“There are currently almost as many definitions for BIM as there are people implementing them,” according to the National BIM Standards Committee (NBIMS), which defines building information modeling as “a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility.

A BIM is a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility, forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle. (From conception to demolition)

BIM can be viewed as a process that encompasses all aspects, disciplines, and systems of a building residing within a database.

By facilitating data access to the design team members — owner, architects, contractors, engineers and consultants — accuracy, collaboration and efficiency all increase while costs and risk are decreased.

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