1. Building industry challenges and opportunities -- 2. BIM implementation strategies -- 3. Business process reform -- 4. BIM-based enterprise workflow -- 5. The building life cycle -- 6. Building information exchange challenges -- 7. Building information exchange requirements -- 8. The way forward.
This resource makes the business case for building information modeling (BIM), how it can improve collaboration, facilitate better design and construction, optimize workflow and reduce error. It discusses the barriers to BIM, from business culture to training, and how these barriers can be overcome.

UB faculty and students have has unlimited access to this book.
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Contents:
The development process -- The basics of real estate finance -- Land valuation for acquisition -- Task management and budgeting -- Capital markets for real estate -- Obtaining financing for development -- The development entity, joint ventures, and the financing structure -- Managing the entitlement process for financial viability -- Public/private partnerships -- How developers get capital.

This comprehensive book covers each stage of the real estate development process, explaining the basics of idea conception, feasibility, planning, financing, market analysis, contract negotiation, construction, marketing, and asset management. Widely used by professionals and in universities, this book should be on the shelf of anyone involved in architecture, planning, development, investment, or related fields.