BIM – Building Information Modeling is an innovative working method in the planning, execution and operating process, which is based on digital building models. The structure is built as a 3D model in the computer before realization and the components are integrated into the model with information such as material properties, costs, deadlines and the like. This is to be understood as a kind of database in which all information relevant to the building is stored. Ideally, the information contained is available and usable for all project participants throughout the entire life cycle. This means that planning, tendering, execution at m3-Ziviltechniker and subsequently the operator work with one and the same data model.
“Preplanning and intelligence replace work,” as Torben Wadlinger puts it. And this is probably one of the great benefits of BIM: the time saved in standard routines such as quantity lists (for plaster, tiles, etc.) or the comparison of plan statuses, sections and partial plans.