IMPORTANCE OF BIM IN URBAN PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

With the growing urbanization and migration of people, cities get expanded for future development. Usually, the nearby towns or villages become a part of the city, and this is where the problem arises. The towns or villages being planned as per their own evolution, now subjected to newer guidelines and development, causing unregulated development. The proposed master plan for any city provides a set of guidelines and a conceptual layout for the future expansion, but due to the clash in what already is, and what kind of future is expected, a
disintegration in urban expansion can be seen that needs serious attention. This paper talks about the urban expansion witnessed over the years due to the augmentation of city periphery, and the factors responsible for such causes. This is where a technique like BIM (Building Information Modelling) can be of use. BIM, a digital transformation software for the ones belonging to engineering, construction, and architecture field. It integrates various arenas of construction and formulates into a whole package. Incorporating the urban scale in BIM with the help of GIS, will give an insight about the various factors that are sometimes missed during the implementation process in city’s expansion. This paper attempts to understand the various factors for the improper development in city and correlate with the changes in execution made from addition of software like BIM and GIS.