Last edited 29 Jul 2021

BIM for mechanical electrical and plumbing drawings

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Time and money can be wasted when projects go over the budget or programme. This sometimes happens because, the drawings produced preceding construction are extensively different from the as-constructed drawings. This happens in particular in the case of 3D mechanical electrical and plumbing (MEP) drawings.

This is where building information modelling (BIM) can assist:

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