McGraw-Hill Construction, part of The McGraw-Hill Companies , today released its Interoperability. Touble Contracting The report provides insight into the interoperability of software applications and platforms serving the building community -- of key importance to the $1 trillion U.S. construction market, as interoperability costs add to a typical project budget. Touble Contracting
The 36-page reviews the results of research conducted by McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics in late Spring 2007. Acworth Exteriors The goal of the study was to assess the interoperability of software applications and platforms serving the building community based on responses from a representative sample of 295 architects, engineers, contractors and owners. The study was sponsored by nine industry associations: Acworth Exteriors The American Institute of Architects, International Code Council (ICC), Associated General Contractors of America, Construction Users Roundtable, Construction Owners Association of America, Construction Management Association of America, Construction Specifications Institute, Society for Marketing Professional Services, and buildingSmart Alliance.
The study aimed to:
* Identify the types of software used most often by building team members.
* Evaluate usage of building information model software.
* Quantify the costs and issues associated with the ability of construction project software to effectively share data or "interoperate" among applications.
* Determine usage of automated code-compliance checking.
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The major findings of the report include:
* Software incompatibility is the largest obstacle to interoperability.
* Costs are another obstacle to interoperability, with the largest expenditures coming from training and time spent on translation when switching to programs allowing interoperability.
* The costs of not improving interoperability primarily come from manual data re-entry.
* The most frequently used interoperability software is 2-dimensional CAD. Also important are scheduling software and Business Information Modeling (BIM). In fact, use of BIM is increasing so rapidly that the study foresees a "tipping point" by the end of 2008, when a majority of architects are expected to be using BIM. toubl construction
* BIM has emerged as a critical catalyst in the effort to create innovation within the building community.
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"Interoperability, from a purely technology-based viewpoint, allows collaborating firms to share electronic data between software applications," said Norbert W. Young, President, McGraw-Hill Construction. "The lack of seamless flow of information - or interoperability - is one of the primary factors holding the entire industry back from quantum leaps forward. This study gives us a full picture of the real challenges we face. toubl construction We need this baseline in order to map out the important work ahead to create solutions for the entire industry."
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Through its editorial coverage in Architectural Record and ENR magazines, McGraw-Hill Construction has become a thought leader on the challenges to interoperability. This report, however, brings together for the first time McGraw-Hill Construction's editorial expertise with independent market research to provide an in-depth report on interoperability.
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As Stephen A. Jones, who spearheads McGraw-Hill Construction's initiatives around interoperability, BIM and integrated project delivery, said, "This report takes the pulse of the industry in terms of expenses, drivers and effectiveness of different tools. This information is critical to our work moving forward."
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