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.
BIM Search
BIM Search indexes 100s of hand-picked BIM focused websites, blogs and forums. Search results can be further refined by clicking on one of the provided filters which appear after you perform the initial search. Please note that a dedicated site – still in early beta – has now been set up to host BIMSearch.net (http://www.BIMSearch.net/). If you’d like to improve …
The BIM Framework: an Academic Perspective
Many of ThinkSpace’s readers are academically-oriented and may be interested to know that the BIM Framework has now been published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Automation in Construction (Volume 18, Issue 3). The Framework is the basis of most BIM episodes published so far and has allowed the generation of many BIM implementation and evaluation tools (more about that in …
BIM News Bits – Interesting Developments
I try not to to blog industry news but sometimes it feels ‘irresponsible’ not to do so. However, I’ll follow the three BIM Nodes logic in my reporting: On the Technology front: the emergent Microsoft Live Mesh technology deserves some attention… Would an enterprise version enable a different approach to BIM Integration (Stage 3) alongside Model Servers and what I …
Episode 7: Understanding BIM Nodes (BIM Fields)
The confusion in BIM discussions and implementations can be dramatically reduced by systematically analysing the larger-than-life concept. We’ll do that by subdividing Building Information Modelling into its basic components and then relate them back to each other in a – hopefully – meaningful and useful way.
Episode 6: A systematic understanding of BIM
Building information Modelling can be a very difficult topic to define. Just try to discuss it with a colleague and – more probably than not – you'll end up discussing endlessly overlapping topics. For example, you start to discuss BIM's effcts on industry and you end up comparing software solutions. Or, the topic starts with how to collaborate around the …
SMARTcodes – the shape of things to come…
Building Information Modelling has promised a lot of added-value automation out of a well-constructed object model. After a few years of inflated expectations, it is good to start witnessing an increase in the availability of industrial-quality (as opposed to research-quality) tools targeting the rich data embedded within models. One of these ‘tools’ is SMARTcodes, an initiative by the International Code …
From 2D to 3D – a sound advice
I have read this entry and found the advices provided in it sound and succinct – a good chance for me to ease into public blogging again. Gary Lamit – a mechanical CAD consultant – helps companies migrate from 2D to 3D. Below is the most relevant part of what he had to say (emphasis added): “I think the overall …
BIM standards…a reminder
The emergent National (US) BIM Standard is an excellent effort by NIBS and the IAI and serves as a reminder for reluctant industry players to accelerate their BIM investigations and implementation efforts. The existence of a standard, arguably incomplete, is a strong indication of the rapidly maturing nature of BIM processes and policies (refer to the press release below). Make …
Digital Project® – first impressions
I have decided to undertake the advanced training necessary to understand Digital Project – Frank O. Gehry’s digital platform for design and construction. So over the past few weeks, I submitted myself to an intensive training regime which turned out to be very challenging yet highly rewarding. FIRST let me share with you that I am more than impressed from …