Building Information Modeling

Building Information Modeling

BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING or BIM is an intelligent 3D model-based process that helps architecture, engineering, and construction professionals with the insight and tools to more efficiently plan, design, construct, and manage buildings and infrastructure.

BIM enables a virtual information model to be handed from the design team (architects, landscape architects, surveyors, civil, structural and building services engineers, etc.) to the main contractor and subcontractors and then on to the owner/operator; each professional adds discipline-specific data to the single shared model. This reduces information losses that traditionally occurred when a new team takes 'ownership' of the project, and provides more extensive information to owners of complex structures.

BIM or Building Information Modelling is a process for creating and managing information on a construction project across the project lifecycle.

Paper based business practices, a lack of standardization, and inconsistent technology adoption among stakeholders can lead to loss of huge amount of money by the industries as a whole. This loss can be limited by the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM), a revolutionary tool being used by progressive firms in the AEC industry worldwide.

Collaboration in a BIM enabled integrated process is aimed at producing a better product, generally meaning of higher quality, in less time, consuming less resources and more sustainable than a project developed in a traditional process. The BIM process lets the entire project team share in the knowledge, risk and reward.