The Polish branch of the Bouygues Immobilier will be one of the first developers in the country to exclusively use BIM (Building Information Modelling) for the virtual prototyping of projects in the construction industry.
BIM will enable the analysis and processing of all necessary building information at each stage of its life cycle – from the initial design, to the construction and facility management. All those involved in the construction process will have consistent and permanent access to the current information regarding the build.
The design work is virtually created in a 3D version of the system. It can coordinate every aspect of the design: the construction, the architecture and the installation. Since 2017, Bouygues Immobilier Polska with the experience of Bouygues Group, has been inserting the virtual concept. From now on, all the company’s subsequent projects in Poland will be designed in the virtual prototyping system.
“We want to be a pioneer in this field and contribute to the popularisation of the BIM concept in Poland. We will also be encouraging all our partners in the sector, including architects, installation designers and general contractors, to embrace the concept,” reveals Olivier Durix, the general manager of Bouygues Immobilier Polska.
"The practical benefits of BIM are at your fingertips. In the case of one of our seven currently planned projects, which are already being created using BIM, the time for preparing the project for the building permit has been considerably shortened. With another project, we have optimised the use of its space and thus obtained several dozen extra metres of usable floor space. This was done by comparing several possible scenarios on the model,” adds Olivier Durix.
BIM will also provide a personalised and high-quality customer service by developing packaging that suits the individual needs of every customer through the use of virtual and augmented reality systems.
“We are planning to introduce a system that will allow us to present, for example, a 3D version a way of arranging turnkey interiors using specific finishing packages selected by clients through our Atelier programme,” explains Dominik Harpula, the manager of BIM and digitisation at Bouygues Immobilier Polska.
The BIM model will also generate an analysis of the environmental impact of projects, enabling them to meet growing demands in sustainable development. The company believes artificial intelligence algorithms, including machine learning, will help improve the design of each project in the future.