Mcgraw-Hill, Autodesk Collaboration Provides Bim-Enhanced Product Marketing

A new, streamlined program enables suppliers to create and publish BIM-ready building-product models in both McGraw-Hill Construction Sweets and Autodesk Seek. As BIM [Building Information Modeling] becomes increasingly widespread throughout the construction industry

Source: McGraw-Hill Construction, Miami, Fla.

A new, streamlined program enables suppliers to create and publish BIM-ready building-product models in both McGraw-Hill Construction Sweets and Autodesk Seek. As BIM [Building Information Modeling] becomes increasingly widespread throughout the construction industry–more than half of building professionals now use BIM or BIM-related tools, i.e., 75 percent more than in 2007, according to McGraw-Hill’s 2009 Business Value of BIM Report–building product manufacturers (BPM) can compete only by incorporating BIM as part of their marketing programs, officials from McGraw-Hill and Autodesk contend.

The powerful combination of connected capabilities between McGraw-Hill Construction Sweets and Autodesk Seek delivers a unique opportunity for BPMs to participate in BIM and develop unparalleled, competitive marketing programs for their products, affirms McGraw-Hill Construction Senior Director Per Lofving.
Accordingly, McGraw-Hill and Autodesk have joined their resources to offer BPMs assistance in creating complete and consistent branded Revit product models developed to standard BIM conventions; the models are then accessible through Sweets, Seek and within the Autodesk Revit design application. The program thus offers impressive marketplace reach and a significant competitive advantage, system developers assert, whether designers/builders go to Sweets, Seek or both for product selection and specification during the design stage and procurement, or installation as construction commences.