Building information modeling—or BIM—is a collaborative process that is changing the way construction projects are planned, built, and operated. Within the commercial real estate industry, it creates the perfect foundation for building a Digital Twin. Join me, Greg Arnot, your new host of Siemens Next Generation Design. Today, I welcome Thomas Reimann, Innovation Technology and Sustainability Expert at Siemens Real Estate and Derek England, NX Product Manager at Siemens Digital Industries Software to discuss integrating the BIM model with shop floor layout. In this episode, you will learn more about the power of collaboration with BIM, how Siemens Commercial Real Estate incorporates Digital Twin technology, and what we can look forward to seeing in the future with regards to integrating virtual reality into the BIM workflow. What You’ll Learn in this Episode: How Siemens Commercial Real Estate utilizes BIM (03:44) An overview of the BIM and shop floor design and collaboration workflow (06:10) The challenges that have arisen connecting BIM and mechanical CAD (07:25) What has been learned from the SRE collaboration (22:14) Siemens’ plans to improve NX for BIM collaboration (23:14) Connect with Derek England: LinkedIn Connect with Thomas Reimann: LinkedIn Connect with Greg Arnot: LinkedIn