Application of Building Information Modeling Tool for Building Project

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a smart technological tool that allows a project to be built virtually before being built physically. It creates and uses consistent, coordinated, computable information about a building project. This dependable digital information about a building can be used for production of high-quality construction documents, design decision-making, cost-estimating, performance predictions, construction planning and eventually for managing and operating the facility. The purpose of this paper was to see the impact of BIM implementation on the traditional convent ional bu ilding design methods. The BIM is extends this methodology into three dimensional (3D) drawings in the three primary dimensional width, height and depth with the time as the fourth dimension (4D) and cost as the fifth (5D).4D model based scheduling simulation can be used to monitor the progress at site without being actually present there. It can also help in monitoring delays in relation to a planned schedule.5D model based estimating produces accurate quantities for the efficient estimation of architectural, structural and services components. These quantities can be extracted at various stages at concepts stage for generating budgets, at the end of design development stage for floating tenders, at GFC stage for verifying contractor bills. The BIM tools is to be helps for design, defining the building form and spaces, visualization to analyzing costs, time and energy performance. It is a construction management (CM) tool useful for a real simulation process of the ongoi ng build ing project. In the undertaken case study, BIM is useful for increasing total project quality, providing accurate quantity take-offs, improving scheduling timetables, consequently diminishing total project contingencies and costs. The case study presented in this paper suggested contractual arrangement for the building project resulted in improved productivity, better coordination, reduced error and rework of construction.