Customer Stories - Real Life Reasons For Changing To Bim
The internet has grown into a monstrous and amazing information resource
. However, with the trend towards marketers writing websites, it is certainly easy to feel that you've spent hours researching a particular thing and really don't know any more about it. Today we are getting past the generalizations, past the 'benefit statements' and the "Why You Should' sections, and looking at how Building Information Modelling (BIM) is impacting the real people that use this construction software in their work.
BIM for .. non standard architecture
ONL is a multidisciplinary design firm with offices in the Netherlands and Hungary. Their reputation is for creating 'visionary' structures .. which as you can imagine, would involve far more than grids and right angles! The senior project architect, Marthjin Poole, says that 'To better develop, understand, and build these non-standard architectures, we depend on coordinated highquality 3D models'.
This is one of the keys that will bring BIM beyond the 21st century - enabling new and modernized designs.
BIM for .. streamlining
Building information modeling is playing a key role in the efficiency and therefore profitability of many companies. Jason Erickson of Dynamic Structural Steel says that 'We needed an edge to compete in this market. I knew if we could streamline the entire fabrication process - make it faster, more accurate and fully automated - we could redefine the steel fabrication market, and redefine customer service in our business'.
Dynamic Structural Steel is based in Minnesota in the US, but one of the countries where BIM is in highest demand for its efficiency potential is China. Growth is booming, and keeping up with demand using the old practices is simply not possible. Zhu Fuhua, of Shanghai Tongking (responsible for the Beijing CCTV Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center), says that 'It is no exaggeration to say that only Tekla Structures software and integrated NC equipment allows steel structures to be standardized, modularized and assembled to accelerate the speed of erection at the construction site.'
BIM for .. conflict minimization
The fact that every person working on the model works on the same version is one of the greatest procedural efficiencies in large projects. Shockey Precast Group in the US have said that 'The model is the common data source for anyone who accesses it - from the initial modeler, to downstream engineers, to viewers in manufacturing operations. This element has great potential. .. Our vision is such that much of our management system will share information with our 3D building models. Tekla Structures will facilitate that by requiring us to create information only once.'
Global Structural Detailing, a Canadian firm, concurs on this point. The 3D building modeling software they use has allowed them to complete non standard projects with a minimum of fuss, sharing the designs between all the interested parties and rolling through changes to the architecture with ease. Matthew Bastura, company founder, said 'Design changes were on-going from engineering design to owner modifications, all handled very accurately and efficiently using Tekla Structures. Due to the fabricators' requirement for import of electronic data files, we needed to send information directly from the model through the Internet. We did not receive a single call from the shop on drawings issued to date, and the field had only one comment: how great the steel fits together.'
BIM for .. existing buildings
Stevens and Wilkinson in the US had to build a modern facility in an 80 year old structure, and found BIM invaluable in maintaining safety in the site while construction was in progress. Ronald Stang is the principal at the firm, and he said:'The GSA wanted a 21st-century workspace in a building almost 80 years old'a goal that involved significant challenges,' With all of the existing utilities in the rubble-foundation walls, it was quite tricky,Their support [Building information modeling software helpdesk] was extremely valuable in helping us get up to speed quickly on this project.
Building information modeling software is the ideal solution for all construction projects, from small to large. However, it is the sizeable commercial projects where the impact of the efficiencies and streamlining of the system really makes the difference.
by: Paul McLeod
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