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keeping in mind that almost
every project is multidisciplinary
in the investor’s perspective.
Basically, without data exchange
between different disciplines in a
project, we cannot even say that
BIM workflow is applied in full
capacity in a particular project.
It should not be mistaken that
only sharing parameters and data
is enough by itself, because it
may seem very chaotic, like an
example on the following image:
Exchanging the BIM data of a
particular discipline with other
disciplines in a project makes
sense only if the data and
parameters are shared with other
disciplines in an optimized and
arranged way.
I often point out in my
presentations and speeches in
different professional
conferences that I in BIM is the
most crucial thing and that
information in a model of a
certain discipline worth if and
only if it is shared in a right
moment of the design process.
To sum up, the essential
prerequisite for the successful
BIM workflow implementation in
the design process of the
multidisciplinary project are:
• Establishing the efficient BIM
workflow inside a specific
discipline and efficient data flow
within different disciplines in a
multidisciplinary design process;
• Excellent communication in the
whole project team;
• Efficient and arranged data
sharing at the right moment of
the design process.
It is possible to achieve the
prerequisite mentioned above
only with the BIM workflow
automatization, both inside the
discipline in a project and data
sharing in a multidisciplinary
design process. I am going to
write about the BIM workflow
automatization in the few
following articles.
BIM Implementation
From The Investor
Perspective
I often hear opinions that it is
effortless to cover this topic
because each of us finds
ourselves in the role of investor
several dozen times every day.
By definition, when you buy
goods, it is in the interest of the
buyer of the goods or services to
obtain the highest quality
product and to pay as little
money as possible for that
product. There is, however, a
problem with placing investors in
the project in an appropriate
context.
If the investor is not BIM
educated, he will very often be
satisfied with a project printed in
a paper, most commonly A0 and
with the different calculations,
that he would pass to the
contractor to build a building
which is a subject of the
investment.
The not BIM educated investor is
going to be satisfied by delivering
a project in paper format and by
building construction.
The problem is that he will not
even be aware that such a project
format would cost him much
more than a BIM project, and
there are many reasons for this. I
am going to state some of the
reasons:
• Inadequate coordination
between disciplines in a project,
which means more construction
site issues, more construction
delays and very often need for
“additional works” which makes
construction financially difficult
for the investor;
• Impossibility of building’s
lifecycle simulation;
• Impossibility of calculating
facility operational use expenses;
• Impossibility of giving or selling
the digital model to the facility
manager, who is going to use that
building for maintenance
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