BIM - The Inside Story
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BIM - the inside story
29 July 2011 | By Thomas Lane
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In recent weeks weve heard all about BIM - its advantages, the sharing principle, the downfalls,the
training needed and the cost, but what does it all actually mean? Thomas Lane follows one BIMed-up
project from beginning to end
Compulsory use of Building Information Modelling on all public sector projects could help save the
industry from itself. Using design information collaboratively has been shown to produce cost savings
of up to 10%. These savings could make the difference between surviving and going bust in todays
tough environment - yet BIM is still a minority activity.
Chief construction adviser Paul Morrell aims to change all that with his proposal to make BIM
compulsory on public sector projects - an idea that is being backed by the government, as a recent
working group report showed minimum savings of 5%.
The savings come from sharing design information, which saves each team member from drawing up
designs from scratch. Holding data in common means design information is consistent and co
ordinated, eliminating expensive clashes once projects get to site.
It sounds great in principle - so why isnt BIM the norm rather than the exception?
The first barrier is that it involves switching from working in 2D to 3D, which means software
upgrades, expensive training and a change in mindset. The second is that while sharing information
is fine in principle, the questions arises of who owns the information and who you blame when
something goes wrong. That is a difficult issue to resolve in a notoriously fragmented industry.
So how does using BIM work in real life? Building decided to follow a projects team from start to
finish to see how each member gets on. We join the team at the design stage to see why they are
using BIM and how the information is being shared. We will revisit the team once the project is on
site, to see how BIM is benefiting the construction process, and finally will see how the design
information will be used to help maintain the building once finished.
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