About the author  ⁄ Daniel Stadig, P.E.

Daniel Stadig, P.E. is Vice President at Salas O’Brien and specializes in Cold-Formed Steel framing design and BIM. He is the immediate past Chair of the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) Executive Committee and the current Chair of the CFSEI BIM Committee. He also serves as a corresponding member of the AISI Committee on Specification. (daniel.stadig@salasobrien.com)

BIM of Cold-Formed Steel Framing

The key is discovering value and avoiding waste.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is used extensively throughout the construction industry, with some trades fabricating directly from BIM as standard practice. Even steel rebar for cast-in-place concrete is being modeled and fabricated using BIM. So why isn’t all Cold-Formed Steel (CFS) framing included in a model, and why do some CFS contractors consider BIM a waste of time? 

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Aug, 2023 By , and In Structural Modeling
STRUCTURE magazine