A Simple Guide to Building Information Modelling
If you work in the construction industries then you will realise that business information modelling is a buzzword topic. Business information modelling (BIM) is a standardisation initiative for use in construction and design.
It is a way for different industry sectors to communicate more easily. However, many people find this area relatively complex. Here, we have produced a simple guide to help you to understand building information modelling UK.
How Will BIM Affect the Construction Industries?
BIM is set to revolutionise business design and construction. Any UK business that operates within building construction – from interior design and building design, to building maintenance – will have to use building information modelling UK.
The construction industry is aiming to roll out BIM on a global scale, but clearly this is not enforceable and it is down to each individual country to implement regulation. In the UK, we are implementing legislation to ensure that all construction related business (design, construction, internal structural design and construction, etc.) employ BIM systems.
What Is BIM?
The BIM Task Group (the government appointed body to oversee the implementation of BIM across the construction industry) gives the following definition of BIM: ‘essentially (a) value creating collaboration through the entire life-cycle of an asset, underpinned by the creation, collation and exchange of shared 3D models and intelligent, structured data attached to them.’
That sounds rather convoluted and complex, so we will describe it in easy to understand terms:
- Business information modelling is all of the software that relates to building design. This includes:
- All the blueprints
- The construction and implementation of the design
- The actual build (including interior design)
- Maintenance of the design
- Basically all the software used in the design, build and maintenance of the entire building
- The aim is to create design and build software that all use the same variables, values, measurements and language. This will allow different groups within a particular project (e.g. the interior designers and the construction workers) to communicate properly: basically, the entire construction and design industries will all ‘speak’ the same language.
- This will improve the efficiency of the construction industry as a whole.
- It will prevent many problems that currently exist within the construction industry. For example, it’s quite common for different parts of the project to miscommunicate things such as length of bricks. When that happens, it screws up the entire project. BIM will prevent these things from happening, or at least minimise them immensely.
- When everyone on the project is talking the same language, using the same measurements, and using the same quality of materials, the projects will run much more smoothly, increasing efficiency, minimising the amount of time spent on a project, and saving money. This will lead to a greater number of construction projects and it will reduce the cost of each individual project. Therefore, BIM will contribute substantially to economic growth, and if adopted on a global scale, will vastly improve the way in which we do construction.
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