Basel’s Felix Platter hospital. Visualisation: ZVG
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The digitalisation of construction
BIM becomes a reality with Allplan The Munich-based company Allplan is a leading supplier of open BIM (building information modelling) solutions for architects, civil engineers, construction companies and facility managers. At the BAU 2017 trade fair (16 to 21 January, Munich), the company shows how BIM works in practice. TEXT: NANE STEINHOFF
Allplan, a subsidiary of the Nemetschek Group, offers innovative tools for the planning, realisation and operation of demanding architectural and engineering projects. Their solutions are used by over 40,000 operators in 20 languages and, as a member of the Open BIM initiative, Allplan supports the IFC standard and contributes to fostering the holistic planning, building and managing of buildings. Markus Tretheway, vice president product management at Allplan, explains: “Digitalisation can be felt in the building sector and there is no way around BIM as it offers enormous chances. If everyone realises these chances, the entire sector will 96 | Issue 46 | January 2017
profit and it will be able to implement the immense expectations of building owners, users and financing parties alike.” Enabling fully integrated, interdisciplinary cooperation Visitors to the BAU 2017 can look forward to Allplan’s holistic portfolio of BIM solutions for all phases of a building’s lifecycle. Allplan’s offerings include the CAD solution for architects and engineers, as well as solutions for building cost and general building management or the open cloud solution bim+. In hall C3, booth 320 at BAU 2017, Allplan shows how it helps project participants to use BIM and to create added
value: with the help of Allplan Architecture, Allplan Engineering and bim+, the model-based cooperation of all participants becomes as reliable as never before. “BIM brings together people, processes and tools. At the BAU 2017, we show how this works with our solutions,”says Tretheway. Successfully executing building projects with bim+ The open cloud solution bim+ enables the central management of model data and files from different systems. Thus, the cooperation and coordination across office, field and software boundaries becomes easier than ever. Through bim+, all parties that are involved in a building project can access the current planning status at any time, from anywhere. Furthermore, the new touch interface makes bim+’s full efficiency available on all smartphones and tablets. Therefore, planning data can easily be accessed directly on a building site which creates