Rabat – The BIM (Building Information Modeling) Africa Summit 2023, the first large digital construction summit in Africa, has shed light on the digital advancement of the construction industry and its effect on sustainability, as the continent has been a “center of innovation” in recent years with its new construction methods.
The summit, which was held in Marrakech’s Mohammed VI Conference Center, aims to exhibit how new technologies like the internet of things, data analytics, and cloud systems can give construction projects new insights in best practices and adapt them to Africa’s needs.
It also exhibited new technologies and infrastructures to African companies and entities to stimulate the infrastructure sector, and served as an occasion for networking and information exchange between different actors.
The BIM (Building Information Modeling) Africa Summit
“The event was an open invitation to all of the actors of construction in Morocco to come and exchange information with us,” said Chief Executive Office of the Moroccan Group Continuum BIM, Ahmed Ayoub Rqaoui, to Morocco World News (MWN).
BIM, which stands for Building Information Modeling, is a relatively new construction process which uses digital technologies for the design and development of construction and infrastructure projects of any kind, be it buildings, roads, bridges, or railways.
The process involves the use of 3D models to create a virtual copy of the physical model that can be used to manage and operate buildings later on.
This enabled architects to work on construction plans in a technological way and use artificial intelligence dedicated to buildings, which will enable them to take necessary measures to prevent potential malfunctions related to the buildings. It is the reason why digitization is very important in this field, according to Othmane Olfi, Managing Director of LMI-64 for aluminum.
The BIM (Building Information Modeling) Africa Summit
Morocco’s Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), and the Infrastructure Department for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region of the World Bank Group annnounced a collaboration earlier this week to broaden their knowledge and collaboration across infrastructure sectors such as energy, transport, and digital development.
The two institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as part of the “Road to Marrakech” initiative, which serves as preparation for the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), set to take place in Morocco in October.
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