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BIM is dead, please do not resuscitate!

DebunkTheBIM

If there are similar rules for establishing viable crops of BIM around the global AEC industry, they’re better be longer than 30 years. Even a decade or so ago, I could see that BIM was nothing like an emerging success story. May I call them BIM-doom-deniers?

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Roll in Investigative BIM!

DebunkTheBIM

They apply BIM approach to questions which are of interest to the legal system but also to maintain a digital, modelbased ‘mirror’ against contractual drawings to report the STATUS of the information; Don’t confuse investigative BIM services with clash detection, they are poles apart. Fancy yourself as a Forensic BIMologist?

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In the event of an emergency (recession), first ditch BIM.

DebunkTheBIM

As someone that had weathered one or two of those storms in my professional lifetime, where some blizzards I escaped only by a narrow margin, as well a BIM enthusiast – I take a special interest in observing how well various BIM initiatives do, when the dial of the industry heads South, as it seems to be doing now, again.

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Give ‘Real BIM’ a chance to be a Game-changer in AEC! ‘Real BIM’ could be the weapon for changing the game in the global AEC. There still are small fish with professional integrity surviving within the global waters of the AEC consultancy market wanting to strike back against the over-franchisers, purely business oriented BIG fish practising ‘Pretend BIM’ and redefine how the AEC is run; Real BIM could be the answer.

DebunkTheBIM

Yet, I will not spend much time on explaining the difference between Real and Pretend BIM. I have long given up on BIM and on the professional integrity of the global AEC. Not that the ‘Pretend BIM’, alive and kicking and moving from strength to strength is much worried about me not supporting it. Call me arrogant.

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For one of the many HK contractors that have been caught up in the 65Bim MTR BIM experiment* here is a chance to redeem themselves!

DebunkTheBIM

MMA offers this opportunity to any/all contractors unsure about the risks they had taken on when they entered these BIM-weighted contracts to manage those risks wisely and get themselves back onto their ‘front foot’ with the MTR.

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The future of specifiers: The way forward

Construction Specifier

They see trends toward integrating information better, both with building information modeling (BIM) and drawings, and between teammates. Pointing out that some design teams still fallaciously expect BIM to produce three-part written specifications, Chambers expressed doubts about the project architect being asked to produce specifications.

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Should building owners be asking for ‘performance-based’ or ‘prescriptive’ BIM?

DebunkTheBIM

During my involvement with BIM I’ve had the privilege to set the BIM framework for a number of building projects. In retrospect I wish I’d more often based those documents on the principle described in the following paragraph: This project is required to be fully delivered using BIM.

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