Industry Guide
BIM Clash Detection and MEP Coordination: Finding the Pipe That Doesn't Fit Before It's Already Installed
Clash detection in BIM — finding where ducts intersect beams, pipes conflict with conduit, and equipment doesn't fit in its designated space — is the core use case for building information modeling on most construction projects. Done well, BIM coordination catches thousands of clashes in the model that would have become thousands of RFIs, change orders, and rework events in the field. Done badly, BIM becomes an expensive model-for-model's-sake exercise that doesn't actually prevent field problems.
Marcus Reyes7 min read