ABSTRACT

With the UK government‘s 2016 BIM threshold approaching, support for small organisations on interpreting, filtering and applying BIM protocols and standards is urgently required. Many small UK construction industry supply chain firms are uncertain about what Level 2 BIM involves and are unsure about taking first steps towards having BIM capability. As digitisation, increasingly impacts on work practices, Getting to Grips with BIM offers an insight into an industry in change supplemented by practical guidance on managing the transition towards more widespread and integrated use of digital tools to manage the design, construction and whole life use of buildings.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

part I|52 pages

The BIM journey

chapter 1|10 pages

Historical paradigms

chapter 2|12 pages

BIM perspectives

chapter 3|18 pages

BIM in context

chapter 4|10 pages

Culture shifts

Evangelical and evolutionary models for BIM uptake

part II|54 pages

A contemporary view of BIM in the UK

chapter 5|13 pages

Drivers for innovation

chapter 6|22 pages

Game changers

International and national protocols

chapter 7|8 pages

BIM for all or some

Issues facing educators and practice

chapter 8|9 pages

Challenges, risks and benefits for SMEs

part III|28 pages

Teamworking and information management

chapter 9|8 pages

BIM and teams

chapter 10|5 pages

Taking a whole life view

chapter 11|6 pages

Managing information flow

chapter 12|7 pages

BIM futures

part IV|113 pages

Setting up a BIM project