QVMC new pavilion rendering

Building information modeling is key to the Sutter Health’s new hospital under construction north of Santa Rosa hospital and St. Joseph Health System’s new pavilion at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, shown above.

NORTH BAY — In less than a decade, building information modeling (BIM) has become a major construction simulation and visualization process, and it’s being employed heavily on large hospital projects now under construction in North Bay counties.

Today a growing number of North Bay architects, engineers and contractors — commonly referred to as the AEC community — are using BIM when designing new buildings and infrastructure projects. read more…