DOI: 10.5176/2301-394X_ACE14.06
Authors: Mona Nejadkazem
Abstract:
The Construction industry is a business focused around providing a product through the traditional construction process, which remains for the most part, independent of the design process. With the growing changes in technology, many areas of production and business (outside of construction) are being refined and redefined, leaving the construction industry behind. Process of construction is still basically the same as it was hundreds of years before, from a set of drawings, a building in erected. For the most part, these drawings are never without errors and omissions, causing many delays, multiple change order items, and late projects completion.
With the advent of Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, the Designer/Architect is given the opportunity to design the building, and the software develops the appropriate plans and sections needed for construction. This is good for the designers because the project is completed in 3-D and most, if not all conflicts can be resolved before construction begins. These are just the initial benefits that BIM can potentially help the design and construction industry.
Keywords: BIM, Building information modeling
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