What is Building Information Modelling
("BIM")?
In recent years, the construction industry has shown a greater
interest in the benefits of partnering, integrated and
collaborative working.
According to the UK National Building Specification
("NBS"):
"BIM brings together all of
the information about every component of a building, in one place.
It makes it possible for anyone to access that information for any
purpose e.g. to integrate different aspects of the design more
effectively. In this way the risk of mistakes or discrepancies is
reduced, and abortive costs minimized."
BIM uses advanced computer systems to build 3D models of
infrastructure and hold large amounts of information about its
design, operation and current conditions. At the planning stage, it
enable designers, owners and users to work together to produce the
best possible designs and to test them digitally before they are
built. In construction, it enables engineers, contractors and
suppliers
