BIM for Building Construction Professionals

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HOW BIM HELPS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS? Building Information Modeling is a great support for the BIM professionals who are a crucial part

of the construction process. The major benefits are as given below.

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BIM HELPS ARCHITECTS CONCEIVE, RECORD, AND SHARE EFFECTIVE DESIGN VISIONS One can always say that Building Information Modeling has evolved along with architects and there are several BIM benefits for architects. It plays a crucial role in helping designers and architects conceive and effectively communicate the design intent, and understand the performance, exterior, and cost of the project during the design process itself. There are a myriad of software programs such as AutoCAD which can be leveraged by architects to attain and analyze various design ideas and concepts with unrivaled accuracy all the while preserving the synchronized and consistent design data by means of effective recording and construction. This is one of the reasons many architects, designers and engineers in the design community assert that BIM, along with 3D MODELING FOR ARCHITECTURE, is able to bring better value to their projects effectively.

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SPECI ALTYCONTRACTORS Thoughmos ts pec i al t yc ont r ac t or sonl yt ak e c ar e of c er t ai nc ompl ex as pec t s of a c ons t r uc t i onpr oj ec t ,t her ei snodoubtt hat t hey ar e al s o ex c eedi ngl ys uppor t ed t o i mpr ov et hei rpr oduc t i v i t yandef f i c i enc yand r educ et he c os toft he pr oj ec tex ec ut i on.

Ther e ar e s mal l c ont r ac t or s and c ons t r uc t i on c ompani es who f i nd t he i ns t al l at i on c os t s ofv ar i ous pr ogr ams t o c onc ei v eef f ec t i v eBI Mt obenonj us t i f i abl e wi t hr es pec tt ot hes i z eands c opeoft hei r oper at i ons .

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BUI LDI NGI NFORMATI ONMODELI NGMARKETI NG: I thasl i t er al l yt r ansf or medt heconst r uct i on busi nessi n wayst hatwi l lnev ermaket he i ndust r yl ookt hesame.Wi t ht hehel pof3D BI M MODELI NG SERVI CES, cl i ent s l ook f or war dt oi mpr ovi ngt heef f i ci encyoft hei r pr oj ectex ecut i oni ncr easi ngt hedemandsf or t eamst hathav eex cept i onal l yqual i f i edand si n BI M.Att hesame t r ai ned and member t i me,busi nesses can ef f ect i v el yut i l i z et he model sconcei v ed wi t ht he hel p ofBI Mt o i mpr essandconv er tcl i ent saswel l .

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Ther ei s no doubtt hatmany us er s obs er v ei twi t hadi f f er entappr oac hand per s pec t i v e.Theus er swhohav eut i l i z ed Bui l di ngI nf or mat i onModel i ngr ec ent l yi n t hei rs er v i c eof f er i ngshav ebeenabl et o br i ngex c el l entv al uet ot hei rpr oj ec t sand s er v i c esr ender ed.

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CONCLUSI ON Wi t heac hpas s i ngy ear ,mor eandmor ebus i nes s eshav es t ar t edt oadoptBI M andr eap t hebenef i t squi t eef f ec t i v el y .Theques t i onof‘ How doesBI M wor k ?’hasnow c hangedt o ‘ how c anwemak emax i mum benef i tf r om i t ?’

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Ther ei snodoubtwi t hi nc r eas edex pos ur et ot hes ameandt heus esofBI M,t heef f i c i enc y oft hepr oj ec t swi l l onl yi mpr ov ei nt heupc omi ngy ear s .I ti sr eal l yi mpor t antt ol ear nt hatas t hei ndus t r ygr ows ,eac handev er ypl ay eri ni tal s oi sbenef i t edandgr ows .I ti sal s oagr eat dev el opmenti ni ndus t r yt hats ev er algov er nment aldepar t ment sandor gani z at i onshav e begunmandat i ngBI M andass uc h,i ti sagr eatt i met os t ar tut i l i z i ngt hes ame.

THEABOVEPOSTWI LLSUREL YHAVEGI VEN YOUENOUGHANSWERTOTHEQUESTI ON;

HOW I SBI M CHANGI NGTHE CONSTRUCTI ONI NDUSTRY? THEREI SNODOUBTTHATBI M WI LL CONTI NUETOCHANGETHELANDSCAPEOF CONSTRUCTI ONI NDUSTRYI NTHEFUTURE ASWELL.