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BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM)

B

UILDING

I

NFORMATION

M

ODELING OR

BIM

IS THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A VIRTUAL BUILDING MODEL THAT

ALLOWS THE PROJECT TEAM TO SEE

,

INTERACT

,

ANALYZE AND COLLABORATE IN AN INTELLIGENT

3-

DIMENSIONAL

ENVIRONMENT

.

J.

R

AYMOND

C

ONSTRUCTION ADOPTED THE USE OF

BIM

IN

2011.

B

ENEFITS FROM

BIM

IMPLEMENTATION WERE IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED WITH A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF

RFI

S

,

COSTS AND TIME

DELAYS

.

BIM AT J. RAYMOND CONSTRUCTION

A BIM

KICKOFF MEETING IS HELD AT THE START OF EVERY PROJECT WHICH REQUIRES THE ENTIRE PROJECT TEAM

TO ATTEND

. A BIM

EXECUTION PLAN FOR THE PROJECT IS DEVELOPED WITH INPUT FROM THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT

WILL DEFINE THE SCOPE OF

BIM

I

MPLEMENTATION ON THE PROJECT

,

IDENTIFY THE PROCESS FLOW FOR

BIM

TASKS

,

DEFINE INFORMATION EXCHANGES BETWEEN PARTIES AND DESCRIBE THE REQUIRED PROJECT AND

COMPANY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION

.

‘I

NTELLIGENT

’ 3-D

IMENSIONAL MODELS

,

THAT NOT ONLY INCLUDE THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE PROJECT BUT ALSO ITS FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES

,

ARE DEVELOPED

.

BIM

C

OORDINATION MEETINGS ARE HELD THROUGHOUT THE PRE

-

CONSTRUCTION AND

CONSTRUCTION PHASES TO RESOLVE CLASHES AND CONSTRUCTABILITY ISSUES

.

4-D

IMENSIONAL MODELS ARE

DEVELOPED TO AID IN CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCING

,

PHASING AND SCHEDULING SIMULATIONS

.

F

IELD STAFF HAS

EASY ACCESS TO CUSTOM ELECTRONIC LAYOUTS OF ANY AREA THEY REQUIRE AT ANY GIVEN TIME

. BIM

MODELS

MAYBE USED IN FUTURE FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PURPOSES

.