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Through the integrated BIM process, architects, engineers, builders, and owners have the ability to explore a project’s key physical and functional characteristics digitally—before it’s built. This allows them to design, analyze, document and deliver designs from the conceptual phase through the construction phase, and beyond. By using coordinated, data-rich information models, all members of a project can contribute to its success through improved accuracy, less waste, and the ability to make informed decisions earlier in the process.
The Autodesk approach to BIM provides a broad portfolio of integrated, state-of-the-art applications that help deliver projects faster, more economically, and with reduced environmental impact. |
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- It’s about planning our communities so that commutes disappear…
- Building transportation systems that work for the people that use them…
- Treating our waste close to the source…
- Collecting our water for local re-use…
- Using the light that’s been given to us rather than shutting it out and creating it again…
- Generating our energy on-site…
- Insulating our structures against heat and cold, against fire
- Creating public spaces that enhance our lives…
- Recycling our materials rather than exhausting our resources…
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IPD is the process by which we can achieve our goal of Sustainable Design. We must manage our projects in such a way to reduce waste, reduce risk, reduce errors, and improve performance.
- Involve all team members in design meetings, including contractors.
- Institute Building Information Modeling.
- Facilitate collaboration.
- Set up contractual mechanisms that enable open collaboration.
- Minimize paper-based processes, and collaborate digitally.
- Check for and manage interferences between trades, digitally.
- Create a culture of trust and sharing.
- Communicate design ideas using 3D visualization to keep everyone aligned.
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BIM is the technology that we implement to communicate our designs effectively. We cannot put in place the processes outlined above without BIM technology.
BIM begins with a rules based design system. If there is a bearing wall on the third floor, it can’t be moved without first evaluating the load transfer to the floors below. If there is a slope constraint for a fill material, the structure can’t be moved beyond what is allowed by the slope constraint. BIM design products allow for input of rules and design criteria to ensure a quality design.
BIM creates smart objects. Design elements know what they are, and of what they are made. We can count them, measure them, list them, and modify them. There are no strays or duplications. With BIM, we can quantify what we have built.
BIM extends object relationships. If we adjust one object, it may affect many others. Move a road horizontally, it must change the road profile and cross-sections accordingly. Move an exterior wall of a building, it must change the configuration of the roof. With BIM, all objects exist as part of an overall design framework, interacting according to the rules of the model.
BIM includes a 3D design model. We have to be able to see our design. We have to feel it, experience it, understand it, or we can’t know if it’s what we want… if it meets our needs. From basic interference checking between various disciplines (Does the sewer line compromise the building foundation? Is the fire hydrant in the middle of the street?) to the aesthetics and flow of the final function of the project, the 3D model is a necessary component of understanding our designs.
BIM enables communication with real-time updates. If my discipline affects another, it is critical that they can see when my design changes. Working in a model based system allows designers to see changes to the model instantly, rather than scrutinizing a construction document attempting to find changes since the last revision. BIM is all about the model, designed as-intended and current.
BIM technology is not yet completely finished, but is well on it’s way and is unavoidably in our future. The components of BIM listed above are the tools for achieving our sustainable living goals. Through careful planning and access to information about our designs we can build better, waste less, communicate clearly and reduce risk. Anything less would be unsustainable.
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Recently, the Architectural, Engineering and Construction communities have been inundated with BIM. Many jobs are currently requiring all deliverables to be submitted in a BIM format, and more projects are following this trend everyday. If your company does not currently use BIM-capable software, you are missing opportunities to bid on those types of projects. |
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If your company is ready to transition into BIM, we can help. We can provide the software, training, and workflow planning to move you toward a complete BIM deliverable. |
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If your company is not ready to make the transition to BIM now, let us help you submit and bid those projects requiring BIM. CAD Masters is now offering services to design professionals to convert your projects into a BIM deliverable. We can take files produced from any .dwg based program and convert them to highly sought-after BIM formats such as .nwd (Navisworks) and .rvt (Revit). Please call to discuss pricing as the conversion process varies based on the size and specific requirements of your project. |
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The purpose of the McGraw Hill Construction BIM survey was to determine the knowledgeable users’ perceptions of BIM adoption, implementation, value and impact within their firms.
Key findings include:
- 63% of BIM users will use it on more than 30% of their projects in 2009
- 82% of BIM experts believe that BIM has a very positive impact on their company’s productivity
- 72% of BIM users say that BIM has had an impact on their internal project processes
- Contractors expect to see the greatest growth of BIM use in 2009
- Users who measure it report higher ROI than the perceived ROI of those going on “gut feel”
The report is available for download on the BIM Resource Center: www.autodesk.com/bim |
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