by baharinmesir | Nov 25, 2016 | BIM
7. Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) COBie is a data schema which is delivered in a spreadsheet data format, and contains a ‘subset’ of the information in the building model (all except graphical data, and hence a subset of IFC; see below),...
by baharinmesir | Nov 24, 2016 | BIM
5. Clash rendition Referred to in PAS 1192-2, rendition of the native-format model file is be used specifically for spatial coordination processes. Used to achieve clash avoidance or for clash detection (between, for example structure and services) between Building...
by baharinmesir | Nov 23, 2016 | BIM
3. BIM execution plan (BEP) PAS 1192-2 (see below) proposes that a BIM Execution Plan is created for managing the delivery of the project. This in turn is split into a ‘pre-contract’ BEP, in response to the Employer’s Information Requirements (in other words,...
by baharinmesir | Nov 22, 2016 | BIM, Technology
1. 4D, 5D, 6D First there was 2D CAD, then 3D CAD – now there are extra dimensions to refer to the linking of the BIM model with time-, cost- and schedule-related information (although the precise order hasn’t to date been agreed across the whole industry). 2. Asset...
by baharinmesir | Nov 21, 2016 | BIM
When buildings collapse killing hundreds – or thousands – of people, it’s a tragedy. It’s also an important engineering problem. The 1995 collapse of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City and the World Trade Center towers in 2001 spawned many vows to...
by baharinmesir | Nov 20, 2016 | BIM
You might be disappointed to hear that some intriguing underwater structures recently discovered off the Greek island of Zakynthos are not part of the lost city of Atlantis. But the structures, which resemble colonnades of cobble stones and bases of columns, have an...
