First round: BIM Modeling
Second round: Education and Training
Third round: Secondary Development
Fourth round: System Development
Fifth round: BIM Consulting
Sixth round: Integration of Design, Construction, and Processing
Seventh round: Big Data and the Internet
In the first round, many people were misled by Revit and believed that BIM was simply about modeling. Although the modeling technology itself is quite basic, few people understood it well at the time, which led to a high market valuation. However, as more individuals entered this field, competition increased, prices dropped, and the industry became more crowded and challenging.
In the second round, design institutes and construction companies—who should have mastered BIM technology from the beginning—noticed the profitability of BIM. As a result, they wanted to learn and get involved. At the same time, fresh graduates saw the popularity of BIM and were eager to enter the market. These two groups drove the rapid growth of the BIM training industry. With the proliferation of BIM textbooks and related university courses, the training market eventually began to contract as supply increased.
During the third round, as BIM tools became more widespread, there emerged many requirements that standard BIM software could not meet, or even anticipate. This resulted in a significant increase in the demand for secondary development to customize solutions.
In the fourth round, the vast amount of data generated during the design and construction phases of BIM laid the groundwork for numerous applications. This, in turn, drove a surge in the development of information tools and system solutions to manage and utilize this data effectively.
By the fifth round, the application of BIM technology had become increasingly mature. Knowledge and expertise were accumulating, and supporting tools and systems were also advancing. At this stage, BIM consulting experts could find sufficient mature software and systems in the market to provide reliable consulting services to project owners. True BIM consulting began to emerge. Previously, so-called BIM consultants often made grand promises without delivering real value.
In the sixth round, with advanced BIM technology, the cost of integrating design, construction, and processing was significantly reduced, leading to better economic outcomes. As a result, more design institutes began to integrate with construction companies and processing plants, or vice versa, due to both technical feasibility and strong market demand for integrated solutions.
The seventh round is characterized by data overload. The challenge now is to extract meaningful indicators from the massive amounts of data and use them to support business decision-making—there is both the foundation and the need for this. Additionally, software models have begun to embrace Internet thinking: the software is free, but the user base is valuable. Luban’s move to offer the Banhuitong Internet financial platform for free is a landmark event in the industry’s transformation, and will be remembered in the future. (Of course, comprehensive BIM systems cannot be free; only tool-level software can be. Project-level and enterprise-level BIM systems are designed for large clients, not small users.)
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