The world AEC is certainly not the industry’s most innovative, efficient, or scanned. Often appears slow to change, unable to integrate in a profound way new technologies, methods, and philosophies of operation.
If we think of the BIM, we immediately notice a paradox: the first theories date back to the ’70s, the first software have appeared in the ’80s and the spread of the disease began in the early 2000 in the United States. Yet, even today, we find ourselves in a context that until recently was characterized by legal gaps and still today, on the contrary, is often marked by overlapping and confusion.
Many companies have tools such as Revit, Archicad and similar solutions, but the question remains open: are you really doing BIM, or these software are used as a mere “super CAD”?
The BIM is actually entered into business processes in the DNA of the operating companies, or remains only a tool in the hands of experienced designers?
The real problem in the AEC industry: information exchange
One of the main factors of the waste and dissipation of value in the construction industry is the difficulty of Information Exchange, i.e. the exchange of information between the different actors involved.
The communication within the construction process is often complex, and flooded. Numerous papers in academic and economic reports highlight how the waste is linked to the loss of information and to the inefficiencies of communication can get up to 30% of the total time used in the construction of a work.
The main causes are many: the loss of time in the access to the data, the delay in communication, but especially the ambiguity of the status of the information. It is the latest version? It was a subsidiary? It has been approved by who has the responsibility?
All of these dynamics generate re-working, delays, errors or site and, in summary, waste.
Because the “I” Information is the real revolution of the BIM
If the BIM introduces a revolution, it does so precisely, starting from its centre letter: “I” Information.
The goal of BIM is not simply to produce three-dimensional models are the most advanced, but they handle the information. The reflection in the legislation, which began with the BS 1192 and merged, then, in the ISO 19650, aims to normalize the exchange of information and to define the operational guidelines for a shared method.
It then becomes necessary to think about the process that regulates the production and circulation of information: the need for workflow approval clear, structured methods for the exchange to the external storage systems really effective.
The role of the Common Data Environment (CDE)
In this context, it strengthens more and more the need of a Common Data Environment (CDE), which is a centralized platform for the storage and exchange of project information.
A CDE is organized in four main areas: Work in Progress, Shared, Published, and Archive. It also introduces a fundamental concept: the status of the information, that is, the degree of reliability and validation of the data.
Standard business processes: why do I need a tailor-made solution
Even if the ISO 19650 and UNI 11337 are of great help in the management of information, every company has internal policies and specific needs.
Many software on the market, in order to overcome the complexity, adopt structures extremely simplified. Often they are reduced to the repository of the data, similar to folders in Dropbox or Google Drive.
But when the complexity increases, it becomes necessary to use a strong process, albeit flexible.
Our vision is that of a tailor-made approach: a system designed together with the customer, able to fit perfectly on the real processes of the organization.
AND BIM is not simply a CDE, but a contributor to the digital built for your business. Experience in the use of artificial intelligence allows you to quickly develop specific software solutions.
Assistant dedicated to the different stages of the building process
A further complexity refers to the location of the information within the construction process.
Starting from the operational experience and the support of the international standards, we have outlined nine macro-critical areas: from the initial briefing to facility management.
Each phase is associated with an assistant TO the dedicated. This approach reduces the typical boundaries of the Large Language Model, such as the volatility of the answers, because each assistant is specialized on a restricted domain and can be trained more effectively.
Towards an intelligent control of the flow of information
AND BIM responds to the growing need for analysis and control of the flow of information in the construction market, the complexity of which is constantly increasing.
To handle information in a structured way is no longer an option, but a strategic need to reduce waste, improve collaboration and make BIM a real job, not just a tool.
