About the historical resource library

People sometimes arrive here looking for downloadable files from the former Building Information Modeling for Masonry (BIM-M) initiative — model libraries, guides, and reports. This page explains, honestly, why those files are not hosted here and what we offer instead.

Why the historical files are not here

BIM for Masonry is an independent publication. It is not a continuation of the BIM-M initiative and is not affiliated with that program, its sponsors, or its authors. We do not hold the rights to those historical documents, and re-hosting someone else’s files without verified rights and provenance would be wrong. So we do not post copies, and we do not create stand-in files or fabricated “downloads” that pretend to be the originals. If a historical file is unavailable, we say so rather than substituting something that is not what you were looking for.

What we offer instead

Rather than rehosting old files, this site publishes original, source-backed educational material on the same subject matter: how water moves through masonry walls, how to read the signs, and how the relevant details are meant to work. Two good starting points are our masonry wall flashing detail and the new BIM & wall-detail coordination reference, which is a fresh coordination reference — not a restored historical report.

Where current BIM references live

For the current national standard, the National Institute of Building Sciences maintains the National BIM Standard—United States. You can reach it directly at https://nibs.org/nbims/v4/. That is the authoritative, maintained reference — a better destination than any second-hand copy of an older file.