Over
the past few years, the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC)
industry has come a long way in terms of what was considered possible to construct.
With the use of BIM modeling, companies have been able to reduce costs of
projects while also producing high quality renderings and analysis of
buildings. There are several advantages to using BIM and Revit in the AEC
industry including increased cost and time efficiency, more accurate analysis
and estimates, and reaching sustainability targets. However, I believe that the
future of BIM and Revit will lead to more collaborative work, more complex simulations, and continuous improvement of construction efficiency.
With
the AEC industry rapidly adopting BIM as the leading software used in the
design and planning of new buildings, this will allow for improved
collaboration between teams. Since building systems are integrated with each other,
it is only natural that the teams behind each system should work together
during the design and planning phase. BIM would provide teams a chance to work
together from the start, instead of only working together when there are
conflicts. This collaborative process would minimize any mistakes or errors in the
design, which would reduce the amount of time during construction.
One
of the advantages of using BIM software such as Revit is that they can run
simulations that traditional pen and paper designs could never accomplish. BIM
software can simulate real world elements such as sunlight, wind and snow loads,
and can populate the building. While this is being used today, BIM software can
be further implemented to reduce energy use and construct sustainable
buildings. Eliminating areas of energy waste such as building heat losses and
improving energy efficiencies by introducing energy efficiency measures is most
likely path that would be the future of BIM modeling.
Overall,
I believe the greatest advantage of using BIM today is its ability to improve
construction efficiency. Companies have been able to produce more accurate cost
estimates and check for conflicts in the construction sequence with the help of
BIM software. BIM’s increased use over the past few years has had a large
impact on the AEC industry and has lead to reduced costs and better time
management. With the addition of more collaborative work and the ability to run
more complex simulations, the most important future advantage of BIM is to increase
productivity and efficiency during the construction phase.
Comments:
Thomas S,
I enjoyed reading your post on the current problems with Revit and BIM. I agree with you that most BIM software is lacking on a total building analysis standpoint. With the introduction of Dynamo, I wonder if companies will start to utilize it since the biggest roadblock is the learning curve and cost of the software. I do think that Dynamo will be on the forefront of a total building analysis but only question is how long will it be until it becomes universally accepted?
Jordan S,
I really liked reading through your post on what you thought of the advantages of BIM and Revit. I like how you referenced the video by Mr. Allen. I'm curious to know if the streamlined BIM that he discusses in his video will limit the creative aspect of the design process. While I do think that making the design process more efficient, I also think that have a program generate a best-case design is limiting for the designer.
Sarina T,
I found your post on the possible problems that BIM and Revit will have in the future to be very interesting. I agree with you that the biggest problem that BIM would have in the future is the integration between other programs. I do think that they wouldn't have to rely on other programs such as SAP2000 like you said. If companies start integrating Dynamo early, I think the integration would be much easier.
Thomas S,
I enjoyed reading your post on the current problems with Revit and BIM. I agree with you that most BIM software is lacking on a total building analysis standpoint. With the introduction of Dynamo, I wonder if companies will start to utilize it since the biggest roadblock is the learning curve and cost of the software. I do think that Dynamo will be on the forefront of a total building analysis but only question is how long will it be until it becomes universally accepted?
Jordan S,
I really liked reading through your post on what you thought of the advantages of BIM and Revit. I like how you referenced the video by Mr. Allen. I'm curious to know if the streamlined BIM that he discusses in his video will limit the creative aspect of the design process. While I do think that making the design process more efficient, I also think that have a program generate a best-case design is limiting for the designer.
Sarina T,
I found your post on the possible problems that BIM and Revit will have in the future to be very interesting. I agree with you that the biggest problem that BIM would have in the future is the integration between other programs. I do think that they wouldn't have to rely on other programs such as SAP2000 like you said. If companies start integrating Dynamo early, I think the integration would be much easier.
Allison,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your coverage of multiple future advantages of BIM, but I especially liked how you talked about simulations. That is one thing that I think we haven't really talked about too much in class but seems to be the obvious benefit of BIM. Being able to see potential building performance before it even goes up could save large amounts of money, but also improve how buildings perform. These simulations could be used in conjunction with optimization tools to tweak building systems to perform better than what we could have done through the trial and error methods currently adopted. I wonder if, through this, we will ever really need to perform hand calculations in the future, other than for calibration and checking.
I agree that as time goes on BIM will continue to improve the collaboration between disciplines. I really hope that more projects will take on an integrated approach because of the continuing capabilities of BIM. I think with more integrated buildings, we would be on the way to creating more energy efficient and “greener” buildings. With the past and present ways of the building design process, the architect makes the design and everything is sequential from there, which isn’t efficient in design or construction—it can cause a lot of problems. I hope you’re right that BIM will continue to have advantages in the architecture and engineering fields.
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