BIM for Architects

Building Information Modeling technology supports architects throughout the design process. Gain more insights earlier in the process to meet your clients’ requirements and deliver projects with improved quality and efficiency. Make better design decisions earlier in the process with insights into what your design will represent through visualization, coordination, collaboration and analysis tools. Facade Global supports Architects to use Building Information Modeling (BIM) throughout the design process to help improve quality and accelerate design processes with integrated workflows for concept design, modeling, multidiscipline coordination, and construction documentation.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) can be considered an epochal transition in design practice. Unlike CAD, which primarily automates aspects of traditional drawing production, BIM is a paradigm change. By partially automating the detailing of construction-level building models, BIM redistributes the allocation of effort, placing more emphasis on conceptual design. Other direct benefits include easy methods guaranteeing consistency across all drawings and reports, automating spatial interference checking, providing a strong base for interfacing analysis/simulation/cost applications and enhancing visualization/communication at all scales and phases of the project. The impact of BIM on design from three viewpoints:

Conceptual design addresses the conceptual and spatial organization of the project and determines its parts. BIM potentially makes easier generation of complex building shells and potentially supports more thorough exploration and assessment of preliminary design, but the workflows to support this are only partially in place. The integration of engineering services. BIM supports new information workflows and integrates them more closely with existing simulation and analysis tools used by consultants. Construction-level modeling includes detailing, specifications, and cost estimation. This is the base strength of BIM. This phase also addresses what potentially can be achieved through a collaborative design-construction process, such as with design-build and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD).

Our BIM Consulting Services Include:

• BIM based concept design modeling services

• Building System design, analysis, simulation, cost estimation services

• Construction Level BIM building model services

• Coordination among trades

• Clash detection & resolution

• 3D Visualization

• BIM Execution Planning (BEP)

• Material take-off/ Quantity Estimation

• Model Template creation

• BIM Model Auditing and Design Review

• BIM Content creation and libraries

• COBie & faciality management