ABSTRACT
BIM (Building Information Modelling) is transforming working practices across the built environment sector, as clients, professionals, contractors and manufacturers throughout the supply chain grasp the opportunities that BIM presents. The first book ever to focus on the implementation of BIM processes in landscape and external works, BIM for Landscape will help landscape professionals understand what BIM means for them. This book is intended to equip landscape practitioners and practices to meet the challenges and reap the rewards of working in a BIM environment - and to help professionals in related fields to understand how BIM processes can be brought into landscape projects. BIM offers significant benefits to the landscape profession, and heralds a new chapter in inter-disciplinary relationships. BIM for Landscape shows how BIM can enhance collaboration with other professionals and clients, streamline information processes, improve decision-making and deliver well-designed landscape projects that are right first time, on schedule and on budget.
This book looks at the organisational, technological and professional practice implications of BIM adoption. It discusses in detail the standards, structures and information processes that form BIM Level 2-compliant workflows, highlighting the role of the landscape professional within the new ways of working that BIM entails. It also looks in depth at the digital tools used in BIM projects, emphasising the ‘information’ in Building Information Modelling, and the possibilities that data-rich models offer in landscape design, maintenance and management. BIM for Landscape will be an essential companion to the landscape professional at any stage of their BIM journey.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|51 pages
Preparation
chapter 1|4 pages
Introduction
chapter 2|11 pages
Understanding BIM
chapter 3|5 pages
Prerequisites
chapter 4|6 pages
Documents
chapter 5|8 pages
Collaborators
chapter 6|3 pages
Roles
chapter 7|10 pages
The BIM Implementation Plan
part II|63 pages
Implementation
chapter 8|11 pages
Employer's Information Requirements
chapter 9|8 pages
Pre-contract
chapter 10|9 pages
Post-contract BIM Execution Plan
chapter 11|9 pages
Information management
chapter 12|8 pages
Role responsibilities
chapter 13|6 pages
Surveys
chapter 14|6 pages
Post-completion
chapter 15|4 pages
Landscape management and maintenance
part III|34 pages
Technology