Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Extending our integrated services to the virtual world

At Wight, one facet of integrated delivery includes the physical world, where multi-disciplinary teams collaborate on a project in real time and space. However, our integrated delivery process extends to the virtual world of design documentation through 3D-software programs such as Revit, Bentley, and SketchUp.

These building information modeling programs, or BIM, have revolutionized the way architecture, engineering, and construction industries interact with one another. With an inherent ability to coordinate across disciplines, anticipate and reproduce an outcome, calculate energy and material savings, and finesse design aspects, today’s BIM movement aligns with the multi-disciplinary approach Wight has taken for the past 70 years on every project.

Our teams utilize BIM to manage building data, design geometry, and site criteria—creating “live” interactive models of the built environment that provide real-time updates to systems and spaces, based on user input. The documents and models created by our team accurately depict the true interconnectedness of a building, and help plan, depict, and communicate the final product before breaking ground.

Wight also taps into the power of BIM for sustainable aspects of a building and impacts to a site. Analysis and optimization of systems are visualized in the interactive model and allow for educated decisions and best practices to be implemented regarding stormwater management, lighting, solar orientation, carbon footprinting, and other vital components.

Wight uses BIM to minimize the loss of information associated with a complex project, where a team handles specialized components of a whole. Whether a project is designed and engineered with in-house staff or in collaboration with outside consultants, BIM allows designers, engineers, and constructors to work together from a single information source in a real-time application.

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