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Digital tools, methods and platforms for design, construction and collaboration. From BIM, CAD and CDE to structural and MEP design, simulation, visualisation, digital twins, data management and new software solutions that connect processes and make them more efficient.
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Robots that first learn their tasks on a virtual construction site and then transfer what they have learned into reality: What sounds like a future scenario becomes technically conceivable with Physical AI. Thomas Riedel, Head of BIM Strategy at OTTO WULFF, on BIM as a training environment, learning machines, and the crucial question of how well the digital world can map the real construction site.
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Digital bridge twins work. The Terfener Inn Bridge in Tyrol demonstrates this after more than four years of continuous operation. Yet permanently installed sensors often remain too costly and complex for widespread use. Contactless radar measurements were therefore tested at Italy's Olona Bridge to assess its condition from a distance. Both examples show how model-based condition monitoring can be scaled.
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3D machine control brings digital terrain models into the cab, layout robots transfer plans onto floor slabs, and the first construction machines already perform clearly defined tasks without a driver. BIM and machinery are becoming more closely connected, but the data flow is not yet seamless: a complex building model first has to become a task that a machine can understand and execute unambiguously.
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How can construction data remain reliably usable across tools, teams, and time? According to Antonio Cianciulli of ACCA Software, the answer lies in openBIM. The future of the industry depends less on which software prevails, and more on who owns the data - and whether we can trust it.
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As digital building models become more detailed, navigating them becomes more demanding. This is especially true of large infrastructure and building projects. Specialist input devices aim to make working in 3D models more intuitive.
28.09.2026
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Construction projects today rely on a wide range of software tools. To keep information flowing from design through construction and into operations, project teams need open interfaces and shared data formats. Open BIM is designed to make that possible - regardless of which software individual stakeholders use.
17.09.2026
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Construction has invested in digital tools for years, yet cost overruns, rework and coordination problems remain commonplace. Revizto's Digital Design & Construction Report 2026 shows where digitalisation still falls short in practice: integrating technologies, introducing new ways of working and collaborating across project teams.
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How is design changing as CAD, BIM, cloud technology and AI converge? In this Ask the Expert interview, William Wang discusses the shift from drawing-based CAD to model- and data-driven workflows. He explains why existing DWG resources, open standards and interoperability remain essential to making that transition work in practice.
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Ten years of BIM World MUNICH reflect ten years of digital transformation in construction and real estate. What began with software and new design methods now spans the entire value chain. AI, digital twins, robotics, circular construction and data-driven building operations are opening up possibilities and creating new challenges. BIM World founder Christian Stammel discusses the industry's progress, its biggest challenges and his vision for the years ahead.
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Ten Years of BIM World MUNICH: On 24 and 25 November 2026, the digital construction, real estate, and facility management industry will meet in Munich. More than 200 exhibitors and over 250 speakers will show how BIM, AI, Digital Twins, Open BIM, and networked building technology are changing planning, construction, and operation. The focus is on the question of how individual digital tools can become continuous processes throughout the entire building lifecycle.
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How does a BIM model become a reliable basis for quantities, costs and bills of quantities? In this Ask the Expert interview, Felix Grau of NOVA BUILDING IT explains why IFC exchange and automated quantity take-off can already work well today - and why success in practice depends above all on clear modelling guidelines, pragmatic processes and a closer connection between design, cost estimation and tendering.
