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The Reasons BIM is Going Nowhere Fast

Building Information Management

Sustainability. A summary of the report, “Moving Forward: Findings and Recommendations from the Consultative Council,” is in the Institute’s 2011 Annual Report to the President of the United States. Policy makers and members of the building community are encouraged to use a common definition for sustainability.

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BIM ~ DOF

DebunkTheBIM

Turns out that the Oil and Gas Industry has its own BIM, accompanied with struggles and challenges a bit like ours. Except they call their BIM DOF. Will spare you from lifting the entire article (written as a report of the IDOC 2011 Abu Dhabi conference held earlier this year). Digital Oil Fields! Fancy that!

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BIM Strategy for the Built Environment

Building Information Management

Key Considerations for a Successful BIM Strategy. Phasing – Impossible to Implement BIM all a once. Implement Projects – Integrated Project Delivery (Job Order Contracting – JOC – renovation, repair, sustainability, minor new construction, IPD – new construction). Organizational Resources.

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The Reasons BIM is Going Nowhere Fast

Building Information Management

Sustainability. A summary of the report, “Moving Forward: Findings and Recommendations from the Consultative Council,” is in the Institute’s 2011 Annual Report to the President of the United States. Policy makers and members of the building community are encouraged to use a common definition for sustainability.

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LEED, Sustainability, and the Federal Government – Report Card – 2012

Building Information Management

Green, yellow or red values were assigned for seven (7) metrics, with no overall score.Oddly the Department of Energy scored to “reds” for poor reductions in fleet petroleum use and poor progress in developing sustainable buildings. Develop Agency Sustainability Plans. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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BIM Generic Content – UK

Building Information Management

National BIM Library generic content release 2. BIM objects are as much about the embedded data and information as they are about the spaces and dimensions that they represent graphically. The National BIM Library includes objects with sophisticated and consistent graphical and parametric control. (Source: [link].

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OMNICLASS vs. UNICLASS / UNICLASS2 – BIM Ontology

Building Information Management

John Gelder, Head of content development and sustainability, takes a critical look at the OmniClass Work Results Table, comparing it throughout with the Uniclass2 Work Results Table. OmniClass Table 22 Work Results 2011 & SectionFormat 2008. Tables outside OmniClass must be used for other object classes. Project management.

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