BIM demystified : an architect's guide to Building Information Modelling/Management (BIM).

Author:: Race, Steve
Published:: London : Riba Publishing, 2013.
Edition:: 2nd edition.
Physical Description:: 159 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Machine generated contents note: 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 Ingredients -- 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) -- CVSfB -- 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 Implement BIM? -- BIM metrics -- choosing the individual -- BIM metrics -- choosing the company -- Champions -- Policy -- Experience -- Technology and information standards -- Flexibility -- Teamwork -- 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.

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9781859465202
185946520X

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Includes index.

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