Top 5 Benefits of BIM for Structural Engineers

Structural engineers play a crucial part in infrastructure life cycles.?

However, they depend upon accurate data to support decision-making and communication amongst clients and various stakeholders. Building Information Modeling (BIM) complements structural engineering from conception to delivery by ensuring that the data is collected and structured to be reused in multiple disciplines.

How Can BIM Assist Structural Engineers?

BIM (Building Information Modeling) is not a new term for organizations involved in the planning, designing, and construction of buildings. However, it has certainly evolved to become the primary way of addressing the AEC industry’s challenges, such as quality, productivity, coordination, consistency, and communication.

Here are the most significant benefits of BIM for structural engineers:

• Productivity Increase/Easy Design changes - It is one of the most significant contributions of BIM from the engineering viewpoint, mainly when creating construction documents. BIM automatically updates the entire model with any important changed information. Whenever there is a change that must be done, engineers only have to work to change the information in one place, the model, instead of making sure that everyone realizes the changes.?
• Real Time Coordination - A single building information model is used for the analysis and documentation phases. Hence, it contributes to better coordination between the structural analysis results and the overall design, improving consistency throughout the entire project. Therefore, structural engineers can easily coordinate a project than perform the structural analysis.?
• Visualizations & Simulation - The structural engineers can quickly separate and filter any area or element of especial interest from the structure and visualize it in 3D. This provides excellent project insight, enhancing its understanding and facilitating solving problems and coming up with ideas.?
• Improved Collaboration - The complexity of many infrastructure projects requires intense multidisciplinary cooperation. BIM facilitates collaboration for architects, structural engineers, and MEP professionals by allowing multiple team members to work out of the same model.?
• Connect Design to Detailing - The fact that BIM lets one visualize the whole picture allows one to identify potential design issues and develop new, creative ways to solve problems.?

Pinnacle Infotech Offers Structural BIM Services

With highly experienced licensed structural Professional Engineers (PE), design & drafting professionals, Pinnacle has provided structural engineering and design services for 30 years in 40+ countries. We offer structural 3D BIM model services that help augment our clients’ imaginative capability by visualizing the structure and previewing building designs or prototypes.

Pinnacle offers the following structural engineering & design services:

• Structural Analysis & Design Validation
• 3D Modeling
• Constructability Review
• Hyperlinking (Bluebeam)
• 2D Drawing Sets-Drafting & Detailing
• Template & Content Creation
• As-Built Modelling & Update

BIM will continue to transform the industry, with more structural and architectural firms recognizing the same opportunities, benefits, and values. The challenge lies in making the most out of all that BIM has to offer to structural engineering.

So, want the most cost-effective structure BIM services with fast turnarounds?

Get in touch with us at pinnacleinfotech.com today!