Success of BIM Project Depends on BIM Execution Plan. Building a relationship between contractors and product manufacturers. Bhushan Avsatthi, a director at Hi-Tech iSolutions, outlines the role BIM can play in bringing together building products with the contractors who need them on site, with benefits for all.
BIM – Better Information Management. This is what AEC industry professionals have been quoting for what BIM does to bring value addition to their line of works. Yet building contractors and building product manufacturers have failed to establish an undisputed relationship when it comes to space planning, space utilisation and equipment installation on construction sites. There are always divergent views between the two, and reaching a consensus has become just a myth. BIM implementation in the UK: Elimination of the Final Problem. The UK became the undisputed BIM champion around the globe with its government and central construction council’s chief announcing BIM implementation for all public projects by April 2016 for which planning started years ago.
But as 2017 came to an end, almost six years since the initial planning of implementation (in 2001), we look at the current state of BIM implementation across the UK. As the application of BIM continues, this is an effort to look more closely and eradicate the final challenges in implementing BIM Government role play in BIM playbook Government or the central construction council of the UK has a significant contribution, right from providing infrastructure to training. How BIM Helps Contractors & Construction Companies to Increase Profits. Construction industry struggles to swim across the cost of doing business as wide as an ocean, whereas the profit margins are usually razor thin.
Immense competition, squeezed timelines and compressed budgets create further cost pressures push teams to do more with less. Such challenges make it mandatory for construction professionals to hunt for new ways and means to control building construction project costs and increase construction profits to grow. The advent of technologies and processes makes it all the more possible for them to decrease project costs and increase profits. Why offsite construction success depends on the quality of geometric design information. Why offsite construction success depends on the quality of geometric design information The perception that the construction industry is moving towards offsite construction is getting strong.
But when discussed with a few of the leading building contractors, offsite construction is still an option for them to meet tight schedules & constraints alike. This is not the entire truth. Some of the building & infrastructure contractors are already operating with an offsite strategy, and also encourage early engagement with clients and designers to look at buildings – differently. They have built their own factories too. 8 Ways Architects & Engineers can Outsource BIM Services. Why should you Invite BIM over Coffee for next Retail Construction Project? Talking about Starbucks coffee is too main stream; talk about its construction standards and regional curve in it and you may invite an EPC firm’s chief building design engineer for a never ending conversation or maybe a billion dollar business.
Mention any novel technology – BIM and/or Virtual Reality – Starbucks has it. In essence, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that there is as much to learn from the retailer’s construction practices and technology adoption as from its brand value. Drones are [not] revolutionizing construction industry practices. “With the buzz word ‘drone’ that every AEC industry professional is aware of, it’s pretty controversial to express any views that disagree with its usefulness.
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But yes, there is a strong case of disagreement about the revolution that drones are [or are expected] to bring across construction industry.” DRONES! BIM for Railways Infrastructure Development. European railways infrastructure construction and development faces a number of business as well as technological challenges of modern era.
These challenges of construction hindrance and budget insufficiency originate out of climatic shifts, regulations and public subsides. Furthermore, a commitment to deliver high-level results, safety and security, capacity and connectivity of construction site with the office staff and sustainable development are the obstacles in the progress of construction. Besides, especially in Europe; railways are public goods and a consensus has to be reached for their needs and wants. With multiple complexities of scalable impact, contractors and infrastructure developers find options that deliver determined solutions and coordinate their job roles well when it is the case of railways infrastructure development.
Is BIM suitable for autonomous construction scheduling? BIM objects and building products: To each its own. Viewpoint: Pros and Cons of Digital Rendering Tools. The idea of perfect architectural designs is not only propagated by architects and architectural design firms but also the clients and project investors support it to a great extent.
But is it really good for their mental health? As in is it deceiving them by deviating from the reality? We find it out by several arguments apparent from the works and instances of architectural industry. Augmented reality: the next logical move for BIM-ready firms? Is a BIM-ready construction sector ready to embrace augmented reality (AR) as a standard practice?
Will it tightly integrate the design and construction phases for improved communication, quality and efficiency across the building design and development, or is it still an add-on to core working practices? Gaurang Trivedi investigates. Design Visualization for Evolution of Best in Class Architectural Designs. Finalization of architectural designs is a tough task since developing approvable designs that gives a green signal from all the disciplines of building construction project is critical.
Architects, interior designers and interior decorators find it excruciating to explain their design intent, despite using 3D modeling. Perception of building element orientation is very subjective even when there are 3D models ready for references. However, an in-depth and influential analysis drives researchers to insights that clearly point out the necessity of having rendering tools along with BIM for better 3D design visualization and coordination. These 3D visualization tools and rendering software such as 3ds Max or Photoshop join the foray of delivering engaging designs, its context and making spatial and temporal attributes clear. Photorealistic models developed using 3D modeling tools will add to the value of 3D models by adding visualization capabilities. Interior during summers.
BIM: Myth or Reality? - Only MYTH. Building Construction Posted by Hiral Patel on May 22nd, 2017 Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the boon to construction industry. Challenges for Building Product Manufacturers in Adopting BIM. Building product manufacturers today are facing the unavoidable BIM storm, which requires them to develop product data in a standardized format as a part of requirements from contractors who follow BIM processes for construction projects. It is becoming increasingly challenging for manufacturers to maintain a library of BIM objects and that too with required meta-data, as each new project has its own set of data requirements. But doing nothing is equally risky, as without BIM-ready models the chances of architects/designers picking the manufacturer’s product in their designs are less, affecting the revenues eventually. The problem is equally worse for manufacturers who have already adopted BIM, and have informative models in place to be utilized in the construction design project, as there is still lot of ambiguity in the amount of data architects, contractors or operators ask for.
BIM promoters came up with a solution to this issue – Product Data Templates (PDTs). What is the Solution? BIM for Collaboration between General and Specialty Contractors. In recent past, cases where more and more specialty contractors having problems of not being paid in full and in time by general contractors have surfaced. We are sure that EPC firms, general contractors, construction companies and all involved at various levels in any building construction project would have heard of it, alike.
With BIM offerings like faster takeoffs to get from estimate to bid sooner, increased visibility in market with 3D Visualization, earlier involvement in the design phase and gaining competitive edge; building construction industry is looking towards a bright future. But instances like these are capable enough to slow down the bandwagon. Understanding general contractors, specialty contractors, what is it that makes them different from one another, and how BIM service providers can help them make profitable growth is the only way out to address such challenges to an extent.
Architectural 3D Rendering; Realistic Vs Stylized. How BIM helps structural engineers collaborate better with other disciplines? For any randomly picked building construction project, it is the structural engineers who face challenges in multiple forms and different aspects as the stability of the entire building structure depends on them. This responsibility is what makes the job of structural engineering discipline more critical in every possible way that can threaten the structural integrity.
But if myths are to be believed, MEP engineers face more challenges as they board the construction project in the later stages when all other disciplines are about to finish their work. This is an effort to debunk the myth, and highlight some of the major and crucial challenges structural engineers face. As mentioned earlier, the success of entire construction depends on structural engineers; one wrong calculation could bring the entire building stumbling down. How construction firms can pace up with emerging offsite construction?
Building Construction Posted by Hiral Patel on November 14th, 2017 Offsite construction has gained popularity in commercial construction markets across the US very recently. There are some construction professionals who claim this concept to be age-old. Tight budgets, difficulty in finding skilled labor and increasingly shrinking deadlines are some of the reasons that have propelled the popularity of offsite construction across the construction industry. New York’s My Micro [Carmel Place] is the most explicit example of how modular and offsite construction can prove to be really effective. Offsite construction, when adopted, shows a clearly visible effect on costs, and project schedules are shortened. BIM for healthcare facilities: A closer look at the benefits and challenges. Apart from being different, general contractors find healthcare building construction projects to be the grimmest ones too because of technology upgrades, their unpredictability, the large area and inconvenience in maintaining unhindered site activities.
Most EPC firms would rather build something other than refurbishing or renovating an existing healthcare facility or even construct it from scratch. When BIM Supersedes 2D Drawings, Structural Engineers Need Collaboration Cosh. Pay No More to BIM Charlatans; Else You Are a Propagator of BIM Wash. Posted byJaydeep Chauhan on May 16th, 2017. There are 3 P's of BIM: people, processes and policies. Advances in technology have impacted virtually every sphere of life, where Radio Shack stores have been replaced by cloud service providers like Google and Amazon, Netflix has replaced Blockbuster, and smartphones have successfully replaced Polaroid cameras.
The scenario in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) fraternity is no different where BIM is all set to replace CAD for planning, designing and modelling AEC projects. BIM is taking the architectural practice a step further BIM is the stepping stone helping the AEC industry to progress, along with the technological evolution called generative design. BIM and Cloud: The Ultimate Solution for Efficient Construction Management. Posted by Jaydeep Chauhan on May 9th, 2017. Construction Design Engineers should adopt Autodesk Revit to meet stringent project deadlines & market demands. Structural engineers, architects, MEP engineers, and drafters argue about the value of an array of novel modeling and sketching tools utilized by them for their project specific requirements. Today, with multiple advances in Information Technology, Revit and AutoCAD has delivered maximum usability in the AEC industry. Nevertheless; drafters and design engineers argue about the value of one over the other, purely based on their personal user experience.
Although, today, Revit sees a wider scope in meeting stringent project deadlines and market demands. How Pivotal is 5D BIM to General Contractors? Forward thinking BIM; A walk through the Future. Federated BIM Models for Architects; Difference in Want & Need of Computational BIM Workflows. In the entire ecosystem of AEC industry, BIM plays different but important roles for various disciplines such as designs, construction, procurement, management etc. Estimation Engineers Must Add BIM to curb Theft of Surplus Material Ordered. Is BIM Getting Tough; Or Is It Just A Deceit? Posted byJaydeep Chauhan on April 25th, 2017 During the times of portraying BIM as protagonist, it would be a really dauntless statement to say that, “BIM is becoming tough with each passing day.”
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