Digital construction with autoclaved aerated concrete

The future of construction is modular and digital, which has been emerging as a global trend for several years. An increasing number of projects in which digital construction is implemented efficiently and successfully prove that this development is not just a short-term hype, but a logical and consistent trend. But how can a simple AAC block, a wall or a ceiling element be turned into a digital building element?

In the future, buildings will not be regarded primarily as individual projects, but rather as products consisting of digitized units. The approach of BIM (Building Information Modeling), i.e. the networked planning, execution and management of buildings, is subject of everyone’s discussion. The entire construction process can be carried out in parallel time frames with the digitized construction method, which saves time and money. Despite an accelerated construction process, digitized construction should contribute to min- imizing the planning risk. Whoever misses to adapt to BIM may be left behind within only a few years.

Since I don’t work with BIM myself, I often ask myself questions like: How exactly does BIM work? At which step do you start working with BIM and what are the limitations? What’s clear is that you first have to deal with BIM intensively in order for it to work sensibly and profitably. But when this step is taken, you will benefit enormously from it.

We will always provide you, dear readers, with the latest information about tomorrow’s digital construction with AAC. There are already many companies worldwide that work very efficiently with BIM and like to report on it. One such example (Germany’s first BIM settlement) can be found in this issue of AAC worldwide.

Yours sincerely, Michael von Ahlen