DEVELOPING NEW BIM TOOLS
CLICK TO WATCH : ‘ 4D MODELLING AT THE M5 SMART MOTORWAY ’ 37 which received the 2013 BCIA Award for Safety Excellence . He sees the M4 programme as a “ lighthouse project ” where all the different processes Balfour Beatty has developed will come together on a scheme valued at £ 850mn . Having the right tools to manage the logistics of such a vast project has been vital for the team to enhance buildability , while meeting the challenge of a three-and-a-half-year timeline , so that expansion works at Heathrow airport can begin .
“ We use Autodesk tools to analyse our sequencing to see how we can be more
efficient , and take days or weeks off our programme ,” reveals Parnell . “ The key thing is , we ’ re engaging with multiple people on the project and getting them to use tools like Navisworks to review the design and get those benefits .”
DEVELOPING NEW BIM TOOLS
Balfour Beatty is working closely with Autodesk and Excitech on the development of a cross-section tool in response to the 3D / 2D challenges posed by the M4 project . Parnell ’ s team needs to be able to cut through multiple applications ( such as Revit , Civil 3D and AutoCAD )
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