MEAM Qatar Business Awards 2018

MEAMARKETS / 2018 Qatar Business Excellence Award 17 Company: BIMTEC Contact: Pedro Lima Address: Gate Mall Towers, Doha, P.O. 24761, Qatar Phone: 00974 40409811 Web Address: www.bimtec-eng.com through-life and operational costs of facilities. Pedro explores the part BIMTEC will play in this thanks to its commitment to driving innovation and developing even better solutions to meet the needs of today’s clients. “To support the growth of our market, at BIMTEC Our mission is to help the construction and engineering industry to cut the corners on its processes by introducing the latest technologies available. Our R&D department is constantly participating in international conferences where developers showcase the new trends, and our team is also always testing new tools and systems and providing feedbacks to the developers to tailor it to the specific needs of the industry.” As he looks to the future, Pedro foresees even greater adoption of BIM technologies, offering a vast array of opportunities for BIMTEC. “Ultimately, the adoption of BIM technology in our market is a recent trend led by some of the biggest programmes in the country. Despite the efforts of the owners/developers across designers, contractors and manufacturers, it is clear that such requirements are driven theoretically rather than practical to achieve a beneficial BIM process at all levels. As a consequence, some measures which are unreasonably enforced on our industry result in a direct negative impact on’ the time frame and costs of construction projects, along with resistance within the industry to the correct implementation of a true and integrated BIM environment. “Combining BIM with our Engineering Management background is the right recipe to assure the success of the projects we deliver. This is how we assure that facility management requirements are taken into consideration during the early stages of design and how we plan and estimate the construction efforts and cost way before mobilizing to site. The application of BIM technologies is a known and proven methodology to benefit at all stages of the construction and facilities management life-cycle that, however, requires a clear definition and contextualization for each project to optimize its return on investment and truly benefit from its application. “Alongside Engineering Management, BIM technologies are commonly applied to Programme and Project Management as the models contain all information necessary for the PM team to perform project controls, including progress monitoring that can be performed with the support of laser scanners which can be later overlapped with the model for planned vs actual comparisons. In summary, thinking of BIM as a product of construction virtualisation - an open-standard deliverable resulting from a collaborative process, as well as a facility life-cycle data management requirement that opens a door to enhancing facility operations - supports the creation of the industry information value chain, the ultimate goal of the construction industry’s ‘digitalisation movement’. At BIMTEC, we aim to be at the forefront of this as we seek to continue offering our clients cutting edge support and solutions to help them traverse the digital age.”