Infotech Partners with University of Florida Rinker School of Construction Management
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“UF Rinker is one of the top construction management schools in the U.S., conducting advanced research on BIM, IFC standards and other technologies needed on the jobsite today,” Will McClave, Infotech President of Systems, said. With the rapid adoption of new, integrated technologies and the evolution of Building Information Modeling (BIM) on infrastructure projects, it became a top priority for Infotech to coordinate efforts with one of the leading academic programs that addresses these market shifts. Dr. Costin is an expert on linked data in architecture and construction and has served on many committees for the Transportation Research Board and other international groups on this topic, in addition to authoring multiple peer-reviewed articles. “UF, my alma mater, has been a driving force behind a tremendous amount of research for TRB, BIM, IFC standards, ontologies and data schemas, and so much more,” McClave added. “Infotech needs to consider that intelligence as we develop our strategies and incorporate these efforts into future product development.” The first initiative UF Rinker and Infotech will focus on is BIM and its impact on the infrastructure construction industry.