If you look at a typical building (fast food, grocery stores, hospitals, retail stores, hospitality), there are thousands of individual components and products. As an owner, efficiently managing these extensive lists of products is a challenge. We have had discussions with owners and the number of individual products range from 5,000 to 10,000. The range of complexity is wide, from simple bollards to complex pieces of equipment with electrical and plumbing connections. One solution for owners is the adoption of BIM modeling for more standardized design, product selection and maintenance. When considering the individual product range of 10,000 objects, it may seem overwhelming, however it is very likely that many of the objects can be modeled parametrically so one SmartBIM Object may represent several products.

» read entire article