Table of Contents

Preface vii

About the authors ix

01 Introduction 1

02 An overview of BIM 5

2.1 What is BIM? 5

2.2 The background and history of BIM 5

2.3 Why does BIM matter? 8

2.4 What is FIM? 11

2.5 Is the construction industry BIM/FIM ready? 13

2.6 What will BIM do in the future? 15

2.7 To BIM or not to BIM? 17

References 18

03 How BIM works 19

3.1 An explanation of practical techniques 19

3.2 The levels of BIM and BIM maturity 24

3.3 BIM models 25

3.4 Hardware and software 29

3.5 PAS 1192-2:2012 31

3.6 Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) 32

References 40

04 Incorporating BIM 43

4.1 Getting started with BIM 43

4.2 The integration of BIM 44

4.3 A move from the traditional approach 50

4.4 Incorporating the team 53

References 57

05 Managing BIM 59

5.1 BIM protocols and standards 59

5.2 The role of the BIM information manager 70

5.3 Project BIM coordinator 72

5.4 BIM coordination programme 73

References 74

06 Design liability and ownership 75

6.1 What is the design? 75

6.2 Who are the designer and delegated designers? 76

6.3 The designer's liability 78

6.4 Information ownership and preservation 79

6.5 Data translation, interoperability, storage and retrieval 81

6.6 Intellectual property 82

References 83

07 Contracts 85

7.1 Collaboration 85

7.2 New contracts 89

7.3 Integrated project delivery 96

7.4 Single-purpose entities 96

7.5 Design and build 97

7.6 How will BIM be used in dispute avoidance/dispute resolution? 99

References 100

08 Insurance, liability and risk 103

8.1 Insurance 103

8.2 Surety bonding industry 105

09 Example 1 - BIM applied to a large underground railway station 107

10 Example 2 - BIM applied to precast concrete fabricators 111

11 Example 3 - A sample COBie spreadsheet 123

12 Conclusion 127

Reference 129

Index 131