Building Information Models (BIM) are information rich architectural models that are used throughout the lifecycle of a building. BIM encourages integration of data from various stakeholders enabling project visualisation and informed decision making throughout the project lifecycle promoting sustainable design, construction and management.

To date BIM has focused on new build, but there is a growing need for as-built BIM models as more existing buildings are being re-used and renovated. As-built BIM models have been proven to be greatly beneficial at the design stage allowing better prediction of conflicts between building elements and other potential unforeseen problems reducing expensive errors during the construction phase. BIM has far reaching benefits throughout the lifecycle of a building. It has the tools to evaluate and analyze the management and operation of buildings making it a prime facilities management tool.

Several years ago Mollenhauer Group invested in Revit and began incorporating this BIM software into their workflow. The transition to Revit was relatively smooth given the 3D team had been building 3D models in AutoCAD for many years. Today we can offer as-builts in Revit and have successfully carried out numerous projects combining laser scanning and Revit.