tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634085675780254011.post4816366163013579088..comments2024-03-26T02:30:27.201+11:00Comments on practical BIM: Should Owners ask for BIM?Antony McPheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15366532205983073622noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634085675780254011.post-37260166566041861042015-11-02T07:17:16.095+11:002015-11-02T07:17:16.095+11:00Sorry for misspelling your name Antony. I'll d...Sorry for misspelling your name Antony. I'll do better in future, I promise :)Robert Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881066383294557792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634085675780254011.post-68561457912894536572015-11-01T11:50:45.766+11:002015-11-01T11:50:45.766+11:00I am a big fan of Clients requesting outcomes. The...I am a big fan of Clients requesting outcomes. The outcome is the bit the client can see real value in. This approach means the process to achieve the outcomes is passed on to the project team to generate and manage. In an environment where the participants are good at what they do, this approach will work fantastically. If they are not so good, you end up with a mishmash process, and questionable outcomes. Thus there is a fine line for clients, to request quality outcomes, and let the project team do what they do best.<br /> <br />Antony, I do like your section on “Evidence of BIM”. This is definitely part of the solution. I believe if the client is precious of a final outcome, they may require key intermediate deliverables along the process to guarantee quality.<br /><br />A few items to mention:<br />It is common for Accountants to have to integrate with the systems their client uses, which may include using a specific software application.<br /><br />Patients may choose a dentist depending on what services/treatments they provide. Some of these services will depend on what evolving technologies the dentist has have access to, i.e. the tools they have.<br /><br />I’m sure clients often go to Solicitors with notions of precedence to assist in their case. The Solicitor in turn will give them the professional advice they are being paid for, which is (I understand) the premise of your above discussion.<br /><br />Building owners: I think the client liaison managing the project may take issue with the statement: “the owner is not responsible for timing, cost overruns and building quality”. If any of these key items fall down, the client liaison is going to have to do a lot of explaining to their boss.<br />There are some really good recommendations in this post. Nice post Antony. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08579791845003959822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634085675780254011.post-77310421040891201072015-10-31T00:47:07.867+11:002015-10-31T00:47:07.867+11:00Anthony, it's a bit of a disservice to your re...Anthony, it's a bit of a disservice to your readers to have this discussion and not even mention the excellent work that has been done in this area by John Messner's team at Penn State University. They have developed and released two outstanding guides for BIM implementation in projects:<br /><br />The BIM PROJECT EXECUTION PLANNING GUIDE (now in v.2.0): this publication encourages project participants to "start at the end", to decide what they want to use the BIM model(s) for, and gives a concrete methodology for developing a BIM process based on data that will be needed at each stage of the process.<br /><br />Following on the successful publication of this guide, the Penn State guys published their BIM PLANNING GUIDE FOR FACILITY OWNERS (2012). This is a strategic orientation for owners to the BIM process and gives owners the tools they need to "ask for the right stuff".<br /><br />Anyone interested can go to http://www.bim.psu.edu/ to download the two guides.<br /><br />I am not affiliated with Penn State or their BIM guides in any way, but I want to point out excellent work that has been done and is out there in the landscape.Robert Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881066383294557792noreply@blogger.com