This is not really new, as there have been some extremely knowledgeable people and forward thinking companies over the years who identified that BIM could be used for many different purposes and to accomplish this, there had to be some consensus on what information needed to accompany the model components.\u00a0 There are some great examples of these use cases, such as Energy Analysis, Acoustic Analysis, Facilities Management, Level of Development, QA\/QC, National BIM Standards, Code Compliance and many more. This has also resulted in some excellent initiatives to define and deliver a common data structure to address the needs of the different project owners.<\/p>\n
Solibri Model Checker is indeed different as it truly is a solution for multiple BIM Use Cases, by design and not by \u201cstretching\u201d the technology to \u201ckind of\u201d address a need, but by actually being an excellent solution for very real use cases and flexible enough to adapt as requirements increase.<\/p>\n
The one thing that is very clear \u2013 now that there is more data present in models, there is a very real requirement that is often ignored, to both manage that data, but also to verify and validate it, as well.<\/p>\n
What good is data if you don\u2019t know it\u2019s accuracy, completeness, or compliance with an established requirement?<\/h3>\n
Bad data actually causes more harm than good, as decisions that are made from unchecked or unverified data will result in inaccuracies elsewhere, as the project progresses (estimating, procurement, delays, field changes, etc.). This of course adds time and cost and introduces more risk.<\/p>\n
Each BIM Use Case presents a range of very different requirements. However, a common need is that they all need to verify and validate the data, for that particular requirement. The table below demonstrates just a few of the use cases that have been identified, so far. This is not an all-inclusive listing, nor does it mean that models are already being used for all of these, everywhere. But the potential is there already for this to happen.<\/p>\n
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