We spend up to 90% of our lives on buildings and feel all individuals do in life should be a great location to do it. In a society where the worry of a new virus has severely affected our core health, safety, and well-being expectations, buildings should offer a sanctuary. An ideal environment for learning. An ideal area for growing. An ideal environment to thrive.
Building Information Management or BIM is the process of designing, constructing and operating a building with the use of electronic object-orientated information, through Building Information Models. Building Information Modelling/Management (BIM) technology has attracted the attention of many researchers and academicians as a new concept that has increased rapidly in the construction sector in recent years. The time-dependent changing society has affected the expectations and demands of the construction industry and triggered/resulted in the production of more complex and original projects accordingly.
Building Information Modelling/Management (BIM) concept has become a necessity in today’s construction industry in terms of providing integration between project stakeholders and providing the possibility of processing and storing the project data in a common point. When international studies are examined, it is seen that the implementation of the Building Information Modelling/Management (BIM) approach is a mandatory job and/or task in the construction industries of the developed countries.
It is observed that they follow this new trend in their rapidly developing countries. This study proposes a procurement framework based on the implementation of Building Information/Management (BIM) to achieve ‘best results’ in construction projects. A case study presented in this study proves the applicability and usefulness of the proposed Building Information Modelling/Management (BIM) approach in a complex construction project funded by the private sector.
Contractual arrangements recommended for the project with an effective resource management approach, one of the basic principles of Building Information Modelling/Management (BIM); benefits such as improved productivity, better coordination and minimized errors and repetition of works.
To effectively integrate BIM into the project delivery process, it is important for the team to develop a detailed execution plan for BIM implementation. A BIM Project Execution Plan (hereinafter referred to as the ‘BIM Plan’) outlines the overall vision along with implementation details for the team to follow throughout the project. The BIM Plan should be developed in the early stages of a project; continually developed as additional participants are added to the project; and monitored, updated, and revised as needed throughout the implementation phase of the project. The plan should define the scope of BIM implementation on the project, identify the process flow for BIM tasks, define the information exchanges between parties, and describe the required project and company infrastructure needed to support the implementation. By developing a BIM Plan, the project and project team members can achieve the following value:
BIM, like other new technologies, can carry some level of additional process risk when implemented by teams that are not experienced with the implementation process, or if people are not familiar with the strategies and processes of their team members. Ultimately, the entire team will gain value through the increased level of planning by reducing the unknowns in the implementation process thereby reducing the overall risk to all parties and the project.
Once the team has identified the BIM Uses, a process mapping procedure for planning the BIM implementation needs to be performed. Initially, a high-level map showing the sequencing and interaction between the primary BIM Uses on the project is developed (see Figure 1-2). This allows all team members to clearly understand how their work processes interact with the processes performed by other team members.
Develop Information Exchanges Once the appropriate process maps have been developed, the information exchanges which occur between the project participants should be clearly identified. It is important for the team members, in particular, the author and receiver for each information exchange transaction, to clearly understand the information content.
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“Alpin were not only able to provide the skilled personnel that the complexity of the project demanded but they were also able to advise us on the use and capabilities of the software. Through this they demonstrated a true understanding of the project requirements and challenges that we would face.”
