A quantitative analysis of a BIM survey showed that 58 percent of building professionals preferred the approach and features of Bentley BIM solutions while 38 percent preferred those of Autodesk’s Revit. Of those with “strongly preferred” responses, 69 percent chose Bentley BIM solutions and 31 percent chose Revit.

The home blind survey was conducted by Lachmi Khemlani, Ph.D., founder and editor of AECbytes, the building industry’s leading BIM newsletter. AECbytes’ registered subscribers were asked to choose among 12 fundamental BIM approaches and 19 BIM features identified by Dr. Khemlani. The quantitative analysis applied the respective strengths of Bentley BIM solutions and Revit – as established by Dr. Khemlani – to the collection of responses and determined the winner.

Of the 650 respondents to this Bentley-commissioned survey, 46 percent identified themselves as modern architects, 14 percent identified themselves as engineers or construction professionals, and the remainder indicated they worked in operations. The group was divided equally between single-office and multi-office firms.

Huw Roberts, global marketing director, Bentley Building, commented, “Our initial interest in the survey was twofold: first, to aid in our understanding of what BIM users value as a guide to our ongoing BIM development; and second, to provide a comparative measure of the values placed on the relative strengths of Bentley BIM and Revit.