The concept of the entire construction engineering process encompasses the full lifecycle of a building. It involves all parties engaged in the project activities at different stages of the building’s life. For instance, during the design phase, participants include designers, owners, and management departments. In the construction phase, construction teams and product suppliers play key roles, while operators are involved during the operation and maintenance phase.
As previously mentioned, in architectural design, BIM models act as a collaborative hub for various stakeholders. By leveraging BIM technology to cover the entire building lifecycle, this “transfer station” role extends beyond design to encompass construction and operation maintenance phases.
More specifically, within the BIM whole-process collaborative management approach, designers focus on the building’s lifecycle cost, prioritizing long-term operational savings and convenience rather than just minimizing upfront investment. Construction product suppliers concentrate on coordinating and matching products across the entire building system. Construction teams gain full access to detailed design information through comprehensive BIM models, enabling them to hand over accurate and thorough building data to owners upon project completion. Meanwhile, operators gather new information during construction, integrating it with data from previous stages to gain valuable operational insights that inform future project designs.
In this collaborative BIM management model, all stakeholders consider not only their own interests and project impacts but also facilitate others’ work by viewing the building’s value from a holistic lifecycle perspective. This approach aims to maximize the overall value throughout the building’s entire life.
Currently, the collaborative model driven by BIM technology is advancing rapidly. Achieving full lifecycle collaboration requires the entire construction industry to adopt a shared global awareness of construction projects, which presents certain challenges. Nonetheless, as BIM technology ushers the construction industry into the information age, establishing this comprehensive, global architectural mindset is set to become an inevitable trend.
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