BIM handbook: a guide to building information modeling for owners, managers, designers, engineers and contractors

BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors is the first thorough treatment of BIM technology, tools and processes, written by a team of leading innovators and researchers in Building Information Modeling. It presents the technology and processes behind BIM and how architects, engineers, contractors and sub-contractors, construction and facility owners (AECO) can take advantage of the new technologies. INDICE: Preface. CHAPTER 1: BIM HANDBOOK INTRODUCTION. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 The Current AEC Business Model. 1.3 Documented Inefficiencies of Traditional Approaches. 1.4 BIM: New Tools and New Processes. 1.5 What Is Not BIM Technology. 1.6 What Are the Benefits of BIM, What Problems Does It Address?. 1.7 What Challenges Can Be Expected?. 1.8 Future of Designing and Building with BIM (Chapter 8). 1.9 Case Studies (Chapter 9). CHAPTER 2: BIM TOOLS AND PARAMETRICMODELING. 2.0 Executive Summary. 2.1 History of BIM Technology. 2.2 Varied Capabilities of Parametric Modelers. 2.3 Overview of the Major BIM model generating systems. 2.4 Conclusion. CHAPTER 3: INTEROPERABILITY. 3.0 Executive Summary. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Different Kinds of Exchange Formats. 3.3 Background of Product Data Models. 3.3.1 IFC Relation to STEP. 3.3.2 Organization of IAI. 3.3.3 What Are the IFCs?. 3.3.4 IFC Coverage. 3.3.5 IFC in Use. 3.3.6 Implications of IFC Use. 3.3.7 The Future of IFC. 3.4 XML Schemas. 3.5 Portable, Web-Based Formats: DWF and PDF. 3.6 File Exchange Versus Building Model Repositories. 3.7 Summary. CHAPTER 4: BIM FOR OWNERS AND FACILITY MANAGERS. 4.0 ExecutiveSummary. 4.1 Introduction: Why Should Owners Care About BIM?. 4.2 BIM Application Areas for Owners. 4.2.1 Cost Reliability and Management. 4.2.2 Time to market Schedule Management. 4.2.3 Complexity of Building Infrastructure and Building Environment. 4.2.4 Sustainability. 4.2.5 Overcoming Labor Shortage, Education, and Language Barriers. 4.2.6 Design Assessment. 4.2.7 Facility and Information Asset Management. 4.3 Types of Owners: Why, How Often, and Where They Build. 4.3.1 The BIM Business Case. 4.3.2 Operating Owners vs. Developer Owners. 4.3.3 When Owners Build: One-Time or Serial. 4.4 How Owners Build. 4.4.1 Single Stage, Traditional, or Design-Bid-Build. 4.4.2 Design-Build. 4.4.3 Collaborative Process. 4.4.4 Internal or External Modeling. 4.5 BIM Tool Guide for Owners. 4.5.1 BIM Estimating Tools. 4.5.2 Model Validation, Program, and Code Compliance. 4.5.3 Project Communication and Model Review Tools. 4.5.4 Model Viewing and Review. 4.5.5 Model Servers. 4.5.6 Facility and Asset Management Tools. 4.5.7 Operation Simulation Tools. 4.6 An Owner and Facility Manager's Building Model. 4.7 Leading the BIM Implementation on a Project. 4.7.1 Build Internal Leadership and Knowledge. 4.7.2 Service Provider Selection. 4.7.3 Build and Educate a Qualified Network of BIM Service Providers. 4.7.4 Change DeliverableRequirements: Modify Contracts and Contract Language. 4.8 Barriers to Implementing BIM: Risks and Common Myths. 4.8.1 Process Barriers. 4.8.2 Technology Risks and Barriers. 4.9 Guidelines and Issues for Owners to Consider When Adopting BIM. CHAPTER 5: BIM FOR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS. 5.0 Executive Summary. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Scope of Design Services. 5.2.1 The Concept of InformationDevelopment. 5.2.2 Technical Collaborations. 5.3 BIM Use in Design Processes.5.3.1 Concept Design and Preliminary Analyses. 5.3.2 Building System Design and Analysis/Simulation. 5.3.3 Construction-Level Building Models. 5.3.4 Design-Construction Integration. 5.3.5 Design Review. 5.4 Building Element Models and Libraries. 5.4.1 Object Libraries. 5.4.2 Portals. 5.4.3 Desktop/LAN Libraries. 5.4 Considerations in Adoption for Design Practice. 5.5.1 BIM Justification. 5.5.2 Training and Deployment. 5.5.3 Phased Utilization. 5.6 New and ChangedStaffing within Design Firms. 5.7 New Contractual Opportunities in Design. CHAPTER 6: BIM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. 6.0 Executive Summary. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Types of Construction Firms. 6.3 Information Contractors Want from BIM. 6.4 Processes to Develop a Contractor Building Information Model. 6.5 Reduction of Design Errors Using Clash Detection. 6.6 Quantity Takeoff and Cost Estimating. 6.6.1 Export Quantities to Estimating Software. 6.6.2 Directly LinkBim Components to Estimating Software. 6.6.3 Quantity Takeoff Tool. 6.6.4 Guidelines and BIM Implementation Issues to Support Quantity Takeoff and Estimating. 6.7 Construction Analysis and Planning. 6.7.1 4D models to support construction planning. 6.7.2 Benefits of 4D Models. 6.7.3 4D Modeling Processes. 6.7.4 BIM-Supported Planning and Scheduling Issues and Guidelines. 6.8 Integrationwith Cost and Schedule Control and Other Management Functions. 6.9 Use for Offsite Fabrication. 6.10 Use of BIM Onsite: Verification, Guidance, and Tracking of Construction Activities. 6.11 Implications for Contract and Organizational Changes. 6.12 BIM Implementation. CHAPTER 7: BIM FOR SUBCONTRACTORS AND FABRICATORS. 7.0 Executive Summary. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Types of Subcontractors and Fabricators. 7.2.1 Engineered-To-Order (ETO) Component Producers. 7.2.2 Design Service Providers. 7.2.3 Specialist Coordinators. 7.3 The Benefits of a BIM Process for Subcontractor Fabricators. 7.3.1 Marketing and Tendering. 7.3.2Reduced Production Cycle-Times. 7.3.3 Reduced Design Coordination Errors. 7.3.4 Lower Engineering and Detailing Costs. 7.3.5 Increased Use of Automated Manufacturing Technologies. 7.3.6 Increased Pre-Assembly and Prefabrication. 7.3.7 Quality Control, Supply Chain Management, and Life-Cycle Maintenance. 7.4 BIM-Enabled Process Change. 7.4.1 Leaner Construction. 7.4.2 Less Paper in Construction. 7.4.3 Increased Distribution of Work. 7.5 Generic BIM System Requirements for Fabricators. 7.5.1 Parametric and Customizable Parts and Relationships. 7.5.2 Reporting Components for Fabrication. 7.5.3 Interface to Management Information Systems. 7.5.4 Interoperability. 7.5.5 Information Visualization. 7.5.6 Automation of Fabrication Tasks. 7.6 Major Classes of Fabricators and Their Specific Needs. 7.6.1 Structural Steel. 7.6.2 Precast Concrete. 7.6.3 Cast-In-Place (CIP) Reinforced Concrete. 7.6.4 Curtain Walls and Fenestration. 7.6.5 Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP). 7.7 Adopting BIM in a FabricationOperation. 7.7.1 Setting Appropriate Goals. 7.7.2 Adoption Activities. 7.7.3 Planning the Pace of Change. 7.7.4 Human Resource Considerations. 7.8 Conclusions. CHAPTER 8: THE FUTURE: BUILDING WITH BIM. 8.0 Executive Summary. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 The Development of BIM Up To 2007. 8.3 Current Trends. 8.4 Vision 2012. 8.4.1 Impact on the Design Professions: Shifting Services and Roles. 8.4.2 Impact On Owners: Better Options, Better Reliability. 8.4.3 Impact on Construction Companies: BIM at the Construction Site. 8.4.4 Impact on Construction Contracting: Closer Collaborations Among Designers and Contractors. 8.4.5 Impact on Construction Education: Integrated Education. 8.4.6 Impact on Statutory Authorities: Planting the Seeds of Online Access and Review. 8.4.7 Impact onProject Documentation: On-Demand Drawings. 8.4.8 Impact on BIM Tools: More Integration, More Specialization, More Information. 8.4.9 Impact on Research: Model Analysis, Simulation, and Work Processes. 8.4.10 Vision 2012: The Limitations. 8.5 Drivers of Change and BIM Impacts up to 2020. 8.5.1 Economic, Technological, and Societal Drivers. 8.5.2 Obstacles to Change. 8.5.3 Development of BIM Tools. 8.5.4 Role of Drawings. 8.5.5 Design Professions: Providing New Services. 8.5.6 Integrated Design/Build Services and Agreements. 8.5.7 Building Product Manufacturers: Intelligent Product Specs. 8.5.8 Construction Regulation: Automated Code-Checking. 8.5.9 Lean Construction and BIM. 8.5.10 Construction Companies: Information Integration. 8.5.11 BIM Skills and Employment: New Roles. CHAPTER 9: BIM CASE STUDIES.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-18528-5
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 504
• Fecha Publicación: 12/03/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés