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BIM Strategy for the Built Environment

Building Information Management

Key Considerations for a Successful BIM Strategy. Phasing – Impossible to Implement BIM all a once. as individual drawings, could all be produced directly from the model as a “view” of the required information.” – RICS. Organizational Resources. Economic Fit. Generate and Assess Alternatives – Corrections.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Efficient construction delivery methods (IPD – integrated project delivery, JOC – job order contracting), cloud computing, and BIM are all integral components. Symposium Title: Integrating BIM: Moving the Industry Forward. Thursday: Information Exchanges. Thursday: Information Exchanges.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Efficient construction delivery methods (IPD – integrated project delivery, JOC – job order contracting), cloud computing, and BIM are all integral components. Symposium Title: Integrating BIM: Moving the Industry Forward. Thursday: Information Exchanges. Thursday: Information Exchanges.

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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. The recent increase in demand for sustainable or green buildings is further making the consideration of life cycle cost an issue. Value management is introduced when a decision has not been made yet either to build or not.

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European Facility Management Data Standard – EN 15221 – 3

Building Information Management

Common taxonomy is critical to productivity, transparency, collaboration, and information re-use/management. E N 15221-1: Facility Management – Part 1: Terms and Definitions Version EN 15221-1:2006. E N 15221-1: Facility Management – Part 1: Terms and Definitions Version EN 15221-1:2006. 5.2 Demand.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 Service Pack 1 Available

Revit OpEd

Improves performance of opening and closing sketch mode in projects with many families. Improves stability and performance when using visualization features like Sky, Exposure, and Anti-Aliasing. Improves section creation within a project with linked model. Improves performance when many railings exist within a project.

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Productive Construction – Traits of Collaboration

Job Order Contracting

Based upon the above, why would anyone be surprised by the lack of productivity and rampant economic and environmental waste endemic to public sector facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new builds? Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery System Performance is CRITICAL to Improving Productivity. doi: [link]. Barlish, K.