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Are you ready for BIM?
Established in 1989, Man and Machine is part of a pan-
European group, operating in 11 countries, with over
750 staff and over 500,000 installed CAD seats.
We provide expertise in digital design and data management
with over 60 years of combined technical experience and
extensive industry. Our specialist knowledge has allowed us to
develop a wide variety of services that address the needs of our
customers’ across multiple industries to enable them to design,
visualise, and simulate to the highest standard.
Our goal is to help you optimise your design process. Whether
you are in the architecture, plant or construction industries, we
have the experience to understand your business and what you
are trying to achieve, and we have the expertise to enable you
to do it better.
It takes many activities and skills to bring the ideas and designs
of Architects/Engineers to fulfilment. Building Information
Modelling (BIM) attempts to standardise the creation and
exchange of information to make the design, construction and
operational management of a facility or infrastructure asset
more efficient.
It is important to note that BIM is not just about buildings, but
in its wildest context is being applied to facility, building, road,
railway, and infrastructure projects. It is also now very much
impacting organisations throughout the supply chain including
manufacturers, fabricators and interior designers.
The word ‘building’ in itself also doesn’t necessarily
describe the full scope of a project – it doesn’t cover policies,
assumptions, strategic decisions, supply chain, specification,
user assessment, regulation and recycling sustainability. All
are key parts of the projects ‘information model’ and should be
included in the creation of the facility or asset information as
the project progresses.
BIM covers all aspects of the project lifecycle and is being
driven by UK Government, to ensure that all public sector
projects are under-pinned by the creation, collation and
exchange or shared 3D models and intelligent structured
data that is attached to them. UK Government has defined
a minimum requirement for Level 3 BIM by 2016, which
defines a series of domain models and the provision of a single
electronic environment to store shared data and information.
UK Government has defined a minimum requirement for Level
3 BIM by 2016.
Making the right choices to begin your BIM journey and
maximise the return on your investment is critical. Man and
Machine offer a variety of solutions and services to help you
understand the impact of BIM and the market opportunity
that it presents throughout the supply chain. The solutions
and services include BIM-based products, modelling and
measurement solutions, BIM deployment programs, training
and consultancy.
Contact us today for more information, call 01844 263700,
email marketing@manandmachine.co.uk,
visit www.manandmachine.co.uk/BIM or
@ManandMachineUK on Twitter.
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