Hey there! Now you all might be wondering what a BIM or Building Information Modeling is? Well its nothing but the creation of parametric, or intelligent, 3D models instead of 2D perspective ‘un-intelligent’ drawings. A BIM operates on a digital database and any change made to this database is reflected throughout the entire drawing. This allows everyone involved in the building lifecycle – architects, engineers, contractors, developers, and building owners - to sync together allowing them to view the model in different ways and seamlessly share information.
BIM’s produce construction documents that resemble those created by 2D CAD Drafting, but are done much faster and contain information about quantities, materials and other data that can be used in both the construction and management of a building.
In the words of Professor Charles M. Eastman, Director of AEC Integration Lab at Georgia Tech - "BIM involves representing a design as objects - generic or product-specific, solid shapes or void-space oriented (like the shape of a room), that carry their geometry and attributes. The geometry may be 2D or 3D. The objects may be abstract and conceptual or construction detailed. Composed together these objects define a building model. If an object is changed or moved, it need only be acted on once. BIM design tools then allow for extracting different views from a building model for drawing production and other uses. These different views are automatically consistent - in the sense that the objects are all of a consistent size, location, specification - since each object instance is defined only once."
He is of the view that BIM is important, as spatial conflicts in a building model can be checked automatically by machines. Because of this capability, at both the design and shop drawing levels, errors and change orders due to internal errors are greatly reduced. Thus as a building representation, BIM technology is far superior to drawings.
Hence, BIM seems to be a whole new way for owners to save some money. Now if you are really interested in saving a lot more, then outsourcing the BIM work to countries like India, China, South Africa will indeed be a good idea, if not a great idea. Among these countries, India stands out with regard to the quality of service and cost effectiveness. There are many companies listed on the cyberworld that offers an assortment of services for your advantage. You can visit the following link for more details: www.advenser.com.
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