The Future of BIM

I believe in the future, BIM will be a standardized format for all building design. With all the benefits that we’ve learned, it’s obvious that BIM will dominate the industry. With software and hardware improving so rapidly the benefits of BIM in the future will be vast. From estimating cost faster, rendering 3D models quicker, and improving the infrastructure of communications such as data sharing between stakeholders. Like in Kayleigh's post, she believes that there will be a new IT department dedicated for BIM.This illustrates the idea that BIM technology is advancing to a point where its becomes a standard. Last week Eric has pointed out about the use of computers that are idle. To help other users generate renderings by using the idle computers computing power from a few seconds. This is a great idea, and probably in the new future, owners will be able to use their phones to control BIM while on the job site. This will improve on productivity and possibly save money. When I was on co-op I would go to project meetings on the jobsite. I would take notes during the meeting and then drive all the way back to the office to make the changes. This process of driving back in forth from the job site back to the office is a huge waste of time. So if BIM was able to be used on the phone or tablet it would make changing things on the fly much easier and would allow the owners to cover over more items during the meeting. BIM in the future can possible integrate with other types of technologies like GIS, accounting, emergency response, GPS, and environmental applications. In the near future BIM would have shortened construction time by a great deal. I would probably say that we are looking at the new industrial revolution for constructing buildings. A rapid grown in the construction of buildings will occur, take a look at China now. They are the global leaders in building construction and if BIM becomes the international standard as I predict it will be. Then you will see China explode in their construction development, even more so then today.