siliconindia | | November 20209Design where it can help in doing ba-sic shape analysis, area calculation, shadow analysis etc. For the next phase of any Building/Infra project, BIM can be very useful in the Ten-der Document/Design Development Phase. With BIM we can collaborate between different stakeholders in the project i.e. Architects, Structural Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Plumbing Engineers, Electrical En-gineers, Interior Designers, Systems Engineers, Façade Designers, Facili-ty Managers, and Owners etc. BIM brings all the stakeholders and one common platform and the advanced CDE platform can help in managing the revisions and updates in the design and drawings in a better and professional way.For the Green Building part, if any client wants to adapt LEED Certifi-cation, they can use BIM to meet the LEED/Griha requirements during the design phase. BIM enables the con-struction companies to eliminate the waste and to implement an integral approach with other contractors and sub-contractors. BIM based as built are far more accurate in compare to the traditional CAD based as built drawings. The Guarantee/Warrantee information along with the Manufac-turers information, cost, maintenance schedule etc. can be clubbed with the BIM Models. BIM can bring benefits at the Design, Construction and Fa-cility Management stages during the life cycle of the Buildings. With `The BIM Engineers' in-novative team of 300+ experienced BIM Engineers/BIM Architects, we have successfully implemented BIM on few of the most complex buildings around the world. From Schiphol Airport to Bengaluru Airport, Great-er Hyderabad Airport, to Delhi Metro and Malaysia Metro, High Speed Rail to an 85,000 sitting capacity Football stadium or a 75+ storey high-rise buildings, The BIM Engineers has implemented BIM on many landmark projects. BIM brings benefit in terms of better coordinated designs (3D), to better control over time (4D) and bet-ter control over procurement plans, quantities and the cost database (5D), Building Analysis (6D) to BIM based Facilities Management (7D). BIM in the new way of designing and con-struction planning, digital project management is changing the way construction industry was managing the projects. With better tools like BIM, we can accurately design/plan the route of MEPf services and the location and alignment of Architectural and Structural elements; in high-rise proj-ects it can bring lots of cost benefits. For example, If a Chilled Water Pipes takes 18 Meter length and 14 fitting to reach from the Chiller Room the HVAC unit in a room, with BIM we can plan better route and save let say 2 Meter of pile length and reduce the number of fittings to 11, saving 3 fittings. Multiplying this saving the total floors in the building can be a huge saving, not only in terms of the Capex but the operational and man-agement cost of the building will also be reduced. With BIM we can plan the plenum space (defined for the MEP services between the Ceiling and the Roof), We can save the plenum space by better route and size optimization for the MEPf services. For example if we can save 100mm in one floor plenum space by implementing BIM, then multiply this 100mm by the number of floors in a high-rise build-ing (let's say a 70 storey high-rise), 100 mm x 70 = 7000mm = 7 Meter, Which can add two more floors in the building. These are real life examples and can be substantiated with live case studies. With implementing BIM and choosing a profession BIM partner, the high-rise building owners/design-ers/contractors/facility managers can be benefitted. With all sort of Earth-quake, Wind effect Analysis etc. the high-rise building can be safer for our future generations. BIM can be implemented at the very initial stage of the project i.e. Concept Design where it can help in doing basic shape analysis, area calculation, shadow analysisParveen Sharma, CEO
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