Five Best and Unique Practices that have widely impacted the ideas and concept of BIM Services
The modern world has advanced to a high level as well as to a great extent. There is a famous phrase in which it says “Necessity is the mother of invention”. No matter it is with regards to whichever sector or industries modernization and advanced services play an important role to assist in completing the work at a faster level and pace. Today in this article we would be sharing the ideas, concepts, and best practices that have changed the ways of implementing BIM services in the project.
It is not at all wrong in saying that Building Information Modeling indeed has turned out to be one of the best and revolutionized concepts for the entire AEC industrial sector. This modern trend of the work has bought every single aspect of the information in one single digital model. It is therefore that BIM promotes the building projects in a much efficient as well as a collaborative way as never like before.
The work of BIM services is to facilitate the data exchange between several team members who are involved in the overall project. This area of work includes the involvement of architectural design, construction drawings, engineering drawings, and a lot of other factors that are part of BIM drafting services.
None of us can deny the fact that BIM services are the most accurate and systematic blend of the work that undertakes the modern tools, methods, and processes to get the work completed at a greater pace with high results too. It is that with the knowledge the team tends to have, BIM always allows and gives access to the BIM professionals to have deep insights of data that are depicted in the BIM project as well as shared by the BIM consulting company too. This set of data involves basic but important aspects like design, valuation, costing, operational work, sustainability, and facility management, and many other such aspects.
Well, having said this, it is crystal clear that the entire concept of BIM services is facilitating the construction cycle of the building and that too with the higher growth in the AEC domain. Here are five best processes and best practices that have impacted a wave of great positivity in the welcoming of BIM services.
1. Design Coordination — Clash Detection
One of the core reasons that cause delays and failures in large-scale construction projects is none other than clashes. It is a fact, when there are multiple people working on the same project, the chances of clashes to occur are at a higher level and it is all due to less coordination and collaboration.
The clashes that arise can be in either of the forms. There are three types of clashes that may arise at the time of time when the teams are working on BIM projects. The clash types are “Hard Clash”, “Soft Clash”, and “Workflow Clash”.
It is that if the clashes that have occurred are soft ones, it can easily be managed with small changes and updates. But with hard clashes, it is totally opposite. If the occurrence is a hard clash then there is a need and requirement to have the complete rework done and this, therefore, leads to a waste of time, energy, efforts, and resources. Apart, if workflow clash arises, then it is not considered as an object clash but it results from the inconsistent or conflicting building information.
Also, it is that the clashes that occur will always have an impact on the work and its deadlines. This will therefore lead the costing of the project at a higher pace and also will take time to complete as it will be a lengthier process. It will overall give an issue that will affect the areas of scheduling, workforce management, and logistics.
BIM services are the way that can make it easier for all the stakeholders to collectively and collaboratively work on the design and services. This stage of work will therefore include other aspects too in which it would be for early collaboration and clash detection stage as well. If these clashes are being resolved at the early stage i.e in the process of 3D model, there are a lot of chances that these clashes can be reduced to a great extent and along with that, the design mistakes are minimized.
The use of modern BIM software like Revit can always be considered as a great source and way for verifying these BIM models that are either overlapping or interfering with the elements. Similarly, other options and software like Navisworks also pave to give a kick and accelerate the process of rectifying the clashes at an early stage. Proper planning and coordination based on BIM models will always reduce the chances of having clashes, rework, as well as above all will reduce the cost of the project too.
As stated earlier, proper implementations of planning decisions can be considered at an early stage, which will in the end save valuable time, energy, and resources of the engineers, designers, and architects. Also, it will give the acceleration to make the process of the completion of the project at a greater level
2. Quantity Take-offs- Generation of BOQs and BOMs
BIM services are far much capable enough in generating accurate and detailed sets of data and that is of Bill of Materials and Bill of Quantities. All this is possible with the help of proper implementation of quantity take-off function. It is the 5D BIM modeling services that is very much focused in the process of preparation of estimation and quantity take-off and it is because they are connected with the 3D model, and its different elements, components, parts, and other such data that is considered for a proper cost estimation.
This process of automation gives an assurance of delivering high-grate efficiency in work and along with that saves time in re-estimation work if any changes are made in the geometry or quantity.
It is that the on-screen quantity takeoffs assist in promoting the work, which improves the process of decision making and along with that diminishes the concept of prediction and guesswork. This could always be in regards to the logistics, scheduling, and costing work. The team of planners and other stakeholders can always use the option of 5D BIM models so as to make the communication channel better with the subordinates of the projects. This discussion is all related to cost and that too in detail with proper accuracy and having a check on real-time update with the design changes.
3. Fabrication Process- Generation of Shop drawings
This is a fact that BIM services can always be used for getting the best result for every construction project. With the undertaking of BIM services or outsourcing BIM services, the stakeholders will always receive the best result with regards to efficient design, management, and overall control of fabrication process along with its shop drawings. It is that these sets of digital design promises to give proper digital design flow for these two processes, one is for fabrication and the other is for shop drawing design. This will therefore, promise to provide higher accuracy, development of the design at a faster level, and along with that very less potential design issues.
It is that with the help of BIM, the designers can enjoy a greater control over the final product and this is all possible once the work of identification and eliminating the issues are done at the design stage itself.
We all are very well aware of the fact that fabrication work can always be time-consuming and with that it will always include a high amount of cost as well as investment. But this cost can always be reduced to a certain level and it is possible with the help of using BIM for shop drawing and fabrication. The savings will be done efficiently and resources too can be saved which does include saving of time too.
BIM is and can always be used for the purpose of digital fabrication and development of shop drawings in a great as well as comprehensive way. This process of work will always improve the coordination process as well as will give qualitative results for the end user.
4. Facility Management
One of the important as well as most fascinating aspects of BIM services is its capacity of having embedded information of the complete project which is all set to have its complete lifecycle and that too represented in one single model. This process of work entirely includes information about facility management which is one of the essential parts of the project post the complete handover is done of a building. Also, the collaborative approach in the completion of the project will always streamline the workflow and with this will give minimal chances of miscommunication and error.
With the use of BIM, the complete work can be managed effectively and efficiently. These work are related to the systems, its components, maintenance, sustainability, and energy efficiency. All this systems and its work can be digitally visualized and monitored before the actual process of construction takes place. This process therefore makes it easier to reduce the costs and also with that it simplifies the way of processing the coordination once the project is completed.
During the design phase itself BIM can assist in achieving the energy efficiency and other such important aspects of the building which is possible only with proper evaluation methods. When the work comes to proper planning for the facility, it is necessary that all the documents must be available related to several components and all that should be available in one single model. This stage of work thus makes the work of facility managers easier once the managers are moving out of the picture.
5. Generating As-Built Models
The option of outsourcing BIM services, or integrating BIM services is not limited only for new projects. The service can also be taken into consideration for the purpose of redesigning and redeveloping of an existing building too. It is that with the help and use of a mixture of design plans, laser scanning, and other innovative and new practices, will always allow as well as integrate digital models which can be taken into consideration for creation of a new design or redesigning of a building.
Moving further, the process of BIM always supports bringing every stakeholder on one single platform and it is because the service is supporting as-built models for old buildings. This existing facility therefore makes the entire design converted into a modern idea which is all possible with proper coordination process. Using the concept of BIM approach will also share opportunities of improvement within the old buildings and this can easily be discovered. This process therefore makes the building development much cleaner, energy efficient and easy to manage for future aspects.
Conclusion:
The scope, implications, and integration of BIM technology are very much advanced and available in a broad way. This one single method or the concept can always bring a revolution to the entire value chain within the AEC domain. Moreover it will always give a great way out for higher efficiency and productivity for each and every stakeholder who is a part of the BIM project. Get in touch with us today, and get an idea to visualize the concept of BIM which you can consider in your next BIM project.
