However, adjustments are often considered early in the project because of the amount of available information the model provides and the potential to explore different schematics efficiently.

This extended initial period is typically much more reliable since many Pre-BIM proposals would have to reconsider the early design after the conclusion of the DD and CD stages, resulting in an individual reworking of all documents where initial designs were not accepted or discovered too expensive.

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BIM facilitates even more streamlined and educated decision-making and reduces unnecessary effort. Design development typically takes a bit more time than Pre-BIM, but also more data is integrated into the model, and often challenges of cost and coordination are solved before construction is started.

Design and coordination driven The data collected can reduce changes, and the dreaded Value Engineering tasks, making the next phases much smoother.

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The most notable improvement is the comparatively brief integration documentation phase compared to the pre-BIM phase. Because documents are part of the model and synchronised with the design’s current status; the documents’ analysis is significantly decreased or even removed because documentation is updated as changes are made.

BIM can also produce IDs with fewer, more technically trained staff than when offices required troops to create the many detailed drawings necessary for project development in the old days of CAD.

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From initial negotiations through planning and development, the BIM process will affect virtually every aspect of the project until, long after hand over to the owners and facility managers.

During each project process, the BIM model’s information can evolve and be accessed and sorted to make it even more efficient for handling regulatory responsibilities.

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Teams can migrate project programming and specification-driven design in Revit to Navisworks to coordinate and create scheduling models that maintain interoperability with a vast array of coordination, communication, and data management solutions offered by Autodesk on mobile and cloud-based platforms.