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BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM)

• Building information modeling (BIM) is a process involving

the generation of digital representations of the physical and

functional components of a facility.

• The resulting building information models become shared

knowledge resources to support decision-making about the

facility from the conception stage, through design,

construction and operational life up to eventual

decommissioning.

• At present the technology tends to be confined to the

construction phase, where design and engineering teams

use three-dimensional, real-time, dynamic building

modelling software to create a building information model

that encompasses geometry, spatial relationships,

geographic information, quantities and properties of

building components.

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