A Practical Guide to Adopting BIM in Construction Projects

by Bimal Kumar

Overview

A unique view of the key issues for adopting building information modeling (BIM) in construction projects. It provides an overview of the core ideas and issues distilled from various guidance documents and focuses primarily on the more complex and important topics of processes, standards and protocols that need to be in place for the successful adoption of BIM. In so doing, it provides guidance to enable the engineer or student to fully understand the implications of the process and to facilitate the application of the principles and techniques in real scenarios.

The author presents a balanced approach combining sufficient background theory and practical ideas to ensure the book is applicable and relevant to practicing engineers and students alike. Similarly although much of the topic emanates from the UK, it is equally applicable in any country where best practice is desired.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849951463
Publisher:	Whittles Publishing
Publication date:	02/07/2016
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.19(w) x 9.19(h) x 0.38(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Preface xi

1 Introduction and background 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Common myths about BIM 1

1.3 Key characteristics of the UK construction industry 2

1.4 Issues of interoperability within the construction industry 3

1.5 Common problems in the construction industry 5

1.6 Latham and Egan reports 7

1.7 Low profit margins and profitability in the construction industry 8

1.8 Organisation of this book 10

1.9 Summary 11

2 Information management for the construction industry 12

2.1 Introduction 12

2.2 Challenges with information flow in the construction industry 12

2.3 Model-based Design 13

2.4 BIM 16

2.5 Data, information and knowledge 17

2.6 Information modelling 18

2.7 Entity-Relationship-based information modelling 18

2.8 Definition of BIM 23

2.9 What is NOT BIM technology? 24

2.10 Differences between CAD and BIM technologies 24

2.11 Common uses and benefits of BIM tools 28

2.12 Four-dimensional modelling 29

2.13 Summary 31

3 UK Government's BIM strategy 32

3.1 Introduction 32

3.2 Main drivers and goals 32

3.3 Maturity levels 34

3.4 GSL 36

3.5 'Shrink-wrapped' guidance documents 37

3.6 RIBA PoW 2013 38

3.7 Alignment with industry PoWs and data drops 40

3.8 DPoW (Task Group document version 7.1) 41

3.9 LOD and Level of Detail 43

3.10 Proposed workflow for a typical BIM-enabled project 44

3.11 Summary 45

4 EIRs and PAS 1192: Part 2 46

4.1 Introduction 46

4.2 EIRs 46

4.3 PAS 1192: Part 2 48

4.4 Data drop points 55

4.5 Stages of the information delivery cycle 56

4.6 PAS 1192:3:2014 69

4.7 Summary 69

5 BIM PEP document development 70

5.1 Introduction 70

5.2 PEPs 70

5.3 BIM PEPs 71

5.4 Summary 75

6 BIM protocol, Outline Scope of Services and Pll 76

6.1 Introduction 76

6.2 BIM protocol 76

6.3 Outline Scope of Services for information management 78

6.4 Best practice guide for PII for BIM models 80

6.5 Summary 80

7 Training and education 81

7.1 Introduction 81

7.2 LoF 81

7.3 Critique of the LoF 82

7.4 Suggested training framework for BIM 83

7.5 Suggested road map for BIM training 84

7.6 Nature of organisation 85

7.7 Example training strategy road map for an employer/client organisation 85

7.8 Challenges in implementing a training programme 86

7.9 BIM Academic Forum 87

7.10 Summary 87

References 89

Appendices 93

1 Brief guide to Level 2 BIM compliance/capability 93

2 Typical responses to a BIM-based PQQ 95

3 Sample BIM PEP for a building services company 99

4 A sample set of learning outcomes for an introductory course in Level 2 BIM 121

Index 125