India is one of the largest and fastest growing construction industry market employing around 35 million people, it has the second highest inflow of foreign direct investment after the services sector and contributes to about 11.1% of India’s GDP.
India is one of the largest and fastest growing construction industry market employing around 35 million people, it has the second highest inflow of foreign direct investment after the services sector and contributes to about 11.1% of India’s GDP.
The services including 3D BIM Services, Scan to BIM services, Drawing Production, Virtual Reality, 4D Construction sequencing, 5D Cost Integration and Facility Management have been outsourced to Indian companies making India a prime destination for BIM outsourcing or work-sharing for global countries.
Recent initiatives set by the Indian government, such as Make in India, is serving to grow the AECO industry. Countries like the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, and Australia and a few other countries have mandated the use of BIM in the public sector. While around 30 countries including India is looking implementation of BIM adoption in the public sector.
India holds huge potential to pace up BIM technologies in the near future.
Many big infra-projects have been undertaken using BIM and related methodologies.
1. Personal Rapid Transit in Amritsar, the scheduling, planning,designing, construction was all done using BIM technology.
2. The Bangalore Airport has identified Autodesk BIM 360 as the design and planning of platform for the construction of the Terminal 2.
3. The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation announced for its project the integration of 5D BIM technology.
4. Delhi Metro Rail also used BIM technology for construction of the underground track.