Steve Jobs considers computers to be the most remarkable tools ever created, equivalent to bicycles for the mind. BIM management of multidisciplinary projects can cause issues such as unclear responsibilities, out of date plans, and lack of collaboration. A new digital BIM tool allows for dynamic updating and commenting on plans, daily digest emails, and pop-up questions to experts, saving time and reducing management overhead while increasing certainty.
5. -Why?
(Bob)
Business Owner
(Stewart)
BIM Manager ProjectTeam
Multidisciplinary
• Doesn’t understand
BIM
• Unclear on the
deliverables
• Uncertainty
• Bad BIM embarrasses
me.
• BIM Management
Issues cost the project
team money
• Perceives BIM is a
time suck
• Too many stakeholders
• Too much email
• Keeping people
accountable
• Project team is unclear on
what they need to do
• Updating and sharing BIM
Plan can be annoying
• BIM Plans take too long
to write
• People don’t read them
and ignore anyway
• Cumbersome to read
• Just too big
• Un-collaborative
• Unclear of changes to
BIM Plan
• Uncertainty
• Out of date BIM Plan
• Can’t find it when I
need it