BIM Handbook
A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors
1st Edition
Published on 28. March 2008
Book
Hardback
504 pages
978-0-470-18528-5 (ISBN)
Description
Discover BIM: A better way to build better buildings.
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a new approach to design, con-struction, and facility management in which a digital representation of the building process is used to facilitate the exchange and interoperability of information in digital format. BIM is beginning to change the way buildings look, the way they function, and the ways in which they are designed and built.
BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners,Managers, Designers, Engineers, and Contractors provides an in-depthunderstanding of BIM technologies, the business and organizational issues associated with its implementation, and the profound advantages that effective use of BIM can provide to all members of a project team. The Handbook:
* Introduces Building Information Modeling and the technologies that support it
* Reviews BIM and its related technologies, in particular parametric and object-oriented modeling, its potential benefits, its costs, and needed infrastructure
* Explains how designing, constructing, and operating buildings with BIM differs from pursuing the same activities in the traditional way using drawings, whether paper or electronic
* Discusses the present and future influences of BIM on regulatory agencies; legal practice associated with the building industry; and manufacturers of building products
* Presents a rich set of BIM case studies and describes various BIM tools and technologies
* Shows how specific disciplines-owners, designers, contractors, and fabricators-can adopt and implement BIM in their companies
* Explores BIM's current and future impact on industry and society
Painting a colorful and thorough picture of the state of the art in Building Information Modeling, the BIM Handbook guides readers to successful implementations, helping them to avoid needless frustration and costs and take full advantage of this paradigm-shifting approach to build better buildings, that consume fewer materials, and require less time, labor, and capital resources.
Reviews / Votes
"The BIM Handbook bills itself as a "guide", but it is also a history a compendium of case studies, a detailed look at the underlying software and other technology, and a forward looking analysis of how BIM will exert increasing influence on the way buildings are designed, constructed, and operated." (Civil Engineering, July 2008)More details
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 24.4 cm
Width: 19.7 cm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
986 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-18528-5 (9780470185285)
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Persons
Chuck Eastman is a Professor in the Colleges of Architecture and Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, and Director of the College of Architecture PhD Program, where he leads research in IT in building design and construction. He has been active in building modeling research since the 1970s and has worked with a variety of industry groups developing BIM technology.
Paul Teicholz, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, founded the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE) at Stanford University in 1988 and directed that program for 10 years. He was named the Construction Management "Man of the Year" by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1985 and awarded the Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction Technology by the National Building Museum in 2006.
Rafael Sacks, an Associate Professor in Structural Engineering and Construction Management at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, founded and leads the BIM Laboratory at the Israel National Building Research Institute. He has conducted primary and applied BIM research for industry, government, and public organizations in North America, Europe, and Israel.
Kathleen Liston, a technology con-sultant and PhD candidate at Stanford University, co-founded Common Point technologies, a construction simulation software company. She has held positions at Autodesk, and worked on projects dev-eloping technologies and processes to implement 3D/4D/BIM with a variety of organizations including Walt Disney, Mort-enson, URS, and Parsons-Brinckerhoff.
Content
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 PARAMETRIC MODELING.
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.
3.4 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 Executive Summary.
4.1 Introduction: Why Should Owners Care About BIM?.
4.2 BIM Application Areas for Owners.
4.3 Types of Owners: Why, How Often, and Where They Build.
4.4 How Owners Build.
4.5 BIM Tool Guide for Owners.
4.6 An Owner and Facility Manager's Building Model.
4.7 Leading the BIM Implementation on a Project.
4.8 Barriers to Implementing BIM: Risks and Common Myths.
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.
5.3 BIM Use in Design Processes.
5.4 Building Element Models and Libraries.
5.4 Considerations in Adoption for Design Practice.
5.6 New and Changed Staffing 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.
6.7 Construction Analysis and Planning.
6.8 Integration with 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.
7.3 The Benefits of a BIM Process for Subcontractor Fabricators.
7.4 BIM-Enabled Process Change.
7.5 Generic BIM System Requirements for Fabricators.
7.6 Major Classes of Fabricators and Their Specific Needs.
7.7 Adopting BIM in a Fabrication Operation.
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.
8.5 Drivers of Change and BIM Impacts up to 2020.
CHAPTER 9: BIM CASE STUDIES.
9.1 Flint Global V6 Engine Plant Expansion.
Case Study 9.2: United States Coast Guard BIM Implementation.
9.3 Camino Medical Group Mountain View Medical Office Building Complex.
9.4 Beijing National Aquatics Center.
9.5: San Francisco Federal Building.
9.6 100 11th Avenue, New York City.
9.7 Case Study of One Island East Project.
9.8 Penn National Parking Structure.
9.9 Hillwood Commercial Project.
9.10 U.S. Courthouse, Jackson, Mississippi.
9.10. 1 H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture LLC and the Jackson Mississippi Courthouse.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.