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Increases Efficiency And Reduces  Operating Cost

As BIM (building information modeling )

is increasingly being adopted as a standard in architecture and construction, civil engineers are now seeking to identify the role it can play in their field.

Civil engineers who are regularly engaged with architects or structural engineers may already be familiar with BIM, but for those who are involved in designing roads and highways, the process is a whole new world, but one that is highly relevant now and will continue to grow in importance.

BIM helps not just in constructing ‘buildings’ but also in building any sort of infrastructure.

It is an integrated process built on coordinated and reliable information about a project from design through construction and operations.

BIM can be considered a thought process that governs work through various stages of the project in the shape of information that stays digital, consistent and coordinated.

Hence, the chief benefits of BIM are that there is no duplication of information.

It is a constantly updated centralized database model and streamlined flow of information from field (survey) to design and finally to construction and maintenance operations.

BIM and civil engineers

Implementing a BIM process for road and highway design starts with the creation of coordinated, reliable design information about the project, resulting in an intelligent 3-D model of the roadway.

The elements of the design are related to each other dynamically, not just Points, surfaces, and alignments, but a rich set of information and the attributes associated with it.