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MEPF System in a Building - Viability for Utility!

Once the architectural and structural aspects of a building are outlined, the ancillary systems are drawn. These include the mechanical system, electrical system, plumbing system and the fire-fighting system. Though ancillary, their importance cannot be denied. Imagine a broken or messed up sewage disposal system, or short circuited electrical wires, or even worse, a gutter line mixed with the fresh water line! If the structure holds the building intact and the architecture functionalizes and beautifies it, the MEPF systems make it viable for utility. They have to be cautiously designed to accommodate in the space allocated for it, to its fitting and maximum functioning.

BIM is now a far and wide practice. MEP BIM Services help place the MEP&F systems in spot in the architecture of the building. The blueprint of these systems is defined and they are modeled in 3D in BIM supportive software. The virtual 3D representation helps understand the system better and better analyze the design for its effectiveness and usefulness. The individual systems should suffice in terms of their respective design feasibilities and connections. These models are then integrated so as to establish the overall design suitability. The integration helps to identify if there are any collisions among the elements of the systems and if they fit together well, as anticipated when they were designed. Specialized software for clash resolution in BIM such as Navisworks proves to be very efficient at this. The clashes as detected are settled in the models and we have a perfectly coordinated MEP&F system. The shop drawings and BOMS generated from these act to conduct successful installation of the mechanical hvac, electrical, plumbing and fire- fighting systems in the building. Thus, no more messed up pipes and wires! And not to forget the scheduling and costing data BIM endows with, and the green facet of it – energy analysis!


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