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BIM is not simply employing a certain software application.  Although contrary to much that is written about it, it is understanding how to apply a piece of software so that it provides and records meaningful data throughout the architectureal process and not simply moves a window on one drawing when shifted on another.  By creating well thought out drawings including the correct parts and pieces, in the correct manner, along with drawing and CAD standards such as those authored by Architecture Integrated.residential, a model is built behind the scenes as the drawings move through the standard phases of schematice, design development, and contstruction documents..  Do this, as taught by Architecture Integrated and the construction materials information for building the house is available for export and use by all of the team members any time they need it.

There have been several compelling descriptions of how the house design and construction industry differ from the other product manufacturing industries. However, despite all of the differences between the nature of the products, between the economies of scale, and between the design, regulation and manufacturing processes, it remains that a house is essentially a product which, like all other products, must be designed, produced, maintained, and increasingly, recycled.

Architecture Integrated.residential can assist you in utilizing standards, and BIM, such that the elements and properties creating 80-85% of the cost of a house are extracted from a CAD file, a CAD file prepared in its normal course of working drawing drafting. These elements and properties are then available through paper or digital formats.In traditional methodologies, high-impact decisions are often made by all functional areas when minimal relevant information is available, while BIM enables high-impact decisions to be better informed by increasing the availability and timeliness of relevant information from all members of the project team.


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