Building Information Modelling (BIM) for Water Infrastructure - Thinking Beyond Today

The prevalence of waste and rework in the Design & Construction industry are symptoms of ineffective practices and fragmented data. Thus, the industry suffers from poor productivity, high risk, and low
profitability. 

In recent years, Building Information Modelling (BIM) has become an important strategy in vertical building construction to improve productivity and profitability. However, in the horizontal world of infrastructure construction, use of BIM is just beginning. The capability of BIM to create data-rich models in three or more dimensions that facilitate optimized design, enhance construction efficiency and enable multidisciplinary collaboration, are the main features that hold equally strong benefits to horizontal infrastructure construction, and the industry has begun to take notice.

The benefits of BIM for infrastructure play out across projects and is an improved enterprise approach. BIM provides a more streamlined replacement for past practices, and improves project coordination and value delivery.

With so many firms finding BIM to be a differentiator that can be extended to other areas to provide value, those not yet on BIM bandwagon will find it more difficult to catch up the longer they wait to engage. That, for all, is reason enough to make the move.

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Taxonomy

• Water
• Water Supply
• Infrastructure
• Integrated Infrastructure
• Design & Construction
• Urban Water Infrastructure
• Infrastructure Management
• green infrastructure
• Building Information Modeling (BIM)