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.

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 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.