Which country leads the world in BIM adoption? Is it Singapore, the UK or the US? Maybe it is Australia or one of the Scandinavian team? This post discusses an ongoing investigation to identify and compare the BIM maturity of countries using specially developed metrics.
Episode 17: Individual BIM Competency
Episode 17 continues the discussion on BIM Capability/Maturity assessment and focuses on the BIM competency of individuals engaged in managing, facilitating and delivering model-based projects. What are Individual BIM Competencies and how are these defined and then measured?
Episode 16: Understanding BIM Wash
BIM Wash is a term describing the inflated – and sometimes deceptive – claim of using or delivering Building Information Modelling products or services. An organization which commits BIM Wash is typically engaged in promoting its unwarranted claims of BIM capability through its staff, website, project submissions and/or marketing material. Not all BIMwash is of the same intensity. Mild forms of unwarranted BIM claims can be harmless to a degree while others can be malicious and severely disruptive. To help combat BIMwash, this post identifies its four different levels: Confusion, Inexperience, Exaggeration and Illusion.
Episode 15: Initiating a Collaborative BIM Project
A collaborative BIM project is not a simple undertaking. This is especially true if the project in question is a large facility (e.g. a high-rise building or a major hospital), the project participants lack the necessary experience, or the BIM requirements are not clearly defined. This episode will discuss three main criteria for the primary consultant, the project manager or the independent facilitator to consider when initiating a collaborative, model-based process.
Episode 14: Industry Leadership vs. BIM Benefits
This post briefly explorers the intriguing relationship between two industry-level parameters: BIM Leadership (innovation, investment, etc…) and BIM Benefits (reduced errors, fast-tracking, etc…).
The Five Components of BIM Performance Measurement
This post links to a conference paper introducing a ‘conceptual tool’ to assess Organisational BIM using a performance management lens. The paper introduces five complementary components and a simple workflow to assess BIM capability and maturity of individuals, organisations and teams in a consistent, systematic and certifiable way.
Understanding BIM through DIKUW
This is a visual response to an interesting blog post by AProf. Randy Deutsch on ‘BIM + Integrated Design‘. The utterly enjoyable post reminded me of a dilemma I faced a few years back when I started to investigate BIM’s underlying knowledge structures beyond the software tools which enable it. To cut a very long story short, my journey led me to …
BIM Framework, Research Focus Group Sessions
This page is NOW CLOSED. If more data is required, new dates and locations will be added to the table below. Thank you to all those who participated; your feedback has been invaluable! ______________________________________________________________________________________________ To the kind attention of BIM subject matter experts: You are kindly requested to consider participating in the BIM Framework research project, part of my PhD candidacy at …
Episode 13: the BIM Maturity Index
This post introduces the BIM Maturity Index (BIMMI), a new specialized tool to measure BIM Performance. The five Maturity Levels constituting BIMMI are briefly described and a sample organizational assessment – using both Capability and Maturity metrics – is provided.
Episode 12: BIM performance measurement
If BIM implementations by teams and organizations are to achieve the much touted increase in productivity, these implementations need to be measured, compared against some sort of industry benchmarks and – most importantly – independently certified. Without measurement, organizations offering design, construction or operations’ services have no basis on which to improve their processes and deliverables. Without benchmarks and certificates, clients aiming to employ these organizations have no consistent way of understanding their BIM competencies.