The BIM manager's handbook : guidance for professionals in architecture, engineering, and construction. ePart 1, Best practice BIM

ePart 1 Best Practice BIM: Seeking to get BIM right? This ePart provides a touchstone for good practice by introducing a number of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), which represent benchmarks for successful BIM implementation. It explains what good BIM looks like and the pitfalls to avoid with 'bad BIM' and 'pseudo BIM'. It highlights the part that the BIM Manager can play in achieving excellence by outlining the various responsibilities the BIM Manager's role encompasses, while also emphasising how these responsibilities have changed over time and how they are set to evolve. By drawing on interviews with the top BIM Managers worldwide, it delivers up-to-date expert insights from the field. Obook ISBN: 9781118987780 ; ePub ISBN: 9781118987858 ; ePDF ISBN: 9781118985618; published April 2015 The BIM Manager's Handbook: Guidance for Professionals in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a design and construction software that manages not just graphics, but also information-information that enables the automatic generation of drawings and reports, design analysis, schedule simulation, facilities management, and cost analysis-ultimately enabling any building team to make better-informed decisions. This allows a range of professionals-architects, engineers, construction managers, surveyors, cost estimators, project managers, and facilit