A brief note on clash detection and its major advantages For carrying out construction, multidisciplinary teams have to work round the clock for gaining better results in terms of productivity. All these distinguished teams have their own knowledge expertise but for successful project execution, it becomes necessary that the output produced by them is effectively reviewed. What generally happens is that when data produced by them in reviewed, enormous errors and complications are discovered. Outputs produced by multidisciplinary teams include drawings, plans and models but when they are coordinated potential errors are discovered.
If we talk about traditional method of clash detection Services when BIM wasn’t around, AEC professionals used to burn mid-night oil for identifying mistakes in the 2D drawings. But even after putting a lot of efforts in detection of clashes before the commencement of construction, architects and engineers used to discover design problems of high magnitude during final building process. Discovery of clashes quickly used to result in rework which used to prove quite costly for owners. Budget overruns are immediate consequences of rework carried out by architects and engineers during onsite construction.
But the implementation of Building Information Modeling has made the clash detection process very fast as well as convenient. 3D project review software Navisworks makes the clash detection process faster and easier along with completely eliminating the scope of human errors during its execution. When clash detection is executed in Navisworks it results into considerable amount of time and cost savings. This quality control process identifies numerous types of design issues and helps in their rectification. Design clashes that occur between distinguished building elements are successfully identified by Navisworks and they are timely solved by design and construction professionals. Identified clashes include hard clashes and soft clashes which have huge potential to affect the project if left unresolved. They can result into significant amount of rework if feasible solutions are not provided on time. Hence complete elimination of design errors is very important for AEC professionals before actual construction starts. Hence, execution of clash detection is very important for error-free construction which occurs only if clashes are eliminated in the early stages of project lifecycle.