Friday, February 7, 2014

How BIM Promotes Easy Interoperability within Construction Organizations?

One thing that makes construction of a building more difficult is that different members of the project work individually. Thus, the construction team may have an engineer, steel fabricator, precast manufacturer, architect, details, general contractor, and of course, the owner, all focusing on their own work, which often leads to coordination problems.

There might be the risk of not having a collaborative working process, and communication challenges, which can be a major hindrance to the construction process.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) can significantly minimize the problems and challenges of badly coordination, documentation and lack of coordination in the construction process. It is all about delivering structured information, which is well coordinated.

BIM facilitates easy and efficient interoperability in the construction process, providing information that flows from brief to facility management. Today, BIM is considered more than merely a technology or tool; it is a whole new way of addressing complex business process and the importance of interoperability. 

Building Information Management facilitates:

  • Improved communication and collaboration between the owner, precast manufacturer, steel fabricator, engineer, Detailer, architect, and general contractor
  • Interoperability between components and software from the same vendor
  • Interoperability between components and software from different vendors
  • Interoperability through open data standards
BIM represents structured information that flows from all the levels of the construction process and facilitates the scope for improved communication and collaboration.

It gives an opportunity for construction stakeholders to simulate the process in a virtual environment, which further facilitates improved communication and collaboration among different team members and that too in a hassle-free and efficient manner.

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Nikunj Patel is a design engineer working at Outsource Structural Drafting for the past 4 years. He loves designing Expert industrial equipments and can always be found in the lab discussing, brainstorming and tweaking designs. He has also worked on architectural projects taking interest in every aspect of design and analysis.

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