Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a tool that enables a holistic approach to the design, construction and management of the facilities used in the built environment.
There is, however, the potential to incorporate operational information within the model from the earliest stages of design, allowing end users to maintain an asset through a singular, centralised database. This would mean building management would be taken as a realistic consideration throughout the complete process of construction, and not in the latter stages before handover.
BIM will assist building operators in making existing asset management processes and data collection more efficient, having the conclusive effect of improving maintenance procedures and whole-life costing evaluations.