Posts Tagged ‘BIM’
Digital Handover – a less stressful solution
Enabling a less stressful and less frustrating digital handover for Facility Management, BIMFMi© provides a flexible and easy to use solution.
Read MoreDGS/DCS Evolution – A Retrospective
This blog discusses the evolution of our DGS-DCS and the journey to develop a way of clearly defining and specifying requirements for design and construction teams to enable the definition and management of all data and document handover requirements for Facilities Management.
Read MoreData Visualization and Collection for FM Handover
Short video highlighting the flexibility and simplicity for managing data and document collection of installed asset information for FM Handover.
Read MoreData and Document Collection for FM Handover
We have recently published a series of blogs all focused around the need to provide, at handover, a rich, robust, reliable data set to support Owners through the entire life cycle of the facility. These three blogs, Level of Information Need, Data Quality, and Digital Twins highlight the steps needed to establish goals and uses…
Read MoreSame or Similar? Specifying a Digital Twin
How do you respond to a client who asks for a Digital Twin as a deliverable in the Architectural Engineering, Construction, Owner Operator (AECOO) Industry? In the following blog, we set out the major aspects that need to be understood, defined, and addressed. Firstly, what is the Client’s understanding of a Digital Twin? Do they…
Read MoreAlberta Infrastructure: COBie Unlocked
With Alberta Infrastructure’s new BIM policy now in effect, now is the time for companies that intend to bid or are working on Alberta Infrastructure projects to ensure that they can meet the new requirements. (Not sure what the requirements are? View them here). One of the major areas of change—and the one that’s been…
Read MoreSummit BIM’s Geraldine Rayner to speak at the buildingSMART International Summit
Geraldine Rayner, Director of Summit BIM, has been invited to present ‘Handover and Beyond’ at buildingSMART’s International Summit in Paris March 26 – 29. She will share lessons learned from guiding Owner Operators through the BIM process and managing a smooth digital handover. Geraldine will speak to: How to generate a digital data set that…
Read More[Watch] 5 BIM Metrics for Owners
BIM authoring and review tools have been adopted and used by Designers and Contractors. Building owners are beginning to recognize new opportunities that result from implementing a BIM process. By using just five simple metrics, building owners can realize a significant process improvement that will help them reduce risk and operate their buildings better and…
Read MoreBIM Metrics for Owners – References
In my recent webinar, I outlined five simple metrics that can help building owners better prepare and implement BIM requirements and workflows as an organization. A few links of interest which were mentioned during the webinar are included below for reference. I mentioned WeWork, a co-working startup who has focused on model-centric workflows augmented with real time…
Read MoreOwner-driven BIM
Building owners have important post-construction needs that are often poorly addressed with legacy paper-based workflows. This presentation demonstrates how owner-defined BIM standards can help streamline data management throughout the life cycle of a building. Viewers will be able to: List current challenges in “template” Project Execution Plans and workflows Understand the components of an owner-driven…
Read MoreMoving into the 21st Century – Science World reaps benefits of BIM
This article originally appeared on June 22, 2015 in the Piling Industry Canada Magazine. The original can be viewed here. Traditional paper-based drawings may be the status quo for many in the Canadian construction industry but some leading-edge innovators have made the transition into the digital world. Building Information Management (BIM) has already taken root…
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