Shifting from Traditional Workflow BIM Driven Digital Workflow

The construction industry is very dynamic as it tends to influence the course of work with the adoption of better technologies in the market. With changing times, construction firms are opting for faster, convenient and more effective technologies to plan, design, inspect, execute and communicate. The stakeholders involved in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry know their work well but are unable to progress with the advancing technologies. There are over 73% contractors today who are unable to understand or access any data/information in the BIM and its other software.

Every infrastructure project takes a phased approach, involving stakeholders from multiple domains from design, engineering to construction at the site. During the construction process, there is a continuous exchange of information which is confidential and complex such as the site plan, design, construction timeline, materials, overhead costs and more, which was carried and conducted through a traditional paper-based method. Traditional methods slow down the process and requires to and fro of information because of inaccurate transcription and or more. Today, the need of the hour demands a quicker and error-free solution to this problem.

The task of transforming from a traditional method to a digitally driven method is tedious and complex, but the results make it equally worth the effort. Many mechanical and electrical contractors have taken the first step towards digital communication via email, Excel files and PDFs but it is still disconnected from the BIM model and remains labour-intensive.

This may seem like a futuristic vision but there are mechanical contractors utilizing this BIM-driven digital fabrication workflow today and saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process

Here are some reasons why a Mechanical Sub-contractor should choose to use a BIM-driven digital workflow:

1. Enhanced Prefabrication

2. Lesser Repetition and lesser time spent on laborious work like generating spool sheets, bills of material, cut lists and labels: Dynamic spool dimensioning offers more than an 80% savings in time over traditionally detailed spool sheets.

3. Reduced amount of re-works, and save on the cost of material through shop tooling integration

4. Improving communication through the use of tracking statuses

5. Lack of information/data loss, as the information is shared and accessed digitally

6. Improved Speed

7. Increased Quality of Work

While there are so many benefits of moving to a BIM driven workflow for contractors from a traditional workflow, the point is, should it even be considered. Well, this totally depends on what the work is and how the personnel approach it. If the task is repetitive and time-consuming like detailing spool sheets, creating cut lists and creating labels then choosing to switch to BIM driven model is appreciated, as it saves time, efforts and boost the project process.

Conclusion:

The BIM driven model comprises all the information and mechanical contractors/subcontractors can use the software as a means of communication across your entire organization and drive the prefabrication process. The status of all projects from design through installation—without compromising your model geometry can be shared through BIM digital Work-flow and enhance the quality of work delivered with minimum or no rework.

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