Building Information Modelling (BIM) has become a widely accepted and highly beneficial means of planning and sharing knowledge on a new building or facility. It is typically used from the very outset of a project and, even once the building is completed, a BIM service can continue to offer invaluable and highly beneficial information to services managers and other building managers. BIM has effectively replaced the two dimensional drawings that were once relied upon.
One of the reasons for the increased popularity in a BIM service is the additional information that it offers over its two dimensional counterpart. Paper drawings were typically completed in two dimensions but a BIM service not only offers a three dimensional representation of a building but it goes beyond this to offer information relationships, material information, and much more. This depth of information makes a building information model a highly beneficial item.
Developers rely on the use of a BIM service to help them create accurate scaled models of the buildings that they are developing. As well as the structural design of the building, such plans will also include the building services mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) and infrastructure layout. It will include maintenance features and it will also offer information about the relationship between various aspects of the building. It will even include information on the various materials used, such as information on manufacturers.
Once construction is complete, the BIM service is not done with. In fact, the model can be used throughout the viable life of the facility and will often even be used in the planning of demolition to ensure that the building is brought down safely, effectively, and cost efficiently. Changes and updates should be made to the model to ensure that it is kept up to date.
Supporters of the Building Information Modelling system say that using a BIM service offers cost reductions, improved project completion time, ease of access to vital information, improved visualisation, and increased productivity. You should ensure that you use a BIM service that offers reliable and up to date information and don’t forget to have any changes, alterations, and additions updated as part of your ongoing Building Information Model.
Contact GlobalCAD.co.uk for more information on our competitively priced and highly beneficial BIM service. We can offer BIM from the conception of a design idea through to demolition of the building.