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In the 25+ years that I have been observing the Construction Industry I have noted a lot of changes. Looking back further, say 150 years, the changes appear even more dramatic.
Architects, engineers, owners, contractors and building product manufacturers have been part of an amazing, and rapid transformation in how we communicate our building designs. We have gone from hand drawing, to CAD, to BIM is less than 25 years. This transformation has resulted in opinions as to which is best, fastest, results in the best designs and what should be taught in school. This article will provides an overview on each of these drawing approaches.
Draper has started the process of creating and making BIM objects available to the architectural community. Because more and more architectural firms are asking us about BIM, we felt it was imperative to get BIM objects for our most popular products in front of architects and designers so they have all the information they need to recommend and specify our products.
In April 2008, a Washington, D.C. workshop brought together more than 50 people — government officials, representatives of codes and standards organizations, application developers, standards developers, information technologists and information publishers — focussed on bringing BIM into wider use by establishing terminology protocols and standards for software.
Within the next few years, 2015 at the rate we are moving, I am certain that we can prove that the cost of design, construction, and operation of buildings will be 20% to 25% less (adjusted for inflation) than comparable costs for a building built in 1990.
When creating objects there are many options to consider, this article reviews some of the considerations in the creation of parametric objects. Other information will follow that will discuss additional considerations and modeling techniques.
The architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry is on the cusp of revolutionary change. Two-dimensional, paper based project information is giving way to 3D Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools and virtual design and construction (VDC) processes that support lean construction methods.
For building product manufacturers, the push is on right now to create data-rich 3D BIM objects for every building product they sell, in order to ensure that they continue to be specified on large institutional, commercial and industrial building projects.
By encouraging the use of BIM methodology to design, manage and store and update all of the files related to a construction project, building owners can save time, improve efficiencies, keep better records and more.
