating these new technologies? In what ways is this transformation changing the project delivery process? How will the use of LiDAR and BIM translate downstream through the facility lifecycle? Only as we start to answer these questions will we begin to understand their impact on the bigger picture of how Owners will need to access and analyze more detailed information on their facilities.