As part of the graduate course Advanced Scheduling and Estimating at our university, students were asked to collaborate with a building construction firm to solve a real technical challenge related to project scheduling and estimating. The idea of the projects was to involve students in everyday situations and the problems that might occur on the job. This created an objective for this study: to demonstrate how building information modeling (BIM) can benefit subcontractors. Since its inception in the late seventies, BIM has become more than just a digital representation of the physical and functional characteristics of a building. BIM began as architectural software, but is currently being used by many engineers and general contractors mainly for design analysis and clash detection. In this research, BIM was used to generate shop drawings, presentation drawings, material quantities, construction scheduling, and project progress reports for an interior finishing subcontract. While working on the assignment, it became quite apparent that there was a need to review the BIM preparation process. Research in this area brought about a new technical approach for using BIM that will benefit subcontractors in the construction industry. This new method of using BIM will help subcontractors save time and money, while enticing customers.