BIM (Building Information Modeling – a dimensionally accurate 3D model of the building with massive amounts of data associated), the Cloud, modern software tools, social networking concepts and tablets bring a new era to what owners can expect in gathering, accessing and using information to make more timely and accurate strategic and tactical decisions.
BIM Studios is a team of experts whose single focus is providing business decision makers with easy access to building related knowledge. Strategic planning, profit and utilization analysis, efficient resource allocation, and project planning are all greatly enhanced when existing knowledge in an organization is unlocked and accessed through intuitive and powerful tools
Currently, building related information is a mess, it is stored in thousands of locations, is often out of date, wrong, and inconsistent in formatting and naming conventions. Fixing this situation will reduce the total lifecycle costs of building ownership, the second largest expenditure of funds for most organizations after employees, by 20%.
Fixing the situation is not conceptually difficult. However, creating the organizational mandate and getting senior leadership to take ownership for this type of change can be difficult. The building lifecycle touches thousand of companies and hundreds of thousands of individuals. Each of these entities is doing business “just fine” today, so why should they change. There is only one entity that can mandate change; this is the same entity that will reap the rewards, the owner. But most owners are not even aware that these savings are possible, and even those that have heard of the possibilities often do not know what they need to do, or are taking the wrong steps.