The construction industry is severely fragmented, and as such it requires real-time and efficient collaboration. To be able to complete projects, construction companies need to align their decisions with the way different stages of the project are operating. Starting from the supply chain, stakeholders and project owners, to equipment, project managers, architects, and designers, there are numerous levels of a single construction project that require efficient collaboration. Mobile technology and BIM are making collaboration in the industry run smoothly and with efficacy.
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Coordination and Collaboration with BIM
Building Information Modeling is slowly but steadily becoming a widely used process that circles a proper organization and collaboration on construction projects. As already mentioned, construction is a rather fragmented industry, which categorizes efficient and effective collaboration as one of the top challenges in the industry. BIM enables 3D modeling, which at the very start builds a viable connection between stakeholders and the project. Project managers can easily track and trace every aspect of a construction project, which includes construction workers, collaboration with project owners, equipment, deadlines, designers and architects, as well as supply chain. BIM enables visualization, which when merged with VR technology can provide great results in project planning.
Inefficient Collaboration Equals Delays in Construction Projects
Delayed supply and material delivery, as well as delays in deadlines and the overall completion of construction projects, costs contractors the money invested in the project. Whenever a delay emerges in the general organization, contractors are potentially dealing with losses and more consequent delays. Collaboration enables effective cooperation between different sectors and teams in a construction company. At the same time, smooth collaboration cuts the time needed for a project to be done, while preventing delays and losing revenue. BIM collaboration increases efficiency as a consequence by providing superb tools for collaborative work designed to fit the needs of the fragmented sector that construction represents.
