Are you BIM-ready?
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- Created on 05 March 2013
The term BIM or Building Information Modelling was invented by Autodesk in the year 2002 to define an innovative approach to building design and construction. Unlike CAD, BIM is a single, 3D shared model. It contains physical, environmental, commercial and operational databases that interact with each other.
Because of its main feature - a three-dimensional capacity – all the components of the design idea can be easily viewed and examined; and BIM elements are actually the simulations of building components. As the result BIM provides builders, designers and developers with a great opportunity to explore the building project digitally, before it has been built.
There are a number of benefits that BIM brings to the companies: like greater integration and collaboration; it improves coordination of design and helps to avoid project delays due to early clash detection during building construction; reduces time spent on construction documentation; updates the model with real-time information on actual performance through the life of the building; saves costs and resources.