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1. BIMarabia – Omar Selim
Who are the beneficiaries of BIM?!
All participants in construction process can benefit from applying BIM system, in case of
its applying as a philosophy rather than as a program where some buttons are pressed
and tools are used only superficially.
For taking full advantage of applying BIM technology, everyone should know a certain
amount of information about the BIM philosophy. The management, site engineers,
designer, contractor and owner must have an idea of the BIM system. Accurate
knowledge of every detail is not required but a certain amount of information helps them
to solve problems such as in case of clashes.
They should a reasonable knowledge about the BIM system because it is used
throughout the project implementation period and even after its completion. It is not a
system limited to a planning, design and implementation stage but it extends throughout
the life cycle of the building, including supporting operations of cost management,
construction management and operating facilities.
Why should we use BIM?!!
For many reasons; such as availability of hardware that can create a digital model
integrating all necessary information about the building, as well as the current trend
towards building many unique buildings that have not been designed before, as if the
same building is repeated as in residential complexes, the same design will be repeated
without problems. However, in case of building a complex building (such as Khalifa
tower or the Kingdom or tower Al Arab) with unique properties, the model should be
created to know whether it will bear or not? How much will it cost? Would there be a
problem with energy consumption?
Applying CAD system caused many problems that were detected at the site and after
construction, as well as, we discovered clashes between the common disciplines in the
construction during the installation so using BIM system was inevitable. Therefore, the
more appropriate applying BIM is, the more efficient it is in improving the final product
and increasing the interest in it. So, using BIM was made mandatory in some countries
because of its importance. Many researches are being conducted to develop and
implement it.

2. BIMarabia – Omar Selim
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Documentedstudies on the importance of BIM:
The Stanford University Center for Integrated Facility Engineering conducted a study on
32 huge projects and found that:
 40% of sudden changes during implementation can be avoided.
 Accuracy of cost estimation reached 97%.
 80% of the time required to estimate the cost can be saved.
 10% of the total cost of the project because of change during work can be saved.
 7% of the time required to implement the project can be reduced.
 The amount of wasted material in the project can be reduced by 37%.
 McGraw Hill foundation conducted a questionnaire recently which showed that
74% of BIM users in Western Europe had significant positive results on their total
investments on these models, compared to 63% of BIM users in North America.
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QUOTES ABOUT BIM
 "If only one book were to be written
about BIM, it might be “DON’T PANIC” printed
in large uppercase letters on the front cover."
Pete Zyskowski
 “Evolution of BIM implementation came in parallel with willingness to collaborate
and share project information, the move toward integrated practice that is much
talked about in the industry." Phillip G. Bernstein
 "BIM came to stay." Steve Jones
 “BIM is about 10% technology and 90% sociology.” Charles Hardy, director of the
General Services Administration’s (GSA)
 " Evolutions such as BIM have the potential to facilitate or further complicate
integrated work " Julie Gabrielli and Almy E. Gardner
 "The biggest thing about BIM is that it is moving us back to interdisciplinary work"
Kathleen Liston

3. BIMarabia – Omar Selim
 "Most firms begin their exploration of BIM doing comfortable 3D visualization and
move systematically through more complex uses; the most advanced users
integrate their project approach using BIM throughout the supply chain. Almost
by definition, more advanced usage – such as analysis and production –
.requires collaboration throughout more of the project team" Phillip G. Bernstein
 “BIM is created to solve CAD problems, and using it as using CAD principal;
increasing the problems not solving it. It seems like using computer monitor as a
paper when we draw, or put a boiler on the cooker to make coffee. “ OMAR
SELIM