SETTING standards in building information modeling (BIM) by government is the key to the growth of adoption of construction design technology in the Philippines, an Autodesk Inc. executive said.
“A lot of Filipinos are technologically capable in automated BIM,” Autodesk Technical Specialist Noah Arles told reporters last week. “What we don’t have [here in the Philippines] is government initiative to have a standard.”
BIM is an intelligent 3-dimensional (3D) model-based process that equips architecture, engineering and construction professionals with the insight and tools to more efficiently plan, design, construct and manage buildings and infrastructure, according to Autodesk.
According to Arles, who specializes in civil and structural solutions for Autodesk’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) region, the Philippines lags behind Malaysia and Vietnam in adopting BIM standards. He told reporters in a news briefing Malaysia alreay has a BIM standard while Vietnam would come up with their own this year.
A lot of contractors here are using BIM solutions but has not gone out to use these in other aspects, Arles said. This means contractors have not fully utilized the potentials of the technology associated with construction design, he added.
Arles said some companies in the Philippines have used BIM technology solutions for simulation with some simulating a building’s interaction with wind speed and direction. Others have already applied BIM technology in computational fluid dynamics. Arles said he knows one medical center to be using such technology to determine the flow of air inside a room.
“ But most Philippine companies have not fully-integrated the BIM technology solution to workflow or construction process.”
Arles said they are “talking to government” to encourage the adoption of standards that could be seen as a good signal for the private sector.
“But of course, the mandate has to come from someone in government associated with the key performance indicators for such adoption of standards.”
Arles flew in to the Philippines last week to promote Autodesk’s virtual reality technology as it applies to infrastructure.
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