{"id":105329,"date":"2022-02-25T16:35:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T16:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=105329"},"modified":"2023-04-03T19:34:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T18:34:51","slug":"digital-twins-pitfalls-of-bim","status":"publish","type":"ebook","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/digital-twins-pitfalls-of-bim\/105329\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Twins: How to Avoid the Pitfalls of BIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>In this ebook, Matthew Osment, head of Digital Twins, and Dr Jozef Dobos, CEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/stakeholders\/3d-repo-collaborate-for-a-better-built-environment\/104244\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D Repo<\/a>, aim to highlight the possibilities of digital twins and debunk the myths surrounding them<\/h2>\n<p>Digital Twins (DTs), as the name suggests, provide a form of a digital counterpart for a physical asset. 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