Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is one of the latest technologies that has contributed to providing many benefits during all stages of project construction and building, from the design and construction phase to the operation and maintenance phase. This is due to its ability to integrate building information models, which helps improve all aspects of the project, whether improving design quality, planning the project, providing sufficient time for various teams responsible for different project stages, and facilitating communication between them.
BIM technology models have achieved many successes and developments in the construction industry, highlighting their role in achieving efficiency, quality, and sustainability during the maintenance and operation phases in various ways, These include:
1-Comprehensive Facility Planning
BIM provides many three-dimensional models that accurately depict various details of the facility, including structures, buildings, and technical systems, as well as providing a full view of the facility’s nature, analyzing its data, improving space utilization plans, and equipment distribution.
2-Maintenance and Operation Management
BIM technology significantly contributes to documenting maintenance and operation information for each facility and effectively managing it throughout the project model. This information includes important details about the equipment, systems, and maintenance needed by the project, which facilitates the maintenance and repair process and increases facility durability.
3-Continuous Improvement
Building data models can easily help improve facility efficiency continuously through stored and compiled data. This data can be analyzed easily and continuously to monitor resource consumption, and system performance, and identify improvement opportunities and suggestions that can increase efficiency and reduce costs.
4-Coordination and Collaboration
BIM technology models, along with property management software, help all project teams execute their required tasks at the same time without any problems by coordinating access to models and information and easily sharing them among team members. This increases worker interaction, reduces the chances of errors, improves maintenance and operation efficiency, and greatly meets the users’ needs.
