BIM/3D
Advantages
- The 3D tool supports the process of architectonic development.
- Descriptive illustrations (stills and films) are easier to produce.
- Planning audits are rendered simpler and clearer, with coordination and collision control.
- More efficient cost assessments can be made and alternative solutions checked from a cost perspective.
- The schedule can be linked to the 3D model, so that updating the former updates the latter.
- APDs (construction site plans) can be drawn up.
- The work can be prepared and its sub-stages reviewed in the 3D model with builders and component manufacturers, which gives everyone a deeper understanding of the project context.
- The number of constructional errors are minimised and departures from schedule eliminated.
All this requires a committed client and a highly competent site manager who sees the model as a tool. We have carried out one such project using all the above components. Two new projects are underway.