Simple, everyday tasks such as going to the bank or asking for directions would be very difficult. In fact, giving or receiving information of any kind would be a challenge.

Of course, as intelligent people we would find a way to communicate, but with the possibility of errors in transmission being high. The inability to accurately share knowledge or ideas would have a negative impact on intellectual development. The efficiency of society in general would deteriorate.

Fortunately we have common languages and effective verbal communication is taken for granted. Alas, the same cannot be said about construction processes.
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Building Information Modelling is a business process that promotes collaboration between disciplines.

To be fully effective, the technologies employed by those disciplines need to send and receive accurate information seamlessly.

Information exchange between software tools requires a common language. The process to achieve this is known as interoperability.

This article summarises the current vehicles for interoperability and explains how the industry can achieve the inherent business benefits.
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The Diesel project at Neste Oil’s refinery in the town of Porvoo is the first building project in which structural design incorporating concrete structures has been implemented from start to finish using 3D product modeling. Intelligent data transfer between systems enabled parallel progress in plant and structural design. The project also saw the creation of a joint design environment for use by several design firms based on the Tekla Structures system.

The Diesel project at Neste Oil’s Porvoo refinery entails building a new production line comprising a residual oil unit and hydrogen unit. Significant extensions and modifications are also being implemented in the refinery’s existing process units and infrastructure. With the new production line, which is due for start-up at the end of 2006, Neste Oil will gain the capacity to produce increasingly clean motor fuels from heavier and more sulfurous crude oil than before.
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