Implementing and Managing the BIM Process in your Organization

It is necessary to create a comprehensive plan for determining how BIM is to be integrated into their company’s workflow.  Highlights of this course include creating a reliable repeatable linear process from start to finish for Implementing BIM in your company.

Description

Duration:  1 Day

Instructor: Brett Endres

Contractors who have successfully utilized BIM see it as a primary function of Project Management, and have found that it is a major change in the way they conduct business. As such it is necessary to create a comprehensive plan for determining how BIM is to be integrated into their company’s workflow. Closely related to that concept is the fact that one of the hardest parts of implementing BIM into your company is finding and training qualified CAD detailers to not only create Building Information Models but to negotiate coordination on behalf of your company and to work closely with Project Management and Field Supervision to develop effective strategies for utilizing BIM to more effectively build their projects. Highlights of this course include creating a reliable repeatable linear process from start to finish for Implementing BIM in your company, which includes: preplanning the process, creating a plan for building the project; identifying opportunities and strategies for executing more efficiently; determining and scheduling those BIM items needed by the field to build the project; staying on track, establishing weekly means and methods to ensure your plan is followed while immediately identifying any negative trends that may have an impact on schedule and budget; integrating BIM into the field, creating buy in and building teams; measuring performance, creating metrics, history and accountability; understanding the duties and responsibilities of BIM detailers; hiring and staffing both from within your organization and external; means and methods for creating a comprehensive ongoing training program for your BIM staff.