14.05.2019
Digitalization has only recently reached the building construction industry. On the construction sites, people are still at the learning stage, because not all technical planners are yet making full use of the advantages of digital building construction. As in many areas, information is required more and more rapidly and in greater detail on building construction sites. With each passing day, in the building construction processes, more data is accumulating.
BIM to Field
With “BIM to Field”, Confirm is increasingly applying the BIM method on building construction sites. The aim is to record the amount of information in a structured manner and to make it more available to all participants, not only rapidly, but also in a high quality. The following tool has proved particularly useful in building construction management Dalux Field. The tool enables our building construction site managers to have all project data available at any time via a tablet on the building construction site, and also to manage the effects. This is an enormous backup in building construction management as well as in reporting back.
BIM on the building construction site
On building construction sites, digitalization is still in its infancy. While larger companies use the tools to a greater or lesser extent, smaller companies are often still at the beginning of this form of methodology. For example, the situation is more often than desired, that foremen in charge of the workforce and the site manager still have different checklists for on-site acceptance, and for central assignments pending, and for defect management. When digital tools are employed by both units, experience has shown that the exchange of data via the cloud works flawlessly, and thus all the units involved have the current status of the plans available at all times.
Advantages, not only in construction management
The companies active in the building construction industry are gradually learning to appreciate the advantages of the BIM methodology. The fact that all data and information required on the building construction site is always up-to-date and readily available is only one obvious advantage. Furthermore, the cooperation of the individual units is noticeably simplified. The administrative effort required for the time-consuming transfer of manual notes is also largely eliminated. By using ‘BIM to Field’, Confirm has been able to digitize established work processes, thereby simplifying these and making these more error-resistant.
Confirm uses digitalization
The ‘BIM to Field’ method does not provide the same beneficial benefits for all projects. Nevertheless, Confirm uses the tool for the teaching process in as many building construction projects as possible – regardless of whether this is specified by the planner or the developer. The building construction site managers are also continuously trained and informed on new technologies. In addition to the partial use of digital tools, Confirm’ s building construction management team also uses digital tools for major projects such as the new “Agnes” Building for the Canton Zurich, Switzerland. the new “Agnes” building of the cantonal hospital in Badenthe construction of the new Freedenberg Neighborhood Center in Zurich, Switzerland, and on the building construction sites of the baggage sorting facility and the at Zurich Airport, Switzerland The company is already reaping the full benefits of BIM on building construction sites.
