Building Information Modeling For Dummies

356 Pages·2016·3.44 MB·English

by  Stefan Mordue

Building Information Modeling For Dummies®
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Building Information Modeling For
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Table of Contents
Cover
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Getting Started with Building Information Modeling
Chapter 1: Defining Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Explaining BIM in Plain Terms
Examining the A-B-Cs of BIM
Understanding the Requirements for BIM
Considering BIM Plans and Strategies
Measuring the Real-World Benefits of BIM
Encouraging BIM in Your Workplace
Chapter 2: Explaining the Building Part of BIM: It’s Not Just
Buildings
Understanding What Building Means
Seeing How BIM Can Help You
Looking at Infrastructure and BIM
Developing Building Processes and BIM
Chapter 3: Examining the Information Part of BIM
Comprehending What Information Means
Realizing That Information Is the Heart of BIM
Maintaining Information in the Model
Chapter 4: Discussing the Modeling Part of BIM (and
Management Too)
Grasping What Modeling Means
Confirming BIM Is a Process
Managing the Model: Federate to Collaborate
Chapter 5: Grasping the Fundamentals and Understanding
What BIM Is
Figuring Out the Why of BIM
Shaping Cooperation and Shared Information
Transforming Information and Communication
Presenting All the Incentives of BIM
Part II: Creating the Foundations for BIM
Chapter 6: Looking at the Digital World Around You
Targeting Technology
Identifying the Need for Change
Defining Your Requirements
Selecting BIM Tools
Chapter 7: Preparing the Foundations for BIM
Progressing through the Levels of Maturity
Providing the Right Structure
Preparing for BIM Technology
Chapter 8: Setting Up a Collaborative BIM Workflow
Getting the Lowdown on Collaboration
Modeling in the Parametric Domain
Making Life Easier with Digital Information Management
Singing Off the Same Hymn Sheet: Information Exchange
Part III: Understanding BIM Requirements and Developing BIM
Processes
Chapter 9: Mandating BIM in the UK and across the Globe
Interpreting the Requirements
Leading BIM in the United States
Growing BIM Standards Internationally
Keeping Up to Date
Chapter 10: Standardizing the Modeling of BIM Objects
Figuring Out What BIM Objects Are
Obtaining BIM Objects through Object Libraries
Recognizing BIM Objects
Supporting Standardization
Enabling Interoperability
Chapter 11: Collaborating through BIM Requirements
Running through Open Standards
Steering the Industry toward IFC
Reviewing the Key Standards
Coordinating Information
Chapter 12: Encouraging BIM in Your Office or On-Site
Adopting BIM as a People-led Process
Encouraging BIM Champions
Changing Hearts and Minds
Training and Supporting Everyone
Chapter 13: Developing BIM Plans and Strategies
Getting Started with Your BIM Strategy
Setting Up a BIM Business Case
Combining Information into a BIM Execution Plan
Modeling Your Plan after Successful BIM Processes
Chapter 14: Considering the Issues that BIM Presents
Managing Change in Your Business
Clarifying the Legal Implications of BIM
Ensuring Your Business Thrives with BIM: Engineering Collaboration
Part IV: Measuring the Real-World Benefits of BIM
Chapter 15: Evaluating BIM Benefits and Investment
Arriving at a Digital Understanding of Construction
Calculating the Savings
Separating Reality from the BIM Wash
Chapter 16: Using BIM On-Site and BIM for Health and Safety
Examining Contractor-Led Project Teams: Planning for Quality
Requiring BIM Use On-Site
Reducing Risks On-Site: BIM for Health and Safety
Chapter 17: Identifying All the Users of BIM
Anticipating the Information You Need
Identifying the Right Information for Initial Users
Building Digitally
Strengthening the Contractor Supply Chain
Managing Built Assets
Part V: Exploring the Future of BIM
Chapter 18: Building the Future of Construction
Seeing Trends and Looking Ahead
Surveying the Construction Landscape: Overcoming the Status Quo
Disrupting an Old-Fashioned Industry
Approaching a New Era of Procurement
Chapter 19: Eyeing the Possibilities: The Future of BIM
Thinking about Collaboration
Building Digitally
Strengthening Your BIM Foundations
Preparing Yourself for the Future of BIM
Chapter 20: Forecasting How New Technology Will Drive BIM
Providing a Digital Catalyst
Revolutionizing Construction with Big Data
Connecting Everything Together: The Internet of Things
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 21: Ten Types of BIM Tools, Software, and Platforms
to Consider
BIM Authoring Tools/Platform
BIM Analysis Tools
Specification Tools
File-Sharing and Collaboration Tools
Construction Management Tools
Model Viewers and Checkers
Quantity Takeoff and Estimating Tools
Shop Drawing and Fabrication Tools
Facility Management
Administration Tools
Chapter 22: Ten of the Best BIM Resources
Using Social Media
Watching Videos
Attending Trade Shows and Events
Reading Blog Posts
Perusing Publications and Journals
Tapping into the Government
Signing Up for Software User Groups
Joining Associations and Forums
Visiting Virtual BIM Libraries
Heading to Summer School
Chapter 23: Ten (or So) Myth-Busting Questions and
Answers
Isn’t BIM Just Trendy CAD?
Is BIM Just for Big Companies, Skyscrapers, and Government Projects?
Is BIM a Fad and a Recent Technology Development?
Isn’t BIM Expensive?
Does BIM Adoption Affect Productivity?
How Detailed Does the Geometry Need to Be?
Do Clients Know What to Do with All the Data?
Do the Design and Construction Teams Only Benefit BIM?
Do You Need to Push the Detailed Design Forward in the Program?
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Your Handy BIM Checklist
Appendix C: Examining BIM and Education
Getting Up to Speed with BIM
Understanding Collaboration
Teaching BIM
Highlighting Great BIM Teachers
About the Authors
Cheat Sheet
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Introduction
Perhaps you keep hearing about Building Information Modeling (BIM) and want to work out
what all the fuss is about. You may be a complete beginner in digital design and
construction, looking for the basics. You may be a confident CAD user who wants to
understand what BIM brings to the party. Or maybe you’re already very experienced in
implementing BIM processes and you’re just interested in what we have to say in Building
Information Modeling (BIM) For Dummies. We understand that you could be at various
stages of knowledge and levels of experience. BIM is a process and it needs people like
you to fuel it.
BIM isn’t just a buzzword. It’s actually been around for a long time, but the foundations to
make it really work weren’t in place before now. We’ve seen BIM generate new
efficiencies and new challenges too, and we’ve also seen how construction is hit hard by
global economic recession. Our aim is to give you the push you need to start, accelerate, or
maximize your use of BIM. It’s our great pleasure to guide you through your BIM
implementation journey.
About This Book
More than likely, you’ve encountered a lot of conflicting, overly complicated, and unhelpful
content about BIM online and in print. We intend to make Building Information Modeling
(BIM) For Dummies different, cutting through all the noise and providing you with the clear
advice and practical guidance that you need to make BIM a success in your job, whatever
your level may be. Think of this book as a reference guide that addresses just what you need
to know about BIM.
For the purposes of this book, we want to make it clear that we use the terms model and
BIM to mean quite different things. Throughout the book we refer to BIM only as the
concept of information modeling for buildings. We use terms like 3D CAD, 3D model, and
geometric/geometry model interchangeably.
We structure this book to start with the basic concepts and ideas. We then gradually
introduce more complicated, detailed, or supplementary content. Within this book, you may
note that some web addresses break across two lines of text. If you’re reading this book in
print and want to visit one of these sites, simply key in the web address exactly as it’s noted
in the text, pretending that the line break doesn’t exist. If you’re reading it as an e-book, then
you can just click the web address and the page will open in your default Internet browser.
One thing we should note is that we’re all based in the UK, and that’s where our expertise
comes from, but we’ve tried wherever we can to balance this with a US perspective
throughout and a global reference where relevant.