Construction Manager's BIM Handbook

John Eynon BA BArch RIBA FCIOB MAPM CEnv has worked in the public and private sectors in architectural practice, main contracting and consulting and for the last 15 years he has been involved in design management and pre-construction process for major contractors. He has been responsible for design management teams and design leadership at all stages of the design and construction process. He now provides BIM consultancy, design management and work-winning services through his company Open Water Consulting.

Foreword xiii Introduction xv Acknowledgements xviii Glossary xix Notes on Contributors xx Part I: Introduction 1 What is BIM? 3 John Eynon 2 Why BIM? 6 John Eynon 2.1 The mandate 6 2.2 Benefits 7 2.3 Digital context 7 3 BIM, Buildings and Infrastructure 9 John Eynon 3.1 3D geometry 10 3.2 4D time 10 3.3 5D cost 11 3.4 6D FM and lifecycle 11 3.5 Simulations: lighting, fire, people movement, thermal, carbon, energy 11 3.6 Operations + maintenance manuals and information 12 3.7 Visualisations 12 3.8 Site safety planning 12 3.9 Fittings, fixtures and equipment 12 3.10 Offsite manufacture 12 3.11 Lifecycle costing and management 13 3.12 Facilities management/building operations 13 3.13 Recycling 13 3.14 RFID (radio frequency identity tag) 13 3.15 Refurb/retrofit 14 3.16 3D printing 14 3.17 Automated construction 15 3.18 Validation and compliance 15 3.19 Infrastructure 15 4 BIM and Infrastructure 16 Phil Jackson 4.1 Introduction 16 4.2 In infrastructure the asset is the business 16 4.3 Infrastructure is messy 17 4.4 Federated infrastructure models 19 4.5 Specific infrastructure issues 21 4.6 Tools and data management issues 22 Part II: People 5 Collaboration 27 John Eynon 5.1 Introduction 27 5.2 Changing times 28 5.3 Tribes 29 5.4 What makes a tribe? 30 5.4.1 The Tribe of Design 30 5.4.2 The Tribe of Construct 31 5.5 Processes in conflict 32 5.6 Transition 33 5.7 One tribe 33 5.7.1 The Tribe of Solutions 33 5.8 It's in the DNA 34 5.9 Teamthink 35 5.10 Individual and team dynamics 36 5.11 Fun and joy 37 5.12 Know yourself 37 5.13 Values 37 6 Collaborative Working 39 Anne Kemp 6.1 Introduction 39 6.2 The way into the problem: a systemic approach 40 6.3 The missing pieces to instil collaborative working 42 6.4 Instigating change 46 6.5 Looking to the individual 47 6.6 Turning to leadership: and the energy to empower individuals ... 47 6.7 ... and the responsibility of teams 47 6.8 Walking the talk 49 6.9 The energy within 50 6.10 Conclusions 50 6.11 Practical action points 54 References 55 7 Leadership Choices 56 Saima Butt Reference 59 Part III: Process 8 BSI B555 Roadmap 63 British Standards Institution 8.1 Introduction 63 8.2 Maturity level definitions 65 8.3 Key Roadmap deliveries 66 8.3.1 Delivery 1: 2011-present-object libraries 66 8.3.2 Delivery 2: 2013-14-process and data management 67 8.3.3 Delivery 3: 2015-onwards-guidance documents 69 8.3.4 Other BSI BIM publications 69 9 UK BIM Level 2: Key Documents 70 John Eynon 9.1 But first ... What is UK BIM Level 2? 71 9.2 Conclusion 75 10 NBS BIM Toolkit: An Overview 76 Stephen Hamil 10.1 What exactly is the BIM Toolkit? 76 10.2 What benefits will the digital BIM Toolkit deliver? 77 10.3 What happens next? 79 11 BIM-ing the Team 80 John Eynon 11.1 Smart world 80 11.2 The Swamp 81 11.3 Principles of the way it will be ... 81 11.4 BIM-ing the team 83 11.4.1 The construction manager 83 11.4.2 Pre-construction manager and delivery construction manager 84 11.4.3 Design manager 85 11.4.4 Estimator, quantity surveyor, commercial manager 85 11.4.5 BIM manager, coordinator 86 11.5 The final stretch 86 11.6 And finally for this chapter ... 87 12 BIM Level 2: Legal Perspective 89 Sarah Rock 12.1 EIR and BEP: design and build for BIM 89 12.2 The BIM Protocol 90 12.3 The information manager 91 12.4 BIM competency 91 12.5 Standards 91 12.6 Intellectual property 92 12.7 Security of data 92 12.8 Key documents 92 12.9 Legal conclusions 93 Part IV: Wider Context 13 5D BIM: Cost 97 Adrien Guillemet 14 BIM and Facilities Management 101 Kat