Use BIM for speculating project outcomes and for controlling them When it comes to speculating project outcomes and altering them for better results AEC professionals can make use of make use of the information that is contained in 3D, 4D, 5D and 6D models. They can carry out constructability review and identify the problems from the entire construction process. If effective constructability review is performed by design and construction professionals during early design phase then they can manage to understand complex building problems can take precautions for the reduction of wastage, design errors and project cost.
When BIM models are reviewed during preconstruction all the building stakeholders discuss about project outcomes. They speculate the impact of design intent on project’s productivity and if they come across that building design is not that effective they make strong and effective decisions on its alteration.
When building disciplines are designed independently collisions between their elements become kind of obvious. So, for controlling the collision of architectural, structural and MEP elements during actual construction design and construction professionals have to execute clash detection and coordination services. For performing clash detection, project review software Navisworks Manage is optimized by AEC professionals. Revit models are imported in it and collisions between their elements are identified by executing clash tests. Clash detective which is a highly valuable tool within Navisworks Manage is used for carrying out collision detection between elements of multidiscipline models. Hundreds of hard and soft clashes are pointed out by AEC professionals when they compare model elements for interferences. CAD Design Services and construction professionals come across with numerous scenarios wherein they find elements overlapping each other; such collisions are called hard clashes. This happens due to the fact that design teams belonging to different disciplines by mistake allot same spaces for their elements, so when they are coordinated together elements struggle for same space. But such situations are sorted out quickly after clash detection when design and construction professionals become clear about the collisions. They go ahead and make important alterations in the space allotted to elements. Now, space is allotted in such a way that elements of different disciplines can effectively coexist with one another. In this way rework which can otherwise lead to budget overruns can be successfully controlled by AEC professionals.