BIM means Building Information Modelling. In practice, it is a way of creating and managing digital information about a built asset across design, construction, operation, maintenance, and sometimes refurbishment or end of life.
The model is important, but BIM is not only a 3D model. The information behind the model matters just as much: spaces, systems, materials, classifications, properties, responsibilities, issues, documents, dates, approvals, and handover data.
A useful BIM process helps teams coordinate before problems become expensive. It can support design review, clash discussion, quantities, asset information, procurement, construction planning, and operational handover.
The hard part is usually not drawing the model. The hard part is information management: who delivers what, when it is needed, how it is checked, how revisions are controlled, and how project information remains reliable.
That is where general collaboration tools still matter. Even a model-heavy workflow needs records, tasks, decisions, schedules, documents, approval paths, and secure sharing around the model.
Related: What Is a Common Data Environment?, FileStudio (WSO ↗), TimeLine (WSO ↗), WorkFlow (WSO ↗).