Why the Client is the Most Important Person in any BIM Set Up

Why the Client is the Most Important Person in any BIM Set Up: The Five Best Kept Secrets from the Client

1. There has been a 90% increase in the use of BIM over the last 20 years. In the same period there has only been a 1% rise in productivity annually.

2. EIR's - The cornerstone for any successful BIM Project: Employers Information Requirements. Clients do not how to specify their BIM or information requirements.

3. BIM is not reliably Open or Interoperable. BIM is not CAD and Revit is not BIM.

4. Building Information Modelling is a nebulous term. What does it mean? BIM can have many meanings and purposes - Daylight Study, Structural Analysis, Heat Loss Calculations, Quantification, Construction Sequences, Clash Detection, MEP Services Modelling, Coordination.

5. Complete your model before construction.

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