Building Information Modeling in the Construction Industry

This research paper provides an overview of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the construction industry, including its practices, applications, benefits, and barriers. It also discusses the factors considered when assessing the processes involved in BIM in the construction industry.

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BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
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This research reviews the building information modelling in the construction industry by providing an
overview of the application of the building information modeling in numerous industries that have
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Keywords
Business Information Modeling,
Construction Industry, project management,
the Design team
1. Introduction
1.1 Overview of BIM
Building information modelling is the
construction industry can be defined as the
process of management and generation of
the digital representation of functional and
physical characteristics of constructions.
These files contain propriety data and are
always in proprietary formats which can be
networked, exchanged, or extracted to
support decision making concerning any
construction or structure.
1.2 Context of BIM
The building information modelling can be
defined as the approach of systems to show
from construction and design reuse,
demolition, and maintenance use of
construction assets. The BIM is a newly
emerging method to facility management,
construction and design in which a digital
representation of the construction process is
being developed to enable the
interoperability and exchange of information
in digital format.
2.0 Practices and Applications of BIM
The traditional designs of the building were
hugely dependent on the two-dimensional
technical drawings such as sections,
elevations, and plans. The BIM seeks to
extend the traditional building design further
by incorporating the three spatial
dimensions such as depth, height, and width
and the fourth dimension of time. The BIM
involves the representation of the
construction by the inclusion of attributes,
relations, void-shape oriented, solid shapes,
product or generic-specific, undefined and
vague by the use of design tools which
enables the extraction of different views
from a structure for production drawing [1].
2.1 Life-cycle of BIM

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The factors which are considered when
assessing the processes involved in the
building information modelling in the
construction industry include facility
operation, project management, construction
management, and cost management.
2.1.1 Facility Operation
The BIM helps in bridging the loss of
information related to the handling of a
construction project by the design team,
owners, and construction teams, by enabling
every team to contribute to any decision.
This benefits both the operator and the
owner of the structure [2].
2.1.2 Construction Management
There is a need for coordinating the
significant disciples such as MEP design,
structural, and architectural by promoting
collision detection at the initial stage and
also detecting any discrepancies during
construction.
2.1.3 Project Management
This model seeks to ensure efficient
management of the information processed
by the project manager through the
measurement and prediction of the
performance objectives so as to take care of
the logistics, take-off, schedules, and drive
analysis of any construction process [3].
2. BIM Software
The initial software tools developed for
construction modelling include Gable 4D
Series, Reflex, Sonata, RUCAPS, Glide, and
Chuck Eastman’s Building Description
System. Radar CH of ArchiCAD was later
developed since the previous applications
proved to be expensive to run [4].
4. Benefits of BIM
Some of the benefits of the application of
building information modelling in the
construction industry include addition of
construction level details, identification of
collisions trough virtualization, management

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of the existing building conditions, and
creation of smoother workflows [4].
5. Barriers of BIM
Some of the barriers of building information
modelling in the construction industry
include lack of technological competency,
high cost of investment, and large quantity
of system requirements [4].
6. Conclusion and Recommendation
Building information modelling is the
construction industry is the process of
management and generation of the digital
representation of functional and physical
characteristics of constructions. The factors
which are considered when assessing the
processes involved in the building
information modelling in the construction
industry include facility operation and cost
management.
References

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