Split-image rendering of a modern mid-rise building, with one half shown as a realistic finished structure and the other half displayed as a glowing digital wireframe model, illustrating the concept of a building digital twin and real-time data integration within an urban setting

What is a Digital Twin?

February 19, 2026February 26, 2025 by Ken McLain

Digital Twins has been an industry buzzword being tossed around for a few years now, but what exactly is a Digital Twin? As with most new concepts, coalescing around a single definition can prove challenging. My own technical definition as it pertains to buildings and Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations (AECO) is: ‘A Digital Twin … Read more

Staying Updated with Revit and BIM

March 13, 2026October 15, 2024 by Ken McLain

Ever since Revit came onto the scene in 2000, the AEC industry has been adopting it and the underlying Building Information Modeling (BIM) concepts across an ever-increasing range of projects and building types. The software itself has also undergone many changes over the past 24 years, from the early single-user only models to today’s cloud … Read more