BIM is not a new technology at this time. It has already passed the inspection stage and it is safe to say that it has a basis for practical application. In addition, the vision for the next phase, which will expand the technologies and their applications, is already clear. A phase of competence and productivity growth is currently underway. It is important to emphasize that the level of development and use is highly dependent on the individual organization, the market, and other factors, even the prevalent software. The problems and limitations of BIM have already been discovered, and an understanding of what can be achieved with this technology is already clear. Technologies are emerging that complement and extend the benefits of BIM: artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, automation solutions, the wider use of BIM in specific areas such as Retail Information Modeling (RIM), Bridge Information Modeling (BrIM), Historic/Heritage BIM (HBIM). It is very important to discover and decide what is the goal of the organization’s BIM in the short term (1-3 years) and what are the goals in the longer term (3-5, 5-10 years). The goals will determine the choice of software, training strategy, storage of information (all information must be stored, its amount and form is important). The formation of goals can start with the goals and activities of the organization and the follow-up strategy.

Each project has different uses for BIM, with different benefits of BIM being achieved accordingly. In determining how BIM will be applied to a project, it is important to define what results are expected and to identify key performance indicators for BIM.

Professionalism is important for the installation process. The better BIM deployment will be organized, the cheaper the whole process will be. Often, the cost of installation becomes higher than the cost of the intended savings, so the first projects are likely to be unprofitable. When implementing BIM, on average, projects are integrated through 2-4 projects. It is at that time that the overall benefits of BIM unfold. 2-4 projects are equal to 2-3 years, so BIM implementation is a long-term process.

There are cases where BIM brings benefits in the first project. These are projects for which the traditional process would simply be too complex: complex geometry of the building, complex construction organization, high energy performance requirements of the building. The emergence of BIM was driven by the needs of “impossible” projects. The studios of such famous architects as Frank Gehry or Zaha Hadid are the carriers of technological innovations in working with works with free forms, complex nodes, unique facade elements, volumetric constructions. Without the application of 3D BIM, such projects would not be possible and would not have economic potential. Thus, BIM software ideas open up from the need to work better, to take advantage of the technical capabilities of computers to achieve greater efficiency.

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