5Game-Changing
Benefits of BIM Implementation

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BIM Is Already a BIG Thing!
BIM is not new today; all AEC professionals are very well familiar
with BIM – Building Information Modeling. It was coined by
Autodesk– maker of BIM software platforms such as Revit and
AutoCAD, has described it well in one line – “A change anywhere
is change everywhere” and that is instant with no user
intervention.
There are many definitions of BIM out there and all are accurate
in most senses. BIM is an intelligent model-based process to
create building model data that is essentially coordinated and
computable and thus AEC professionals can more efficiently
design, build and operate buildings and infrastructures. A true
BIM model consists of the virtual equivalents of the actual
building parts and pieces used to build a building which means a
building can be “built” even before its physical realization
through a virtual model.
We would like to describe BIM as “Best Intelligent
Method/Modus Operandi” since it makes building
(infrastructure) lifecycle much easier from concept to
construction to management/maintenance i.e. Design-Build-
Operate.

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BENEFITS OF BIM IMPLEMENTATION
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1. COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION
• Projects in the AEC market are always complex. Any AEC industry
project will have multiple stakeholders and service providers
contributing to different stages of the project. It becomes essential
to share critical information and collaborate them from multiple
source points. Especially in the design stages, where architectural,
structural and MEP designs are separate, it’s not a huge surprise
that there might be some design clashes. Through cloud
functionality and integration scope, BIM ensures accurate
coordination and process collaboration.
• The core benefit of BIM is Information. BIM model has information
regarding every project stage and of the different design disciplines.
This increases the accessibility of your team. Anyone can review and
mark up the design.
“Through access to multi-
discipline design information,
BIM helps you streamline and
collaborate with coordinated
communication across teams
and stakeholders.”

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2. VISUALIZATIONS AT FINGERTIPS
• One of the main problems with a
conventional paper design or even 2D
designs is their inability to showcase every
facet of the project. It’s difficult to imagine
the project in reality. It eventually results in
complicated and overwhelming design
drawings. BIM gives you a platform to
comprehend the complete design, including
floor plans, elevations, and 3D models.
• The graphical simulation provided by BIM
allows a user to see how their project will
look in a real life scenario. This gives a very
effective visualization tool in this visually
focused industry. With project renders and
architectural visualization, you can actually
see the entire design even before starting
the construction.

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3. COST EFFECTIVENESS
• The cost might be one of the main important that needs to be under
control, during the whole project. Imagine a scenario where the
project is going into the construction phase and architects find out a
clash between structure and duct. It would be immensely costly to
HOLD the construction and redesign that portion. With the help of
BIM, you can run the Clash Detection, before your construction starts
and you can cope up with those possible clashes. The clash-free
design from BIM will assure unnecessary late project completion and
extra cost.
In BIM, you have the record of every step
performed throughout the life cycle. This
reduces duplicate documentation at various
points and puts the project at a faster pace.
Thus, you can save both Time and Money
through BIM.

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4. ACCESSIBILITY TO INFORMATION
• As you are aware, building project involves time and effort. A single
project could involve hundreds of architects, engineers, and
drafters. The real problem comes, when a designer makes a change
to a floor plan, imagine half of the other designers using the older
version of the design than the revised one. Further, it might happen
that another designer is changing the plumbing design based on an
older floor plan. It can be extremely difficult to be aware of every
change happens at multiple touch-points.
• BIM process is completely coordinated at each stage of design and
construction process flow. You can easily access all the available
information regarding design in the BIM Model. It enables the
designer to be aware of the latest design at each moment and that
makes the change management really easy and effective.

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5. HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY
• The target of every AEC project is to complete the
project in scheduled time and budget. At any stage, if
you get stuck, the entire project can suffer from it. The
reasons that can happen are inaccurate design
information, wrong design coordination in multi-
discipline design (Architectural, Structural & MEP). BIM
enables you to create a precise project plan in a very
concise manner. A coordinated BIM model will have all
the information regarding every change made in the
design and everyone will be able to access that critical
information. So in short, any changes you make in design
will be reflected at every connected design aspect.
• This means the entire design and construction process
will go as planned and excessive time in redesign and
labor can be saved eventually resulting in overall cost
reduction of the entire project.

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