ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on building information modelling to be known as building information management and easily recognised under the BIM. It covers the BIM application related detailed case studies to demonstrate uptake, issues and advantages. The process Tobin has described has caused some to question the applicability of the term Building Information Modelling: and variants such as Building Information Management, Virtual Design and Construction and Digital Design and Construction have appeared. The use of BIM has been shown not only to reduce design clashes and subsequent requests for information (RFIs) and variations/change orders, but also, where changes do occur, BIM facilitates their management as a change to any part of the model can be coordinated with all other parts. Work is also underway to integrate BIM applications with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems at the business level of the organisation to inform their sales, purchasing and logistics functions.
