Building construction is a complex process that involves many stakeholders. It begins when owners hire surveyors to evaluate a construction site. They then hire a general contractor who is responsible for the entire project and hiring architects, engineers, and fabricators. Architects first develop basic designs which engineers use to design structural and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. Conceptual designs are drafted and distributed for evaluation before construction begins. 3D models are then created to further improve the design quality before actual construction starts on site.
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1. A precise description of building construction
Do you know how a building is developed today? I am sure you must not know anything about
it, if you are not an architect and engineers. In fact nobody can understand the actual process and
problems of building construction since it is a very intricate process which involves too many
stakeholders such as surveyors, architects and engineers, general contractors and fabricators etc.
All these people have to perform highly serious and result producing activities during project
lifecycle.
In the beginning when building owners come to know where they want to construct a building,
they immediately have to hire surveyors who can evaluate the construction site. Once the site is
effectively evaluated by surveyors and they convince the owners about its potential they can go
ahead with the actual process. Now building owners are required to hire contractors who can
finally take care of the entire construction project. These contractors who have to look after the
entire construction of the building are known as general contractors. General contractors have to
hire architects, structural engineers, MEP engineers, fabricators and rendering artists for
execution of the project. First of all an architect is hired who develops the basic design of the
building which is mainly its architecture. This design and referred by structural engineers and
MEP engineers for developing remarkable design for their systems which can support the
architecture of the building. Once conceptual design is developed for architecture, structure and
MEP, general contractors can hire <a href= http://www.teslacad.com.au/drafting-
services.php>drafting services</a> which can help in producing the conceptual design in
papers.
Once the conceptual design is presented in papers it can be easily provided for evaluation to
different building stakeholders. That means the drawings which shows the design of the building
can be distributed among architects, engineers, building owners and contractors during
preconstruction so that the design and be effectively evaluated and understood by all the people
involved in construction.
After that 3D parametric BIM models are developed for each building discipline which further
improves quality and worthiness of the design. After that the building construction can be started
in the location.