BIM is an acronym describing
digital design, construction and facilities management in the construction
industry. "B" stands for building of course, "I" for
information and "M" is not clear yet but it may be interpreted as
Modelling or Management depending if you are designing or managing the
project.
However the National Institute of
Building Sciences in the United States put some light on this subject stating
that BIM is:
“A digital representation of
physical and functional characteristics of a facility… and a shared knowledge
resource for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for
decisions during its life-cycle; defined as existing from earliest conception to
demolition.”
As the above definition didn't
help us at all, we decided to look through some RIBA publications. That was
even more confusioning, we found out that anybody can say what they want about BIM.
On our side we put a lot of
effort in pursuing the perfect BIM definition and now we are pretty confident in saying that
BIM is a multidisciplinary approach to the design, construction e management of
a building (or infrastructure). Various disciplines are involved in the design
of a building, such as architects, structural engineers, mechanical and
electrical engineers. All of them are working on the same digital model. In
this way everyone involved must work and collaborate together with the same
standards. If one discipline fail to deliver his package the team fail in
delivering the project to the client.
All seem pretty amazing but, as
Mr D. Tail is trying to explain us, the theory may be different from the
practice.
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