Eliminate Scaffolding Project Headaches: How BIM Can Help
September 18, 2024
There’s a stark difference between envisioning a project in your head and then trying to make it real. Although everything fits together perfectly in your plans, reality often has different ideas. Fortunately, Building Information Modeling (BIM) can help bridge the gap between your vision and the real world, especially when it comes to planning scaffolding projects.
Understanding BIM
BIM uses advanced software to create a three-dimensional model of your scaffold. This doesn’t just mean a visualization of what it will look like once erected — BIM effectively “builds” a virtual scaffolding system down to the last coupling. Every component is accounted for, all using the exact dimensions of each element. This serves as your blueprint, parts list and site plan all in one, ensuring that there will be virtually no surprises once you arrive on the actual jobsite.
In addition, BIM also integrates all the information into what’s known as a Common Data Environment (CDE). This enables all the various stakeholders to collaborate on the plans no matter where they are.
How BIM Transforms Scaffolding Projects
- Enhanced Planning and Design: By creating a virtual model in full detail that includes every single tube, coupling and bolt, BIM enables you to spot any flaws in your designs before you discover them on the jobsite. It also ensures the most detailed planning possible, ensuring you'll know exactly what you're getting into before you start doing anything in the real world.
- Improved Collaboration: With a centralized repository of information in the CDE, BIM makes it much easier for all your project's various stakeholders to collaborate. You can eliminate delays and miscommunications related to your scaffolding by showing everyone involved the latest revisions to the plans. You'll be confident that everyone sees only the most current information, as well.
- Accurate Material Management: Thanks to BIM, you no longer need to estimate what you'll need for your scaffold project. As soon as you finalize your design, you'll know exactly how much material you'll need. This makes inventory management and cost estimation much more effective and prevents delays caused by insufficient supplies. You can count every bolt because you'll be able to see all of them in the design as if it were standing right in front of you in real life.
- Safety and Compliance: Rather than hoping the scaffolding you just set up will be safe enough for workers, BIM lets you simulate various scenarios so you can spot any potential faults. You'll be able to identify hazards prior to setting up your scaffolds, which can be a huge boon to your safety management and regulatory compliance efforts.
- Efficient Scheduling: Because it can integrate with many of the software tools and platforms you already use, BIM can help facilitate accurate scheduling and coordination. This means you can streamline your project's timelines and cut back on anything that might delay or upend your work.
- Real-Time Updates and Modifications: Any changes you make to the BIM model are instantly reflected in the plans. This helps you maintain the highest levels of accuracy in your project and keep your timelines on track at all times.
Global Site Solutions — Your Scaffolding BIM Partner
Being able to create a virtual model of your scaffolding that’s true to every detail can be a significant boost to the efficiency and safety of your project. Global Site Solutions’ Hi-Vis® scaffolding management software helps you leverage the capabilities of BIM to deliver stronger outcomes from all your projects. If you want to learn more about how Hi-Vis® can transform your operations and help you become more effective, reach out and speak with one of our helpful representatives today.
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Global Site Solutions (GSS) are changing how scaffold is managed and executed on construction projects all over the world by utilizing the latest 3d BIM techniques, advanced work packaging, clash detection, and project estimating. GSS provides a fully integrated design, engineering & estimating solution to drive safety and productivity and mitigate project risk by implementing its EPCM of scaffolding access management methodology. The advantages of designing scaffolds for Industrial & Commercial construction projects within the 3d environment provide real-time data for the management team to identify installation hazards while delivering effective tools for scaffold builders to use prior to installation, during, and after. Advanced Work Packaging applied to scaffold and access management is proven to assist in reducing access-related safety incidents and provides accurate material and man-hour estimates, with customers realizing savings of 30% in most instances. GSS provides its innovative Hi-Vis® Scaffold Management software platform for managing the entire scaffold scope and its Design, Engineering, Estimating & Management Services. The Construction Industry Institute’s mission is to ‘change how the world builds,’ elevating its member's best practices and knowledge base by sharing new and exciting construction processes and technology. GSS shares this goal by changing the way scaffolding is planned, managed, and executed on construction projects all over the world.
Proactive & Reactive
The old saying of “Time is money” remains true no matter how old it gets. That’s why Hi-Vis® is the best in the business at keeping track of time for your industrial scaffolding project. With Hi-Vis® you’re able to keep track of every second to make sure your time and money are working as efficiently as possible. If you want to divert more manpower to a specific part of your scaffolding project to save more time on it, Hi-Vis® is what you’re looking for. Some issues during construction, unfortunately, are out of your control. Heavy traffic, shipping delays, bad weather, and other variables will pop up from time to time. Where Hi-Vis® separates itself from other software is that it can account for these issues and adjust project time accordingly. If a project is taking more time than anticipated it’s also possible to add time to make sure everything gets completed and there are no complications. If you’d like to know more about Hi-Vis® and its management tools you can contact us at info@globalsitesolutions.com
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