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What is the Role of BIM in Green Building Projects?

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  The new age is exploring green architecture is an apt saying for the developing world that seems to always be pushing ahead but leaving the environment behind. While climate change is caused due to many factors, buildings play a huge role in its gradual increase. Studies show that 36% of the world energy usage is by buildings and construction works, and 27% of the carbon footprint is due to traditionally built buildings. Green building is, therefore, a solution for this impending danger. Urban heat islands above growing cities, pollution from factories, and carbon emissions from buildings overall play major roles in climate change. In this context, green buildings can significantly reduce their impact. At a macro level, green buildings have the potential to make energy savings of 50% ( UNEP , 2005). At the micro-level,  IGBC  and  LEED  have certified that buildings can make energy savings of 40–50% and 20–30% respectively. What makes a building Green? Buildin...

5 Benefits of using BIM for Fire Safety in Construction

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  Building Information Modelling   (BIM) is known to improve ease of construction planning, visualization, and coordination. Fire protection services engineers are a crucial part of the construction equation and their services may save lives that occupy our buildings. BIM helps realize their contributions also for the final construction output. The traditionally seen coordination issues within the consultants of an AEC project seep into the FPS collaboration too. However, BIM visualization techniques, as with  MEP coordination , can be used to incorporate FPS and efficiently resolve coordination and constructability issues that may arise. How exactly does BIM aid the incorporation of fire safety measures this way, and equip our designs with inherited fire handling capacities? Vivid Visuals of the Context are Available for FPS Engineers BIM models serve as well-organized and comprehensible data banks for AEC consultants. And, fire safety engineers are also onboarded in thi...

Free Download Dynamo Scripts for Revit

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  In the ever-evolving architectural landscape, a multitude of software tools has emerged to aid diverse design processes. Among these, Dynamo stands out as a powerful plugin for Autodesk Revit. Dynamo for Revit is more than just a plugin; it’s an open-source visual programming language that has transformed the way architects and engineers engage with Revit. It accommodates professionals at every skill level, offering a gateway to delve deeper into Revit’s capabilities, whether you’re typing lines of code or constructing intricate algorithms using nodes. Dynamo is a groundbreaking tool that expands and enriches Autodesk Revit’s feature set. It plays a pivotal role in the design process by facilitating systematic, visual, and geometric relationships between various elements in a drawing. Through its visual programming capabilities, Dynamo empowers architecture and construction professionals to create and manipulate these relationships with the precision of formal algorithms, unlocki...

Collaboration between BIM and Lean Construction

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  Lean construction is a new philosophy that has recently garnered a lot of attention from the AEC industry. Although this managerial philosophy emerged in the automobile industry, it has been spreading like wildfire all across. The objective of lean construction is to improve predictability in construction projects. The idea is to identify and eliminate waste, improve productivity, reduce costs, and the overall time of the project, resulting in more efficient and safer outputs. We, at the Virtual Building Studio, provide  BIM Modeling Services  to our clients through detailed engineering and quality control using our ample expertise ranging from design to on-site installation. Our experts help clients in identifying and eliminating high-cost areas by re-designing MEPF services and resolving constructability issues. Our team has been consistently working towards ensuring on-time project delivery and quality outputs. We have successfully handled a wide range of BIM project...

How are BIM Objects Used in the Construction Industry?

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 It does not come as a surprise that BIM is all set to take over the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry shortly. It has revolutionized the construction industry in ways never thought of before. www.virtualbuildingstudio.com BIM technology helps architects, contractors, and engineers visualize their designs in a simulated environment. It enables a seamless flow of information among stakeholders, and all of the information is made instantly accessible to all the people involved, which makes it easier for them to provide inputs and work out conflicts if any. It becomes critical to feed in the correct information, as gathered from each stakeholder, to create a useful BIM model that mimics the on-site conditions. This point is where BIM objects come into the picture. BIM objects are fundamental to a BIM model. They provide detailed information that represents the product and geometrical information that defines the product’s physical characteristics. Based on the...

Why are the Traditional Architectural Practices Dying?

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  The crucial role of technology is to lead us towards more efficient & time saving methods which help achieve our goals faster. The illustration of the workflow is to show what architects will lose if they do not adopt BIM methods. www.virtualbuildingstudio.com Efficient Workflow vs. Typical Workflow The typical workflow varies a lot from one project to another and involves different software at different stages. Also, while transferring the information to another software, there is a high possibility of data manipulation or, in some cases, the possibility of the data being lost. Integrated Design Workflow using BIM Schematic Design (SD): Presentation, documentation and analysis of the workflow is performed using a single software, unlike the traditional methods, where you need different software for different workflows. The ability to explore various concepts in a faster and more efficient way through a 3D BIM model. These 3D models allow various concepts to accurately analyz...

Optimizing Building Information Management: The Role of BIM Services

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  Technology has transformed the way we design and build anything by means of improving the process of decision-making and the life cycle of the infrastructure. Some of the most innovative developments for building information management are  BIM Modeling services , which can enhance the construction process, save time and money, and avoid costly rework. They are offered by BIM outsourcing companies that offer a range of services like 4D, 5D, 6D, and 7D BIM. Building information modeling is an intelligent process of creating highly detailed models that can help architectures, builders, and engineers gain the right insight to efficiently design, construct, plan, and manage infrastructure and buildings. 4D BIM services   allow every project team from designers to architects, owners, and contractors to visualize the whole duration of tasks before and during construction. They may show the progress of the construction activities throughout the project life cycle, too. This wa...