Workstation Guide for Digital Design and Construction

Making sound investments in workstation hardware for BIM (Building Information Modeling) can present a special challenge for architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) companies.

The computational demands of BIM software platforms are continually evolving, and the proliferation of new capabilities expected by industry users - everything from reality capture to construction sequencing - introduces a plethora of new devices and increased expectations of functionality, connectivity and performance of IT infrastructure.

This document provides a guide to the selection of professional workstation hardware and associated equipment solutions and configurations specifically for planning, design, modelling, visualization, reality capture, coordination, fieldwork, and more. Noting that the majority of AEC firms are SMEs, it is written in a way that AEC companies of all sizes can get the right knowledge to make sound investments in the hardware needed to deploy BIM successfully. This document is oriented towards the practical application of BIM and is structured around common BIM use cases to simplify the process of system selection.