BIM solutions helps reduce capital cost and carbon footprint

A study commissioned by Autodesk and conducted by KPMG and RICS School of Built Environment reveal that Building Information Modelling (BIM) solutions can help reduce capital cost and carbon footprint by over 20 percent in the construction sector. It states project delays, cost overruns and liquidity constraints continue to trouble the real estate and construction sectors.

As per the report, while a number of developed countries across the world have already adopted BIM to reduce project delays and cost overruns, Indian firms are fast adopting BIM.

"BIM has the potential to provide significant benefits to the Indian built environment sector. But implementation of BIM requires a change in the mindset of all stakeholders, as managements of most organizations are reluctant to adopt," Autodesk India and SAARC Managing Director Pradeep Nair said.

BIM, that offers digital representation of the project during its lifecycle, right from planning to execution of the project, is gradually picking up among Indian firms. BIM solutions allow users to construct 'smart' and 'computable' three-dimensional (3D) model of the project to enhance its design, construction and operation.

According to findings of the survey BIM is used most extensively in real estate sector, mostly in design development and construction stage. Most users who are using BIM fall in the residential segment, building housing projects, followed by those doing mixed land use projects under the commercial category.  The lowest usage was found to be in the non-housing sectors such as industrial and infrastructural developments.