4D BIM adds value to the time saved on a project through accurate modeling of project information.

 

4D BIM is the process of creating graphical and non-graphical information data or models in a shared digital space used as a common data environment to share various information data on the different stages of a project's progress that is shared between projects managers and clients or a specific end-user.

4D BIM can bring all project teams together to improve project productivity, reduce project risks, and allow project teams to collaborate more efficiently with each other to speed up the progress of a project and produce high-quality valuable project designs.

In the process of developing a project information model, the 4D BIM can add various project scheduling data to which project component is needed to generate precise project program information and step-by-step visuals of a project's ongoing development.

The 4D BIM can link various components of cost data into a shared information model to support cost planning and generate estimates for use in project management and operations. 4D BIM involves sharing time-related information that is associated with the different components of a project into an information model. It includes specific elements of a project that include details in the various lead-times of its various components, development and installation period, and the sequencing of a project's various components into one easily usable data for management and field supervisory teams.

4D BIM can quickly display various scheduling data of different project components, into an easy-to-read and understand, graphic model. The specific project activities and components within can be linked to various project data systems through their graphical representations to enable project field planners to can quickly develop accurate programs for each stage of their projects from one source of unified data.

4D BIM is hugely beneficial in terms of planning the completion of various project components to maximize efficiency on the actual project site. 4D BIM can accurately display various 3D visuals of a project’s development displaying how it is to proceed. Project teams can quickly visualize how a project's assets are utilized in a virtual and graphical format.

The 4D BIM allows project teams to easily determine a more efficient and logical approach in planning various project efforts that maximize on-site efficiency. 4D BIM allows project teams to effectively reduce or eliminate project liabilities to help eliminate last-minute on-site design revisions and work re-scheduling to speed a project's overall completion.

The efficiency generated by 4D BIM can streamline the overall costs base for various project components to increase work efficiency capacity and reduce or eliminate unnecessary project liabilities.

With 4D BIM, everyone can easily visualize and understand how a project will appear when completed making it an effective communications tool for project management to present a project and its components to project clients and stakeholders. 

With an accurate graphic visualization of a new project under development, the 4D BIM adds a lot of meaning and weight assessing the feasibility and value of a project. 4D BIM can quickly gain confidence in the viability of a project by demonstrating a project in detail so clients and project teams can quickly understand the progress of each component of a project. The 4D BIM system can bring both the project team and clients closer to the heart and value of a project.