BIM: Building Information Modeling
Introduction to Building Information Modeling
An Autodesk innovation,
building information modeling (BIM) enables the creation and use of
coordinated, consistent, computable information about a building project in
design. Starting with BIM helps you clarify cost estimates and construction
decisions, enhance performance predictions, ensure high-quality construction
documents, and ease facility management and operation.
Building information modeling
supports the continuous and immediate availability of project design scope,
schedule, and cost information that is high quality, reliable, integrated, and
fully coordinated. Among the many competitive advantages it confers are:
· Increased speed
of delivery (time saved)
· Better
coordination (fewer errors)
· Decreased costs
(money saved)
· Greater
productivity
· Higher-quality
work
· New revenue and
business opportunities
For each of the three major
phases in the building lifecycle—design, construction, and management—building
information modeling offers access to the following critical information:
· In the design
phase—design, schedule, and budget information
· In the
construction phase—quality, schedule, and cost information
· In the management
phase—performance, utilization, and financial information
The ability to keep this
information up to date and accessible in an integrated digital environment
gives architects, engineers, builders, and owners a clear overall vision of
their projects, as well as the ability to make better decisions faster—raising
the quality and increasing the profitability of projects.
Where is more information available?
Websites:
· www.autodesk.com/bim