Ten ways 4D BIM can transform projects and construction sites

Angitha Pradeep looks at ten ways 4D BIM can transform projects and construction sites
According to Rich Humphrey, VP for Construction at Bentley Systems, 4D BIM is at a tipping point. It’s still not an everyday practice, but is becoming so, and most major construction companies have a virtual design and construction department where BIM is often started in offices. He says that organisations are now not just using 4D BIM during the planning stage but taking that multi-dimensional model through to the construction and execution phase.

Monitoring

With large-scale projects monitoring on-site developments and individual tasks are tough, especially since different facets must be taken into account before project managers can prepare reports. The construction site can be quickly compared through structures captured by 3D scanning and the existing 4D BIM model to detect any deviations. This reduces risks at the site and becomes easier for the project manager to be in charge of the workforce on a day-to-day basis. Additionally, stakeholders can geo-locate themselves in the 4D model, and quickly find the data based on the information around them, and provides a better context for construction staff to do their work.
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