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