The following article is excerpted from Civil Design Innovation, a whitepaper developed by Dassault Systèmes and SMEDI. To read more, download the full whitepaper here.
ADOPTING BIM – BENEFITS, CHALLENGES, SOLUTION
The two major benefits of adopting Building Information Management (BIM) are:
1. it enables 3D collaborative design, and
2. it facilitates communication by using a standardized format for data.
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Despite these benefits, there are challenges in adopting BIM.
One major obstacle is that it involves changing people’s habits, often needing to overcome a significant degree of resistance.
When new ways of working are proposed within a corporation, this can result in internal clashes or even paralysis while processes are reconfigured. Bottlenecks can also occur while designs are being refined and assessed.
