On January 17, 2017 Scott Chatterton, International Building Information Modeling (BIM) Integration Lead and Digital Design Leader for BIM Planning and Quality, HDR, Inc. and Dereje Alemu, BIM Director at HDR TMK in Germany, together played an active part in the advancement of BIM with their presentation at the “Future of Building” at the BAU 2017 in Munich, Germany. The two HDR BIM representatives presented the “Perspective of Global BIM Adoption” to a compelled audience within an extraordinary setting of other well-known BIM experts at the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials and Systems. Focusing on a better understanding of international approaches to BIM and levels of BIM adoption that currently vary widely from continent to continent, they presented crucial driving factors that have influenced BIM adoption in North America, Australasia, Africa, the Middle East, and especially Germany. How ready is Germany for BIM adoption? The two BIM experts were…