Technology transforming healthcare facility projects

Virtual construction and design have advanced the way project construction teams collaborate to develop healthcare facilities


Virtual construction and design have advanced the way project construction teams collaborate to develop healthcare facilities, according to an article on the Medical Construction & Design website.

Multi-disciplinary digital models can advance collaboration between building owners, designers and contractors, and integrating design and construction data within a shared virtual model.

Using this technology, design and construction team members simulate the processes, data and geometry of a building, creating a “virtual” facility before construction begins, the article said.

The team can communicate, visualize and analyze building information more easily to make better-informed decisions.

Read the article.

 

 



December 14, 2015


Topic Area: Information Technology


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