BIM is a paradigm shift of the way the building information is recorded. Conventional information recording about building which can be in forms of drawings, descriptive text, or tables have limitations and cause significant inefficiencies during the building design, construction and operation phases. BIM is introduced as a solution to overcome major inefficiencies by enabling all parties to the building process (Clients, Architects, Engineers, Quantity Surveyors, and Builders) to collaborate through a central information model which will contain all necessary information about the building project. The structure of the central model is developed in a way so as to minimize information errors, and the central model assures that all parties work on most updated information. Therefore, BIM adoption is the search for perfection of information generation, sharing and consumption. BIM has already proven significant cost savings in building projects making it more demanded day by day.
In a BIM based project implementation, participant will be required to be “BIM ready” to obtain the expected benefit of such an endeavour. Interestingly, they will not be required to possess in-depth knowledge about BIM technology; instead, they will only need to develop skills in using BIM software tools specific to their specialization. However, undoubtedly, not all practitioners will become BIM ready. This opens the opportunity for new careers to emerge in order to bridge the gap. In the similar manner that CAD Draughtsmen bridged the gap between designers and CAD (Computer Aided Draughting) Systems; a layer of BIM Modellers would bridge the gap between designers and BIM Systems. However, not like CAD Draughtsmen; BIM Modellers would not be generic, but would be identified with the tag of the software tool they are specialized in.
Note: This is an extract from an article I wrote to EDEX Magazine.
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