BIM (Building Information Modeling), i.e. information modelling in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry.
It consists of the process of creating the virtual model with the maximum amount of technical information and characteristics of the object of study, allowing the collaboration of different professionals during all the phases of a project.
The adoption of this working model has numerous advantages, among them, the early resolution of problems, reducing costs, improving execution time and ensuring a better technical decision for them. In BIM, construction objects are not just lines, but three-dimensional geometries with embedded technical information.
BIM modelling software understands them as individual, quantifiable elements. We can easily know how many windows, masonry walls, pillars, beams, etc., our overall project has. In this information it is possible to insert the cost of the represented object, data on the material of each element, resistance capacity, dynamics, thermal or acoustic insulation, and many other details. This allows us to create simulations in the model and generate previous analyses that were not possible before.
Speaking more simply to explain the BIM process, we can say that we are virtually building the future object on the computer, with high precision and detail, before anything is even done on the ground.
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What is the purpose of this working model?
A BIM model can be used for different purposes as it advances in the volume of information and level of detail (LOD), such as:
1. Feasibility studies;
2. Energy efficiency studies;
3. Budgeting (cost simulation);
4. Planning (time simulation);
5. Extraction of quantities for different construction scenarios;
6. Study of engineering projects;
7. Identification of design interferences;
8. Collaboration between multidisciplinary teams;
9. Monitoring during the execution of the work;
10. Creation of models in augmented reality;
11. Maintenance and post completion management.
And many others, until the end of the building's useful life.
