Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. That said, BIM has been preoccupied with 3D visualization to the extent that many/most feel that Revit, Archicad, et al are all that’s needed to implement BIM. RSMeans Strategic Partner.

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Life Cycle BIM Environment Management 45

Building Information Management

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Buildings, roads, dams, electrical grids… are with us for a very long time and linked to the success and failure of just about everything… education, health, national security, transportation, habitat, sustainability, national and local economies and more. That said, we are not acting as stakeholders of our built infrastructure.

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Building Information Management

APRIL 10, 2012

A “FACEBOOK for Facilities Construction and Life-cycle Operations” is on the horizon. The next aspect is of course BIM. BIM definition, from NIBS, and I paraphrase, is the life-cycle management of facilities supported by digital technology.

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Life Cycle BIM Management Visualization 49

Building Information Management

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

A focus upon these and principles associated with the life-cycle management of the built environment would be of far more value than 3d modeling. Adjusting priorities would provide more significant value such as: 1. getting stakeholders/participants to learn to work collaboratively (a requirement for BIM), and 2.

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Building Information Management

JULY 21, 2016

The Problem with the UK’s BIM Strategy. The fundamental problem with the UK’s BIM Strategy is found within the following quotation “digital technology is changing the way we plan, build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure.”(Source: The exact same situation has occurred here in the U.S.,

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BIM Life Cycle Infrastructure Modeling 58

Building Information Management

JULY 21, 2016

The Problem with the UK’s BIM Strategy. The fundamental problem with the UK’s BIM Strategy is found within the following quotation “digital technology is changing the way we plan, build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure.”(Source: The exact same situation has occurred here in the U.S.,

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BIM Life Cycle Infrastructure Modeling 40

Building Information Management

JUNE 28, 2016

Ultimately the outcome is lack of stewardship on the part of public sector real property owners, and continue decay and waster associated with built structures, including facilities and infrastructure (roads, bridges, dams, airports, mass transit, utilities, etc.).

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