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Plus: Building information modelling – the talk of the town
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Plus: Building information modelling – the talk of the town
Design disciplines have had a head start in appreciating the benefits of BIM in their phase of an asset life cycle, including improved collaboration, greater design optimisation, visualisations and process efficiencies.
Developing a comprehensive BIM brief before a project begins is the key to harnessing BIM’s power to transform how we build and maintain assets. Thinking why, what and how will help get the necessary information.
The inaugural BIMinNZ conference, to be held on 8 May at Te Papa in Wellington, will showcase how building information modelling (BIM) is part of an industry-wide transition towards a digitally enabled future.
Construction sector take-up of BIM in New Zealand is patchy as the perception is that the return on investment is lengthy. Selling the property sector on BIM’s benefits to them and their bottom lines could change this.
Construction waste is a major issue facing New Zealand’s building sector. Now BIM has been used to develop an automated site layout planning system to manage construction waste.