What Is Bim, Building Information Modeling

Industry professionals see BIM or Building Information Modeling as an essential collaboration and construction project development platform with various tools and resources that can be used for the complete project lifecycle. In the construction industry, positive urbanization is a need of the hour. Many construction companies and owners have adopted the BIM process in their construction projects, but India still needs to work up on this process and technology as there is a huge growth market for construction and civil engineering projects in India. Many enterprises around the globe have understood and adopted the robust power of BIM to accomplish their project through quick turnaround times, and on budget.

The core definition of Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Building Information Modeling or BIM is a series of processes that are adopted through digital depiction of physical and working characteristics of an infrastructure. It is an ecosystem wherein all the parties involved in a construction project can collaborate on a single platform through well-defined processes, and software automation to devise strategies, plan the complete building process behind the desk, handle design operations, pre-fabricate & fabricate precise building assets, manage the project life cycle, and more.  In simplicity, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is constructability backed by digital intelligence in the AEC(Architecture, Engineering, Construction) industry. BIM has influenced many companies worldwide due its influence on the overall building process. Read More…

Why BIM?

BIM has been used as a mandate in many countries for construction projects for its ability to execute construction projects easily through 3D visualizations, and connecting the dots from design to construction.  BIM has the ability to visualize a project from the ground up, and it helps every member of the team viz. project managers, contractors, and developers save on time and money. There are many countries that are using the BIM methodology, and more are soon to adopt it. Some of the countries that have deployed, and soon to deploy BIM are – Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, USA, UK, Germany, Singapore, and more.

As an example –

The 400K street NW project had design deficiencies for duct, duct passing, that were completely clashing with the plumbing design.  With the help of BIM, the project engineers and BIM experts were able to solve this issue before it went for fabrication. This, in turn enhanced productivity, and reduced scrap and rework.

5 Benefits of Building Information Modeling (BIM), you should absolutely consider

The benefits of BIM are easy to understand as they have been mentioned below –

BIM Benefits

1.Exceptional Collaboration & Team Work  

As BIM exemplifies team work, teams can easily rely on BIM functionality to work on the cloud, and collaborate efficiently through all the stages of the project lifecycle. Managing your project behind the desk, and analyzing various vital information through collaboration before even going onsite is what Building Information Modeling delivers for your team members and project. It deeply penetrates every piece of vital information, and brings it out on the table for team members to review, enhance, and deploy through constant streamlining.

2.Enhanced Workflow Visualization

BIM as a process,  when integrated with state-of-the-art software leverages clients and construction professionals to design detailed 3D models with precise information intelligence, that helps users to quantify all the necessary facets, and visualize their project in real-time. All this is achieved before going in to the actual construction phase.

3.Extremely cost-productive

For budget-centric projects, it is absolutely imperative that every team member stays focused to complete a project on budget. The demerits of old-fashioned planning can lead to vulnerabilities and clashes onsite. These clashes can occur for building assets, wherein multiple assets can occupy the same space, and cause a lot rework onsite, or it can actually cause clashes between various departments or team members in the project. This  can create serious delays in project time-lines. BIM mitigates all these complications through transparent information interchange across all the departments. Building Information Modeling has become cost productive in the sense that it completely mitigates the need of extra assets or assets that are not required like doors, windows, building material, and more. Thus, there is no material wastage whatsoever.

4.Enhanced Productivity

Time is of the essence when it comes to the AEC industry and building complex infrastructure. Thus, productivity of every single department and individual is to be assessed and evaluated for the project to complete on time. With BIM, construction personnel have the flexibility to plan each step in a condensed manner for others to view and understand. Any changes made in the model, drawings, or documents are reflected in real-time for others to approve and improve on. This is applicable for every phase of the project life-cycle, thus contributing to greater productivity amongst various teams.

5. Green-building & reduced carbon foot-print

The need for positive urbanization through green building technology reduces the carbon foot-print on the environment. Energy efficiency is key to building modern structures through early-stage environmental analysis for energy consumption, lighting requirements, plumbing systems, daylight improvement, and more. Through BIM, owners and construction companies can deploy sustainable design processes, and optimize energy efficiency, water and waste management, and even create a paper-free AEC ecosystem through the cloud.

BIM Dimensions

Towards the end

BIM penetration in the AEC industry has seen an up-curve through technology advancements, and the flexibility it offers through various processes for along the building life-cycle. Extensive use of BIM around the globe will necessarily create sustainable urbanization, and take the construction industry to a sophisticated level of advancements through precise data mining and information interchange. Check More…