Owner's Guide To Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Owner's Guide To Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Owner organizations play a vital role in the effectiveness of a building project team by defining their needs early and by understanding how the project team will author and employ the building information throughout the planning, design, construction, and turnover work. From initial research it has been found that very few owners define their actual needs, nor realize how this information can be leveraged in their management systems. To maximize operational efficiency in the utilization of BIM, an organization must develop an understanding of the operating systems within their organization, and how BIM can add value to their day-to-day activities. The goal of this research project is to develop and broadly disseminate a Guide for Owners that will provide a structured procedure for planning and implementing BIM within their organization.

• Grant Details

  Project

  Owner's Guide To Building Information Modeling (BIM)

  Grantee

  The Pennsylvania State University

  Category

  Building Information Modeling

  Subcategory

  Planning

  Grant #

  01-11

  Award Amount

  $200,000

  Grant Period

  January 2011 - June 2013

  Grant Status

  Complete

  Principal Investigators

  Professor John Messner

  CPF Allies

  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Steve Hutsell); buildingSMART alliance (Deke Smith)

• Resources / Downloads

  • BIM Planning Guide for Facility Owners, 2013
  • The Uses of BIM: Classifying and Selecting BIM Uses, Version 0.9, September 2013
  • BIM Project Execution Plan Templates, 2013

• Related Research

  • 08-17 Evaluating the Impact of BIM on Project Performance
  • 07-17 Evaluating the Impact of BIM on Project Performance
  • 01-17 BIM Execution Planning (BxP Guide)
  • 08-16 Building Information Modeling for Masonry Phase III Project Technical Oversight for the Commercialization of the Masonry Unit Database
  • 02-15 Building Information Modeling for Masonry Phase II/III Project; Masonry Wall Model Definition
  • 01-14 Building Information Modeling for Masonry Phase 2 Project; BIM for Masonry Benchmark
  • 03-13 Building Information Modeling for Masonry Phase 2 Project; Masonry Unit Model Definition
  • 02-13 Cast-in-Place Concrete National BIM Standard Phase Two: Model View Definition
  • 03-12 Cast-in-Place Concrete National BIM Standard Phase One: Information Delivery Manual
  • 01-10 Development of Strategic Plan for IFCs for Structural Concrete Components
  • 06-08 National BIM Standard for Precast Concrete
  • 04-08 Project Execution Planning for Building Information Modeling
  • 06-07 Development of Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs) for Structural Components