ACCESS CANADA www.scaffoldaccess.ca SCAFFOLDING TEMPORARY FENCE FALL ARREST EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION – SALES – RENTAL WWW.ACTIONSCAFFOLD.CA For all your scaffold and temporary fence needs call Action. 1 877 472-2336 ACCESS CANADA www.scaffoldaccess.ca SCAFFOLDING TEMPORARY FENCE FALL ARREST EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION – SALES – RENTAL WWW.ACTIONSCAFFOLD.CA For all your scaffold and temporary fence needs call Action. 1 877 472-2336 ACCESS CANADA www.scaffoldaccess.ca SCAFFOLDING TEMPORARY FENCE FALL ARREST EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION – SALES – RENTAL WWW.ACTIONSCAFFOLD.CA For all your scaffold and temporary fence needs call Action. 1 877 472-2336 ACCESS CANADA www.scaffoldaccess.ca SCAFFOLDING TEMPORARY FENCE FALL ARREST EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION – SALES – RENTAL WWW.ACTIONSCAFFOLD.CA For all your scaffold and temporary fence needs call Action. 1 877 472-2336 BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING Building Information Modelling (BIM) was conceptualized in the early 1990s, but advances in digital imaging, cloud computing and mobile technologies have made it a more viable option on today’s jobsites. “BIM is revolutionizing the way the industry is designing, building and operating facilities,” says David Thompson, Virtual Design and Construction Manager with PCL Constructors Canada Inc., co-founder of the Winnipeg BIM Community, and lead affiliate for Winnipeg for BuildingSMART Canada. “We are moving away from traditional siloed workflows with disconnected information to a more efficient way of developing accurate coordinated project information. This is allowing the project teams to collaborate in a way which was never possible in the past.” BIM’s viability is owed to the rise of sophisticated systems that can build accurate models with disparate sources of data. Even so, Thompson believes more can be done to promote its benefits and dispel misconceptions: “When people hear the term BIM, many consider it to only apply to buildings. In reality, BIM is being (utilized) to incorporate many sectors in the industry.” ACCESS CANADA WINTER 2018 21