BIM as a Management Tool in Construction Projects
As the construction industry evolves, the demand for more complex and unique constructions increases, and the risk for failure increases with it. The Project Manager, in the field of construction, is faced with great deals of uncertainties, high complexity and high risks of failure. In order to carry out a successful project, it is advantageous to make the project more transparent, optimize the process and the communication between the active stakeholders of the project. With the increase of digital documentation in construction, the aspect of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is of great importance, and within construction, Building Information Modelling (BIM) has become an effective tool for the Project Manager to reach the desired goals of a project within the given constraints.
Definition of BIM
BIM (Modelling) is a digital management tool, containing BIMs (Models). The concept of BIM is to create an intelligent platform for sharing data and construct the building virtually, before starting the physical construction. [1] The models used in BIM are parametric object based, meaning that each object contains data about how it can interact with connected objects and
Historical development
The 2D construction drawing has been used for centuries and for complex constructions, physical models have been used to get a better understanding of the
BIM, as we know it today, has been 40 years in the making and already in 1975, Charles M. Eastman mentioned several disadvantages of both 2D drawings and the physical 3D models and described the ideal vision for a digital, multidisciplinary 3D model with the possibility of extraction of 2D drawings, lists of quantity for cost estimation and automatized clash-testing. [2]
The “Building Description System (BDS)” approach, described by Charles M. Eastman, was further developed during the 70s and 80s and was in the USA referred to as “Building Product Models” and in Europe as “Product Information Models”. These two Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag;
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