What is B.A.M.M.?

Building Accuracy Measurement Modeling

BAMM is a new class of 3D modeling data specifically generated for use as a back-check for mission critical measurement in the field. Deployed in the form of both custom on-site AR data (for orientation) and custom on-site monumentation (for measurement), BAMM gives all trades on a building project a universal lattice of reference information from which all mission critical measurement in the field is based. No longer will individual trades be fully responsible for the accuracy of their field measurement, which often results in a cascade of propagated measurement errors. All trades will now have common, independent reference data from which to measure from. Data which is hard-baked into the ideal design.

In contrast to B.I.M (Building Information Modeling), which is a complete, complex and comprehensive model of the entire design of a project (including database information related to component parts of the design), BAMM is the relatively simple modeling data, specific to measurement needs of the builder and the trades, extract from the base design data and formatted specifically for deployment into the field. Examples of BAMM data are:

  1. Proposed Formwork related to the Foundation

  2. Utilities interior to the Foundation

  3. Structural Components integrated into the Foundation

  4. Framing

  5. Any additional data the builder deems critical to their work

Architectural design has long been a CAD-based exercise, but with the advent of 3D modeling and the ever increase utilization of BIM software systems, architectural data is fast becoming a universally perfect data set. BAMM based measurement systems harness this inherent accuracy and, in combination with modern 3D construction technologies and tried and true traditional survey practices, overlay that accuracy in the real world in a format that is accessible to everyone interacting with the project.