One of the most transformative technological evolutions in the construction industry has been stated as Digital Twins. It helps in providing an immersive and intuitive environment that converges digital components and digital contexts over the lifespan of the asset. In the case of the infrastructure or construction industry, Digital Twin has been termed as a digital replica of any infrastructure asset which helps in enabling visualization of the particular asset across its complete life. Also, it helps in tracking the changes and performing analysis for optimizing the performance of the asset.

Advancements are Catalyzing Innovation in BIM

While various technological advancements are catalyzing innovation in BIM and are also facilitating the adoption of the technology in construction projects, digital twins shall be taking the center stage and shall be advancing rapidly for creating immersive experiences. The aspects of BIM had been able to substantially benefit the AEC professionals and the related projects over the last 15 years. But now using reality modeling, cloud services, and advanced analytics, people can advance BIM using digital twins. With digital twins in place, it can be seen that there exist chances of exploiting the geospatial and engineering data locked in the BIM model using reality modeling and drone survey for simulating the values of engineering data in terms of both asset and project performance.