DebunkTheBIM
FEBRUARY 14, 2015
Should documentation that is based on a coordinated 3D digital model be charged at a higher price than straight CAD-ed one is? For example, an international consultancy I’ve been working with for a while now (7000+ people employed worldwide) likes to claim to be at the forefront of BIM application within its core services.
NH Construction Law
OCTOBER 1, 2022
This is not your father’s CAD system. Whether a BIM model is considered a Contract Document required to be followed is a matter for agreement among the project participants. Adjustments made in the field to accommodate those differences can spawn what look very much like Type I differing site condition claims.
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DebunkTheBIM
JULY 26, 2014
In the still widely practised 2D information flow, where simultaneously PDF/DWG files get exchanged by project participants, the PDF’s do get used by those not CAD literate, but all further work on coordinating or assessing the data (for example creating a BOQ) is usually done on the DWG files.
DebunkTheBIM
OCTOBER 19, 2019
The new generation of 20 somethings (and younger) in training or about to enter the AEC, are taught that documenting building is about creating drawings. Maybe I should not be worried about the future of new generations, they’ll figure out how to claim their piece of the industry. Provide CAD files of their installation details?
DebunkTheBIM
JANUARY 14, 2011
I talked previously about the irony of CAD managers (preventing ‘Flatcad grow up and move on’) being put in charge to herald in the ‘new’ (BIM) approach; There is another paradox the industry can claim: Buildings get documented by building documenters. I’ll tell you about A3 based ‘picture book documenting’ tomorrow.
DebunkTheBIM
OCTOBER 24, 2012
There are traditional, contract-regulated response-requirements set for many actions needed to be performed by various AEC-project participants (comments, approvals, claims, RFIs etc.) – yet no form of an MRT comes up ever as something architects would boast about. What about the AEC?
DebunkTheBIM
DECEMBER 6, 2017
I got hooked very early on the idea of using the power of computers to assist the profession in design, documentation and construction management. While the documentation part converted to its electronic equivalent ‘relatively’ painlessly, the idea of designing with no free hand sketching and paper involved, was an absolute no-no for most.
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