Which is dumb 2D, and only £600 more than SketchUp Pro (dumb 3D). The benefit of BIM to small firms is that more work can be done in less time, with higher quality, richer documentation. Oddly enough, deploying BIM in these large firms is more difficult than in a small practice the momentum of traditional methodologies makes it difficult to alter course. As an added incentive it is looking highly likely that the UK government will soon mandate BIM on future public projects. The overall impression was that the benefits promised of co-ordinated drawing production, simplified management, better project team integration, increased productivity, improved scheduling, reduced risk and less waste, were all achievable given a pragmatic adoption methodology. Firms such as Mott MacDonald, Aedas, Ryder and Laing O’Rourke all testified at Autodesk’s BIM conference in London late last year. However, early adopters have proven that 3D and BIM methodologies offer a better way of working. There are many reasons why architectural practices have not moved to BIM, especially in the last two years where the poor economy and drastic reduction in fees has put pressure on technology investment. This figure is way behind usage in America, where McGraw Hill Construction estimates 49 percent of practices use BIM tools. In the UK it is estimated that only 10 percent of projects are completed using BIM technology versus traditional 2D technologies. In spite of this effort, adoption has been slow. Image courtesy of: John Croft Moonstone project (See page 16 for full case study on this project). This is the actual OpenGL display engine rendering quality. A full 3D BIM model of the Moonstone project, displayed in ArchiCAD SE.
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