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A Brief Introduction to Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Author: Neel Kadakiya
by Neel Kadakiya
Posted: Jan 16, 2018

The literal pillar of a building construction rests upon building information modeling (BIM) that stitches together construction and design. Rarely spoken about in detail, there’s a lot that goes into a BIM project, and the best way to work it out for a successful construction project is by getting in touch with the BIM experts.

Say that you’ve hired BIM services in India at a pre-construction stage of your project, the architect would start the project through a schematic model and once prepared; you would be given a presentation of the same for approval. This is where you could give in your inputs or suggestions before passing it off to the design stage.

The schematic model spoken about above involves two important aspects. One being, scheduling and the other estimating. While scheduling keeps track of the time allotted to the project and sees to its completion, the estimating tracks the cost of the project continuously.

BIM works such that it brings together not only construction and design but also works as a collaboration between the workers of the project. The design phase looks at a more collaborative approach with everyone coming together right from the architects to the engineers. This phase also looks at a variety of modeling practices. Right from elevations, scheduling, walkthroughs to sections, these practices help with an efficient system, especially when done right and consistently.

Looking at what the model can do to construction, the question now asked is, how can one use BIM to fasten or quicken the construction project process? If you are a newbie to the BIM modeling, things can be tough for you unless you have a good grasp of all its nuts and bolts. Designing a model that reflects the true potential resources, work, times and material, etc. required is a matter of much investigation, analysis, and statistics.

And therefore, business organizations realize the lack of time and resources to design a BIM model. What is a way out then? Because such realization is foreseen not a long time back, many budding professional firms are offering BIM services in India, US, UK, and other developing nations across the globe. Professionals are trained in BIM modeling keeping all know-hows and implications of the BIM process under consideration. Efficient in the way the model developed by such trained professionals works, not only do they cut down on errors but also saves up on time spent on the project. Quite a genius, BIM services in India sure have a great future considering that many other industries would now start looking up to the BIM model.
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Asc Technology Pvt. Ltd. is a firm offering Bim Modeling services, Bim clash detection and coordination services, rebar shop drawing and Mep shop drawing services.

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