Recently while I was out on a job site taking progress photos I came across and issue where the fire sprinkler was conflicting with some masonry embeds in (3) different stairwells on a (4) story building… (12) spots. I’m guessing it will probably be about a $3,000 issue. I thought I would take this opportunity and talk about how Building Informational Modeling (BIM) will help catch and resolve these conflicts on paper before they become issues in the field. (more…)