Building products Blog Posts
Modlar Reaches $50M in Monthly Specification Value
Over the past 30 days, Modlar has generated $50 million in specification value. Since establishing our corporate offices in San Francisco in January, we have continued to grow specification value by 15%, month over month. This is determined by the number of buildin... Read More
Greetings from Greenbuild 2014!
Team Modlar is currently walking the floor at GreenBuild 2014, and it's been great to see so many innovative and sustainable products, as well as incredible booth displays.The expo is taking place October 22-23 in New Orleans, and it is the world's largest conferenc... Read More
More Manufacturers Join Modlar's Library!
With over 58,000 subscribers, Modlar is certainly having an impact on the AEC community. We're excited to announce even more manufacturers that have placed their building products in Modlar's online library.As catalogs and brochures continue to be supplemented with... Read More
New Building Product Manufacturers Live on Modlar!
Building Information Modeling is undoubtedly having a massive impact on the AEC community, and product manufacturers are taking note. Modlar is happy to announce partnerships with an exciting batch of new manufacturers this spring, with free 3D downloads of their it... Read More
Soak Up Shower Week
We loved showcasing all of our incredible stone manufacturers with #StoneWeek, but now we're taking things back indoors. This week, the focus is on showers, and we've got an exciting selection fit to compliment any bathroom!Modlar offers a variety of shower products... Read More
March Recap
February was an impressive month for Modlar, but March proved to be even stronger!In the last 30 days, downloads per specifier jumped from 9 items to 12, and the average time visitors spent on Modlar.com doubled, going from 4 minutes to 8 minutes.Our numbers also de... Read More
It's Lighting Week!
#FaucetWeek has come and gone, but we were happy to bring you an impressive selection of products from manufacturers like Brizo and Delta. Now, lets get inspired by the fixtures that light up our living spaces, offices, and commercial properties!This week, lights fr... Read More
Great products at the AIA 2013 Expo
Day 2 at the AIA 2013 Expo continued to showcase some great building products from across North America and a other exciting ones from further afield.It's always interesting to see the innovation in this sector, from both large corporation to new startups. For those... Read More
Manufacturer's return on investment calculator
Return on investment - it's what makes the business world go around. Return on investment or ROI is often a key part of marketing discussions, especially when different channels are being compared.As BIMstop offers a powerful marketing solution to building product m... Read More
BIMstop overview video update
We've made an update to our BIMstop overview video, on our manufacturer's homepage here.The idea was to simplify it and get straight to the point of how BIMstop helps manufacturers boost the amount their product is specified, in turn increasing their sales!You can w... Read More
Happy New Year!
We trust everybody had a good break and are now getting back into the swing of things. We've got an exciting year a head of us with some great things in the works for all you BIM users!For all you building product manufacturers we've just push an update to our resou... Read More
Should building product manufacturers harness social media?
Are you a building product manufacturer thinking about giving social media a go?Social media (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, blogs) have been getting a lot of hype over the last few years. I've seen a lot of building product manufacturers dip their toes in, however hav... Read More
BIM & Green Building
Everywhere I go recently I hear about green building, who's using, who isn't and who should be.We all know that being more green in everything we do is the future and buildings are no different. The problem is that green building involves getting people to think dif... Read More
