BIM Demystified: An Architect's Guide to Building Information Modelling/Management

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Cover Title Dedication Copyright Acknowledgements Contents Foreword to 2nd edition Preface SECTION 1 BIM: THE MOVEMENT NOT THE ACRONYM Did you know you might already be using BIM? Beware the acronym Modelling or management? BIM in the USA and UK The influence of the recession The influence of the Government initiative The global market and competition Tired with the old ways of working? SMEs can lead the way An emerging understanding BIM is an approach to creating and managing information The acronym has outgrown its usefulness Summary – BIM: the movement not the acronym SECTION 2 THE WHO, WHAT AND WHEN OF APPLYING BIM How far will BIM be applied among project team members? How much of project life cycle will BIM cover? What range of information can BIM cover? It’s usually a struggle BIM – a state of mind Summary – The who, what and when of applying BIM SECTION 3 BIM IN GREDIENTS 2D ’drawings’ One software platform Objects What is an object? The new design team member Parametrics Intranets, extranets, portals and clouds The basics What else do portals offer? Problems with portals Clouds IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service PaaS – Platform as a Service SaaS – Software as a Service (also known as ’On-demand Software’) Standards BS 1192 (2007) CI/SfB UNICLASS Mix your own ingredients Summary – Where does BIM come from? SECTION 4 THE BUSINESS CASE FOR BIM Whose business case? Can we afford it? What effect will it have on salary levels? How much do we invest in training? Training in information management Summary – The business case for BIM SECTION 5 BIM IN THE OFFICE A question of scale The small scale office The medium scale office The large scale office Office methodology – how do we change our working practices? Office – the partner/director/CAD user divide Summary – BIM in the office SECTION 6 BIM WITHIN THE PROJECT Technology or methodology? Summary – BIM within the project SECTION 7 WHAT NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES COME WITH BIM? BIM as an investment Do we charge extra fees? Add more value using forms of appointment A step further Beware the Code of Conduct Summary – What new business opportunities come with BIM? SECTION 8 WILL OUR CLIENTS WANT BIM? Is the client suitable and willing to adopt BIM? What are the benefits for the client? Are there costs to the client? – yes and no A new stimulus from Government Education on both sides of the counter Summary – Will our clients want BIM? SECTION 9 BIM IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN The supply chain contributes a significant amount of information Engaging the supply chain The product supplier’s dilemma (specification versus contractor buying cheapest) BIM education in the supply chain Summary – BIM in the supply chain SECTION 10 HOW DO WE IM PLEMENT BIM? BIM metrics – choosing the individual BIM metrics – choosing the company Champions Policy Experience Technology and information standards Flexibility Teamwor Innovation Openness If things go wrong – don’t blame Contracts BIM metrics – auditing the project team The team comes together Audit the team Facilitating the team Audit the process Audit roles and responsibilities Audit software What’s your version? Audit information conventions Exchanging Information What sort of information? How do we exchange information? Direct proprietary links Public exchange formats And that horrible, foreboding but much used word, interoperability Now you know your BIM environment Post metrics – a convergence plan Locating information so that it fits together better Precision Where, who and what? Things get a little more complicated What might be Defining BIM Processes 1 BIM strategic planning 2 BIM development and implementation 3 BIM programme management 4 BIM information preparation and review 5 BIM input 6 BIM change 7 BIM focusing/discipline 8 BIM information risk management Defining BIM roles – small and large office BIM Director BIM Manager BIM Focus/Discipline Group Manager BIM Author BIM Technologist BIM Support BIM HR Manager AIA Document E202–2008 (AIA 2008) Summary – How do we implement BIM? SECTION 11 BIM IN A COLLABORATIVE LEGAL CONTEXT Islands of contract Collaborative contracts Summary – BIM in a collaborative legal context SECTION 12 BIM AS AN AGENT FOR CULTURAL CHANGE Social technology compared with architectural and construction technology Summary – BIM as an agent for cultural change SECTION 13 GOVERNMENT BIM Launch of a nationwide initiative The importance of the 28 February 2013 documents (PAS 1192, COBie, CIC BIM Protocol, RIBA Plan of Work 2013) PAS 1192 Demystified COBie demystified BIM Protocol demystified The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 The BIM Regional Hubs and special interest groups The Hubs have several aims Government Soft Landings BIM requirements Summary – Government BIM SECTION 14 BIM IN EDUCATION The importance of education The current state of BIM in higher education Integration is the keynote in education Summary – BIM in education SECTION 15 WHERE WILL BIM GO IN THE FUTURE? The political landscape Eliminate the rhetoric Outcomes Business proposition Other agencies The cultural landscape The technological future The immediate future Clever product information BIMs and BEMs Waiting for inventions Google – the sleeping giant for architecture and construction? BIM in the future: security and virtuality Francis Maude’s cyber security statements and policy The hacking threat and BIM Big Data and virtual agents Summary – Where will BIM go in the future? Conclusion INDEX