Posts Tagged ‘Owners’
Debunking Common Misconceptions in Architecture during Design and Construction: Sustainability and BIM Integration
Sustainability and BIM integration are two essential concepts that go hand-in-hand in modern design and construction practices.
At Summit BIM Consulting, we’ve noticed common misconceptions about these topics, so we’re debunking them! Check out our latest post to learn how sustainability and BIM can truly benefit your next project.
Data Collection through Construction
Understanding what a BIM process is all about.
Read MoreComing to Canada: A BIM Consultant’s Journey
Understanding what a BIM process is all about.
Read MoreBIM and the Art of an Asset Registry
Reducing risk and improving the quality of the data for the generation of an Asset Registry.
Read MoreDigital 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 MoreDelivering COBie data is a team sport
If there’s something that we have learned from working with owner-operators, it is that the team wins, not individuals. Each project team has their area of expertise – architectural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing – and they provide support with their specific skill set but they must play together for success. Never is this more apparent…
Read MoreBIM Consulting Lessons from a Power Plant Project
Edwin Guerra, BIM Consultant recently presented – BIM Consulting Lessons from a Power Plant Project – at the CanBIM Saskatchewan Satellite session. This presentation focused on the role of the BIM Consultant as a QA/QC independent third party for this project which involved the design and construction of a new below grade campus Power Plant…
Read MoreWho’s Who in an Alberta Infrastructure COBie Team
The use of COBie by Alberta Infrastructure (AI) introduces new terms that our industry may not be familiar, such as Asset Information Manager (AIM) and Asset Execution Plan (AEP). Practitioners in our industry will inevitably ask: what are these terms and why are they necessary? Perhaps more importantly, how much more work is involved? The…
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 MoreBIM Requires New Thinking
This article was written by Geraldine Rayner for the Winter 2016 issue of Plumbing & Mechanical. View the original here. Once upon a time, design consultants would generate design documents by drawing on trace and Mylar, the equivalent of driving a horse and buggy on the road. Then along came ‘Computer Aided Drafting’ (CAD) which…
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…
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