Viewpoint Construction Technology

MARCH 20, 2018

BIM provides many benefits to contractors, including reduced errors and rework, better logistics, more easily accessible documents, increased bid accuracy and more efficient change order management, all of which mean contractors may choose to adopt BIM in the future. The exact opposite is true.

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Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

until it shifts its focus exclusively to culture and process change. We need to recognize that design-bid-build (DBB) and even design-build (DB) and the associated “accepted” practices of change orders and lawsuits are contrary to the basic tenants of productivity, collaboration, transparency, and accuracy.

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Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The follow are excerpts from a RSMeans White Paper. Owners have reams of rules and regulations to follow in order to put a project out for bid fairly. Job Order Contracting offers an alternative to traditional bidding processes. “Traditional construction delivery methods are fraught with problems.

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Building Information Management

MARCH 7, 2012

Project delivery methods must therefore be a component of BIM, a fact many/most 3D visualization software vendors appear to have ignored. Design/Build, CM, CM@R and, of course,Job Order Contracting. This helps to eliminate potential disputes and change orders that traditional construction delivery methods are known to experience.

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