How BIM Revitalizes the Construction Industry

Aubrie Cortez,Sr Director, Technology & Automation Jacobs

The construction industry moves forward towards fruition with the advancements in business information modeling.  

FREMONT, CA: The construction industry is experiencing a sea of change that is brought about by the technology boom. Business information modeling (BIM) has entered as a miracle in the field of construction to not only change the legacy processes but take the industry towards business excellence and further, the overall success. As the technology of Business, information modeling makes potential use of a wide range of conceptualizations in technology such as 3D modeling, and more, construction agencies are increasingly moving towards becoming modernized and smart.

In order to take complete advantage of BIM technology, construction personnel is required to analyze and bring about r a realistic approach. BIM works at its best when the builders follow a full phased approach. However, creating a report of details pertaining to each and every phase of an object individually is a bit tedious manually. This calls for prolific data analytical modules and functions to generate all that is needed for the effective application of BIM.

The traditional processes of sketching the structure can now be replaced by the features of BIM. BIM offers routines for planning the design in a 2D framework,and later, this basic blueprint can be converted into advanced and more understandable formats such as a 3D model. Errors produced at each level of designing are countered and corrected in the immediate next level. 

BIM makes the processing of design and modeling it further according to the demands of the engineers, construction professionals, stakeholders, and the owners of the building and the site. 

BIM is intelligent in standardizing the specifications of the design, estimating the methods, and the vital data parameters, all through the supply chain, to avoid any amount of ambiguity, clashes, and uncertainty. BIM also provides actionable modules in encountering the complete set of operations that can maintain and take the process of construction towards success and quality.

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