building information modelling
BIL-ding in-for-MAY-shun MOD-ul-ing
ˈbɪldɪŋ ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən ˈmɒdəlɪŋListen
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a collaborative digital process for creating and managing information about a built asset throughout its lifecycle, using a three-dimensional model that integrates geometric, spatial, and data-rich information accessible to all project stakeholders simultaneously; BIM models can contain information about materials, costs, scheduling, energy performance, structural behaviour, and maintenance requirements; mandated on public sector projects in the United Kingdom since 2016 and increasingly required globally, BIM has transformed architecture, engineering, and construction by enabling clash detection, quantity take-off, and facility management from a single source of truth
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