Building Information Modeling

Running head: BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING
BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING
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Introduction:
BIM or the Building Information Modeling is the process which is seen to be
supported by various tools and techniques that involves the generation and the management
of the various digital representations related to the functional and the physical characteristics
of the places. BIMs are also considered to be files which is used for the purpose of extracting,
or exchanging or is networked for the purpose of supporting the entire decision-making
process related to the building of the assets (Yalcinkaya and Singh 2015). Currently the BIM
is used by individuals as well as the government and the business agencies who are
associated with planning, designing, constructing, operating and maintenance of the diverse
physical infrastructures like the water, electricity, refuse, gas roads, bridges, tunnels, ports
and utilities related to communication.
Stage 0: Strategic Definition – This stage of the BIM is associated with enabling of the
capital projects for the purpose of analysing at the far earlier stage which means there would
be existing a greater predictability by means of usage of the due diligence (Li et al. 2017).
This in turn is associated with resulting in saving or the certainties which is associated with
enabling the projects which would otherwise be deemed as to much risky to proceed.
Stage 1: Preparation and Brief – This stage of the BIM is associated with making of
improvements if the process of allocating the tasks for each of the disciplines and this in turn
is associated with enabling the clients in making improvements in the process of providing of
definition of the responsibilities as well as the standards and the workflows
(Ghaffarianhoseini et al. 2017).
Stage 2: Concept Design – This stage of the BIM is associated with involving the clients
where the clients would be associated with seeing an improved engagement of the

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stakeholders along with the usage of the visualization as well as early time and cost estimated
which are made available for the purpose of making sure that the decisions which are being
taken are informed decisions.
Stage 3: Developed Design – This stage of the BIM is associated with including the
buildability of the design which would be proven (Kerosuo et al. 2015). However, this is seen
to be having a clash between the disciplines which in turn would be associated with the
redundancy in the cost related to contingency which would be built ordinarily inti the fees of
the project or the programme.
Stage 4: Technical Design – This stage of the BIM is associated with involving the Supplier
design information which would be included for the purpose of removal of the clashes along
with helping in the process of promoting the more and more offsite constructions which in
turn is associated with helping in speeding up of the entire programme.
Stage 5: Construction – In this stage of the BIM, ‘What-if’ simulation analysis is to be
undertaken for the purpose of preparing the complex work sequences. Besides this the
increased usage of the offsite manufacturer would be associated with making sure that the
components get well fitted which in turn helps in reduction of the wastes (Mancini et al.
2017). Besides all this the usage of more and more automated robotics in the future would be
programmed for the purpose of constructing in a quick and safe manner.
Stage 6: Handover and Close-out – This stage of the BIM is associated with making sure
that the defect free handover or the occupation with immediate access of information for FM
operations (He et al., 2017).
Stage 7: In Use – This stage is associated with ensuring a continued support in the operations
which helps in making sure that the asset is performing as specified.