Building information modeling is changing the way buildings are designed and constructed. Once regarded as the future of the industry, BIM is now being used by most Building Teams on a daily basis.In a recent survey conducted by Building Design+Construction, more than 75% of respondents indicated they currently use BIM or plan to use it. Respondents were also asked to comment on their experiences with BIM, what they liked and disliked about BIM, and what BIM-related advice they would give to their peers.
Typical responses included: BIM is a powerful tool for use by architects, engineers, and designers. BIM is a great step forward for the architectural design professional thanks to overall coordination of the design documents. BIM has paid for itself by saving construction labor man-hours. I find BIM reduces time to create accurate construction documents and quickly produce schematic design visualization for my clients, commented another respondent. Were migrating beyond adoption to company wide integration and pushing beyond that to the full supply chain spectrum to owners, trade contractors, manufacturers, architects, and designers, added another. Respondents also commented on their preference for a specific BIM program. As a long-time user of BIM, we almost exclusively use Revit in all our projects. Revit is the only way to go. Weve been 100% Revit for 10 years. Respondent opinion on BIM varied based on their user experience. BIM is a great tool that forces early design decisions. However, in the end it is only a tool, the project should not be held hostage by BIM. Another mentioned, Were almost moving to try to stop talking about BIM. For the first few years we were pushing; now the pull is finally happening. Its a shift to applied uses and values instead of discussions about technologysolving the problems of internal and external customers. Its kind of a surprising turn of eventsa shift of focus.
Which of the following BIM programs have you (or your firm) used in the past 18-24 months?
Autodesk Revit: 84% Graphisoft ArchiCAD: 6% Nemetschek Vectorworks: 6% Bentley Microstation: 4% N = 71 | Note: Respondents could only make one selection.
3. Full support of construction documents (54%); and multidisciplinary capability serving different segments of the AEC industry (43%) were deemed the two most important general factors by respondents. 4. Construction partners that do not use BIM (50%) and clients that do not use BIM (42%) are the biggest problems faced by respondents. Training takes up too much time (37%) and the object library is not large enough/objects must be created (36%) are other problems. 5. In regard to owners that require BIM be used on their projects, 65% of respondents indicated the owners just specify that BIM be used on the project. Requiring a 3D model and clash detection using model navigation software (31%) was second most popular response. 6. Architects (47%) take most advantage of BIM-related technology followed by contractors (33%), MEP engineers (13%), and structural engineers (7%).
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http://www.bdcnetwork.com/bdc-survey-building-information-modeling-good-bad-and-solutions