A BIM (Building Information Modeling) is 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.
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The technology of building information modeling (BIM) is going to transform the construction industry and affect the jobs of every discipline involved in creating and sustaining the built environment.
BIM:
• Building Information Modeling creates an "intelligent" 3D virtual information model of your building.
• This model synchronizes inputs from all participants in the BIM process: architects, engineers, contractors, developers, manufacturers and owners.
• BIM delivers Embed and extract project information-including cost estimation, quantities schedules, area charts, material specifications, and phasing schedules-at different stages of the project, ultimately culminating in Building Lifecycle Management through BIM.
• BIM helps you with the virtual modeling of various building disciplines, helping you to identify conflicts and ensure a fully coordinated project design model. The "intelligent" 3D database is also a sophisticated and "reliable" design change management tool that can reduce change orders and help you save time and money.
• It also supports 3D Visualization
BIM Advantage:
• Better informed decisions regarding specifications and costs at the design stage
• Fewer design changes as construction gets underway
• Increase collaborative capabilities between Architects, Engineers, Contractors and Sub- Contractors enabling quick decision making
• Accurate as-builts for future facility management
• Production of high quality construction documents
• Co-ordinate different services to avoid conflicts
• Quantity take-off and cost estimation
• Enables pre-fabrication of different components of the construction to minimize design lifecycle
• More efficient scheduling and reduced construction time
• Cost saving by eliminating waste and speeding Construction
• Construction management.
• Better documentation for LEED accreditation.
BIM Benefits:
• Using cost attributing features of the model to assess alternative design and construction schemes.
• Virtually co-ordinate contract documents and shop drawings to identify and resolve geometric conflicts in advance of construction.
• Creating a 4D schedule to optimize sequence of construction, manage project logistics and communicate the project plan to subcontractors in coordination meetings and proactively make adjustments based on their feedback.
• Use the 3D and 4D models to demonstrate the scope of work to subcontractors during the bidding process, eliminate ambiguities, and reduce cost contingency in sub bids through increased clarity.
BIM & Sustainable Design:
Quality sustainable GREEN design requires an understanding of how a building will perform after it's built, which in turn requires computer-based simulation software for rigorous building analysis.
As with traditional physical models and drawings, evaluating building performance based on the graphic representations of conventional CAD or object-CAD solutions requires a great deal of human intervention and interpretation, which renders the analyses too costly and/or time-consuming. The advent of BIM (building information modeling) offers even greater opportunities for building analysis by pairing the analysis software and BIM for the seamless assessment of building performance.
By linking the BIM model directly to the commercially available analysis tools architects will be able to generate immediate feedback on design alternatives early on in the design process. Architects will be able to study multiple design alternatives simultaneously within a single model. Design options can be toggled on and off in the model for visualization, quantification, and analysis as needed, and cane be maintained for as long as required and then incorporated, discarded or achieved as key design decisions are made.
In this fashion, what-if analysis examining different sustainable design options for varying levels of LEED certification can be easily examined and thoroughly documented within the BIM.
Our BIM services include:
• Conversion of completed 2D construction drawings to 3D BIM models
• Development of Architectural BIM models working with architects, structural, and MEP consultants
• Development of "Builders" BIM model for general contractors
• Creation of quantity take-offs from BIM models
• Detection of collisions and clashes within BIM models
• Creating "intelligent" parametric libraries
• BIM models meeting NBIMS / IFC standards
• BIM models supporting analysis for sustainable design, performance assessment, building’s overall energy performance, Daylight Analysis, Thermal Assessments, credit reports.
