{"id":245,"date":"2019-05-15T15:32:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T10:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teslacad.co.uk\/blog\/?p=245"},"modified":"2019-05-15T15:32:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T10:02:24","slug":"how-can-bim-trounce-mep-design-and-installation-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teslacad.co.uk\/blog\/how-can-bim-trounce-mep-design-and-installation-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"How can BIM trounce MEP Design and Installation Challenges?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MEP Engineers faces many difficulties in coordination, fabrication, \nand installation of MEP Components and arrangement of components while \nlooking schedule and cost constraints. It is the quality of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslacad.co.uk\/bim-coordination-services.php\" title=\"Bim Coordination Services\"><strong>MEP Coordination Drawings<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;that\n get affected by cost constraints if not made accurately. MEP \nContractors and Engineers encounter problems in fixing interferences to \ncoordinate the fabrication and installation process properly.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The design process and installation of MEP systems face problems in \ncoordination with the structural and architectural elements. MEP team \nconsists of many individuals involved in the construction processes such\n as MEP contractors, consultants, fabricators and more that have \ndifferent specifications of requirement which needs to be addressed in \nfacility designs.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Role of BIM in MEP Design and Installation Process<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Major Key players in MEP design team gets updated design data with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslacad.co.uk\/bim-services.php\" title=\"Bim Services\"><strong>BIM Services<\/strong><\/a> and  Coordination to know how the design is conceptualized, fabricated and  installed. MEP Consultants and Contractors operate to the design  development process of creating a 3D model in interoperability formats  like COBie to facilitate the exchange of data among other disciplines.  MEP Consultants prepares schematic representational design and plan  which is passed on to the contractor to make final MEP coordination  drawings and Installation drawings.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In today&rsquo;s time, implementing and coordinating MEP objects in BIM is \ncritical and challenging. The design intent is measured before \ndeveloping a well-coordinated 3D BIM Model so that changes in its \ngeometry shapes can be made accordingly and prevents in solving the \nchallenges to prepare fabrication, assembly and installation drawings \neffectively. Communication among the fabricators is done in precision \nand imports for collaboration in CDE are to attain accuracy for \nmaintaining design intents.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BIM allows solving inter-disciplinary clashes and serves as a key  element in modeling Architectural, Structural and MEP components so that  changes can be done easily in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslacad.co.uk\/blog\/as-built-drawings-an-overview\/\" title=\"As Built Drawings An Overview\">as-built<\/a> models and facilitates  effective visualizations among all disciplines.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BIM helps to control the design process by creating 3D Models that \nare compatible with VR technology that provides a walkthrough for \nperceiving design in the model. With BIM, load calculations and \nequipment is used that can handle the loads. Space can then be allocated\n to mechanical and electric systems. Schematic documents of MEP systems \nsuch as plumbing, air, hydraulic and power systems is to be sized and \ndistributed within the building model along with citing coordination and\n developments.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MEP data comes in O&amp;M and facility management phases where BIM is\n not implemented and hence creates chaos in getting relevant data and \nefficiently manage a facility. However, using BIM helps in visualizing \ndesign details and MEP documentation in a precise manner.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With BIM, engineers can access design plans and MEP components \narrangement at the same time. Project delivery is faster due to \ncentralized BIM model and coordinated drawings. With the advent of Revit\n software, MEP engineers can control the whole design process and helps \nthem to detect Clashes before the commencement of construction work.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslacad.co.uk\/mep-bim-services.php\" title=\"Mep Bim Services\">BIM Modelling Services&nbsp;in MEP Design<\/a> and  Installation Challenges not only helps to streamline the process but  also brings effective communication flow among various MEP team members  and resolves design coordination and modelling issues. It even gets  facilitates with different technologies to prevent a better outcome of  the projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OverviewMEP Engineers faces many difficulties in coordination, fabrication, and installation of MEP Components and arrangement of components while looking schedule and cost constraints. It is the quality of&nbsp;MEP Coordination Drawings&nbsp;that get affected by cost constraints if not made accurately. 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