LCDG : Building Information Model

LCDG has been 'cutting over' to the new BIM (Building Information Model) Revit software, replacing AutoCAD. BIM is "a model-based technology linked with a database of project information".
"BIM is the process of generating and managing a building information model throughout the life cycle of a building."

The results are exciting. LCDG has just completed the schematic design for a new $9 million coatings technology laboratory in Vernon utilizing Revit BIM software. As the 'model' is constructed plan, section, elevation and 3-D images can be extracted and plotted at the earliest stages of the design, giving our clients an accurate understanding of the design. Our engineers are also using Revit, continually building the information model and assuring improved coordination and systems 'crash detection' with 3-D imaging.

BIM can be utilized to bridge the information loss associated with handing a project from design team, to construction team and to building owner/operator, by allowing each group to add to and reference back to all information acquired during their period of contribution the BIM model.