BIM = Building Information Modeling (you can model anything)
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3D modeling is a very modern way of playing in a environment where you can combine and create a model or design like playing with Lego but then in real-time. Most of the times persons are working in a company on a structural project to work in this environment, its a very framed environment without having the possibility to explore, sometimes persons are looking for answers and THERE is where the magic happens, you find the answers simplified in your design or model and most of these times its in their free time.
For instance drawing or modeling a roof sounds simple you have the angle of the roof and maybe another roof-section with another angle, but where these to roofs meet, you get a totally different angle to work on finishing the basic forms to a model with wood-beams, timber, insulation and tiles, by modeling in real-time, you just see where you are and decide what to do for the best solution, so solution-driven persons really are getting answers instantly when working on their search for answers.
My goal is to make a international team, with enthusiast persons and like-minded artists, designers, in structural, architectural, MEPS, textwriters, picturemakers or exterior designers, interior designers, electrical designers, ventilation designers, lawyers, accountants, notary, and so on working for their own best interest together towards a model ready to be used by anyone when it is finished, and to turn around in physical material in the real world, recyclical, upscalable.
What is BIM?
"With BIM (Building Information Modeling) , one or more accurate virtual models of a building are constructed digitally, with the help of parameterised elements or building parts. They support design through its phases, allowing better analysis and control than manual processes. When completed, these computer-generated models contain precise geometry and data needed to support the construction, fabrication, and procurement activities through which the building is realized."
What is BIM (Building Information Management)?
Definition of BIM (Building Information Management)
“With BIM (Building Information Modeling) , one or more accurate virtual models of a building are constructed digitally. They support design through its phases, allowing better analysis and control than manual processes. When completed, these computer-generated models contain precise geometry and data needed to support the construction, fabrication, and procurement activities through which the building is realized.”
This definition of Building Information Modeling in the Handbook of BIM (Eastman, Teicholz, Sacks & Liston 2011) encompasses a lot starting from a technology to embracing the whole construction process.
Construction software to enable collaboration and information management
At Tekla, we think that the I like Information in BIM is an extremely significant letter. In the US, the National Building Information Model Standard (NBIMS-US™) Project Committee sees Building Information Models as shared knowledge resource for information about a facility, while collaboration of stakeholders is another basic feature.
Working with others can be a pain point in a project. According to the NBIMS-US™ Project Committee, “Buildings cost more than they should to design, build and sustain and they take too long to deliver. We must do a better job of collaborating between the many stakeholders involved in the building process.” In the US, a study by NIST shows that lack of interoperability causes owners an additional cost of 15.8 billion dollars every year. The construction industry could definitely benefit from better communication and information management.
BIM technology
BIM means automation of the use of information – the creation of information became automated already when CAD arrived. From software, BIM asks for accuracy and capability to handle lots of information, and in practice also compatibility with other solutions as otherwise achieving a collaborative workflow would be challenging at best. Tekla has chosen Open BIM and construct-able models as we want to make good BIM workflows achievable for our customers.
Benefits of BIM span across the whole construction management process
The users list many benefits of BIM. Companies that utilize BIM, like Skanska and Barton Malow, have reported benefits for scheduling, estimation and risk analysis, more collaborative processes and better facility management. BIM also brings the opportunity to try out solutions in advance before building the structure on site: with a construct-able model, the structure can be prototype virtually. Project parties can understand and review the design more easily, which helps guarantee its accuracy and completeness and visualize and evaluate alternatives in terms of cost and other project parameters. BIM has gathered compliments for improved communication between project parties and generally better quality.
BIM is not everywhere
All construction software models and drawings representing a building are not BIM, for example, those models that contain only visual 3D data but no object attributes, or those that allow changes to dimensions in one view but do not automatically reflect those changes in other views. These examples miss the above-mentioned data for supporting the construction, fabrication, and procurement.
source : https://www.tekla.com/about/what-is-bim
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