Innovation in Construction Practice: BIM, Cloud Services, and Sensing Technologies

Innovation in
construction practice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
BIM is stand for building information modelling that is the foundation of digital
transformation within the construction, engineering, and architecture industry. It is the holistic
process used by construction industry for developing and managing innovation for a built asset.
In construction industry, BIM is an effective process which architects use to construct and design
modern building (Ahmed, 2018). By using BIM, a construction industry can easily plan and
think about the whole project throughout pre-construction, before the shovel hits the ground. In
the United Kingdom, the construction industry played an important role in improving their
economic growth and success in an effective manner.
Section A – Answer all questions
Question 1 – Sustainability - Analyse how BIM can support the delivery of construction
projects in a more sustainable manner
Building information modelling is changing the way building delivered traditionally. It is
being identified that construction industry is growing rapidly and also there is an increase in the
demand of sustainable facilities which reduces the impact on the environment. Building
information modelling is one of the evolving concept that includes different technology for
creating extraordinary detailed 3D models of building overall structure and innards. There are
various benefits which can be availed by construction company by implementing BIM within
construction project. It helps in improving the insight collaboration and communication.
Building information modelling allows team members to coordinate planning and share their
project model by ensuring that stakeholders must know the design of the project. It also helps in
visualising project in pre construction due to which customer can experience how the space will
look like and also they can make changes before construction start. There is a rise in demand for
sustainable building. In order to deliver the sustainable building, developers generally make
decision during the design stage as they have to focus on choosing building system and also
focus on the outdoor condition and features. The concept of sustainability is categorised into
three pillars such as economic, social and environmental. Sustainability within Building
Information modelling helps in predicting the energy consumption of building project at
conceptual stage. The implementation of sustainability by using BIM in construction project
helps in developing healthy built environment and also satisfy environmental, social and
economic concern in balanced manner (Ullah, Lill and Witt, 2019). Through using sustainable
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