Bulding Information Modeling (BIM) in design stage to assist in time, cost and quality in construction innovation

Fragmented and complex nature of construction, leads to many problems which arises everyday during the process of construction. Therefore there is always a greater need for improving the entire construction process such as buildings of better quality, reduce cost, minimization project time and improve productivity. Within the construction phase, many problems and errors occur in the design phase. A relative new technology that is progressively getting accepted in the construction industry is Building Information Modeling (BIM), which has been playing a major role on improving construction management background. BIM is a process of virtual design in the construction of a project. This paper describes an application of new technology in design-construction interface. This study comprised: interviews with experts, data collection from several projects and design and implementation of improvement tools. The analysis results establish that both Architect and Consultant firms had realized the importance of design stage during the start up of the construction. They have accepted that BIM is the future. In the future, as the cost to build is reduced through increased efficiencies and reduction of waste via BIM. As a final thought, the idea that BIM is a one stop solution, compared to what current systems are capable off.