In the future, buildings will need to be designed in a smarter way that takes space and resource constraints into account. To accommodate that population, we need to build an entire New York City every single month. The United Nations estimates that by 2050 about two thirds of the world’s population will be living in cities. The increasing urbanisation rate deepens the industry’s negative impact on the climate. Emissions from cement alone are several times higher than all the world’s aviation emissions. The global construction industry accounts for nearly 40 per cent of the world’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, according to the World Green Building Council. The majority of them use software such as Revit (Autodesk), MicroStation (Bentley) and Graphisoft Archicad, Allplan and Vectorworks (all part of Nemetschek Group).īuildings – the world’s largest source of carbon dioxide emissions Today there are millions of active BIM users across the globe. BIM models can be combined with AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality) to achieve more modern and effective visualisations.

Information such as time planning (4D) and cost estimates (5D) bring additional dimensions to BIM models. These models can also contain forward-looking information related to the life cycle of the building and its expected maintenance requirements.

BIM enables the creation of a shared data model available for all concerned from the designers of the building to the construction company, and finally the property owners and managers.Īrchitects and construction engineers use BIM to create 3D models of a complete and furnished building. However, these drawings were still primarily visual representations, which made it difficult for different players to work collaboratively and share construction project information.īuilding Information Modelling (BIM) brought the building industry into the Information Age. At the end of the 1900s, construction design gradually evolved from hand-drawn plans to computer-aided design (CAD).

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