What’s Going on?
On September 25, 2018, Procore, a leading cloud-based construction management software, announced their acquisition of BIManywhere, a BIM collaboration platform for construction and facilities management that enables 3D visualization to help streamline communication. Though Procore traditionally has developed new modules in-house or allowed integrations to their app marketplace, its acquisition of BIManywhere demonstrates the growing interest in BIM-aided project management during construction.
How does it help?
BIM has been a major factor in the design, planning, operations, and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure. However, one area that many believe BIM can play a much larger role is on the jobsite to aid construction management.
Kris Lengieza, Director of Business Development for Procore’s Marketplace discussed how companies can capitalize on their virtual design and construction efforts. “How do we take these models that we have, that we’ve coordinated, and done all this work,” Lengieza asked, “And how do we get them in the hands of the people who are actually putting the work in place? That was the problem that seemed to be elusive to a lot…