Benefits of Using BIM—An explanation of how this tool can help our clients save time and money.

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[Larry Hlavacek, project manager] As a project manager, that's one of the key goals that I have is to really sit down with the owners and develop what the overall goals are. And then design a model that is in alignment with those goals.

[Ben Pielhop, mechanical intern] If we have an accurate model, we can minimize change orders. By no means are we going to eliminate change orders and errors in the field. That's always going to happen. But our goal is to minimize that and catch that early on.

[Hlavacek] They're able to see where these potential problems are before they become problems. And usually, if you can do that, you can find solutions that aren't going to cost you money. It's going to save the owner money. It's going to save the owner time.

[Randy Gibson, president] It does speed up the production effort and then it also speeds up the actual construction because the contractor's armed with more information than just a set of drawings.

[Kelli Lubeley, BIM technician] We're actually able to give them that three-dimensional model that they can continue use through the lifecycle of the building—for facilities maintenance, for tenant improvements. They can use it for renovations that they may do to the building down the road.

[Seth Meyrow, BIM analyst] With all of the attention these days on environmental considerations and energy consumption, BIM lets us simulate a lot of these building systems—changes in the designs where we can analyze the performance or the cost or the energy usage. That's a big deal to clients.

[Hlavacek] We're actually able to change different R-values and U-values and skin, exterior skin, of the building and see what effects it would have on the energy consumption of the building in real life.

[Gibson] BIM really is creating an opportunity for us to do the projects a lot more efficiently.

[Mark Scott, associate principal] At that point in time, I realized the power and the strength of the tool. It's proven its worth again and again.

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