{"id":2064,"date":"2023-01-05T12:50:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T11:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geograma.com\/2023\/01\/05\/the-importance-of-current-status-in-bim-for-road-infrastructure\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:02:11","slug":"the-importance-of-current-status-in-bim-for-road-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geograma.com\/en\/blog\/the-importance-of-current-status-in-bim-for-road-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of current status in BIM for Road Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Geograma<\/a> has developed its activity to provide solutions focusing on the territory. Cities, streets, highways and roads are the usual scenarios for Geograma’s solutions which, through the positioning, localisation and georeferencing of assets, provide the necessary means for administrations and companies to improve decision-making through localisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until now, CAD plans (in 2D and 3D) were produced using topography, photogrammetric restitution, drones and mobile mapping services. The CAD drawings produced were used as a basis for the drafting and execution of civil engineering projects, mainly roads, housing developments, water channelling, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But up to now,  road infrastructure projects based on outdated 2D<\/strong>  methods for design, testing and information transfer have led to  inefficiencies for the institutions and companies leading the construction and management of these infrastructures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of this, attempts are being made to improve the design and management of road infrastructure with the introduction of BIM techniques and standardised formats,<\/a><\/strong> which were originally designed for architecture. This process is already underway in many countries: the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and some EU countries, including Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As is well known, BIM came into being with building projects. Building Information Modelling (BIM is the process of building information modelling),<\/a>also called building information modelling is a set of processes and methodologies for the generation and management of data, initially of a building and now also in civil engineering works during its life cycle, using a digital model shared between different actors in the value chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as traditional projects needed a faithful representation of the current state of the territory or of the road infrastructure to be improved, for which CAD drawings were produced, BIM designers have the same need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They require the 3D representation of the current state, which in the case of a new construction project is normally resolved by means of a Digital Terrain Model on which the BIM project of the new road infrastructure is based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happens when it comes to a BIM Road Infrastructure project to upgrade an existing road?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is necessary to have a 3D representation of the road and if it is in BIM, all the better. The following are some considerations for the 3D representation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n