John Wiley & Sons recently published Building Information Modeling: A Strategic Implementation Guide for Architects, Engineers, Constructors, and Real Estate Asset Managers. The book provides a guide to implementing BIM technology as part of a comprehensive systems approach to the design, construction, management, operation, maintenance, and use of buildings.

The authors— Dana K. Smith, FAIA, executive director of the buildingSMART alliance, a program of the National Institute of Building Sciences, and a senior analyst with Cyon Research; and Michael Tardif, Assoc. AIA, CSI, Hon. SDA, director of Integrated Project Delivery Systems for Grunley Construction Company, Rockville, Md.—show professionals how BIM supports more streamlined, integrated, and efficient business processes throughout the life cycle of buildings, from their initial conception through their eventual retirement or reuse. According to the publisher, the book provides a plan for incorporating BIM into every organization's existing workflows, enabling professionals to take full advantage of all the benefits that BIM offers.

Topic covered in the book include the following:

• the business case for BIM, demonstrating how it can improve collaboration, facilitate better design and construction, optimize workflow, and help reduce risk;
• guidance for meeting the challenges of BIM such as an entrenched business culture, the proliferation of BIM tools, and the uneven rates of BIM adoption; and
• the big-picture view showing how an organization can work with business partners and fit into the building life cycle in a BIM-enabled industry.

Throughout the book, sample documents and figures help readers better understand the principles of BIM and how it works in practice. In addition, first-hand accounts explain exactly how adopters of BIM have gained a competitive edge.