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Author Harty, James, author

Title Getting to grips with BIM : a guide for small and medium-sized architecture, engineering and construction firms / James Harty, Tahar Kouider and Graham Paterson
Published London : Routledge, 2015

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Contents Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Acronyms; Introduction; Part I: the BIM journey; Part II: a contemporary view of BIM in the UK; Part III: teamworking and information management; Part IV: setting up and running a BIM project; Bibliography; Part I The BIM journey; 1 Historical paradigms; 1.1 Making and using buildings, people and processes; 1.2 Discipline identities and interrelationships; 1.3 Evolution of co-ordinated project information; 1.4 The changing nature of information management; References; 2 BIM perspectives
2.1 Globalisation and the built environment2.2 Information technologies, incremental and step change; 2.3 International and national BIM conversations; 2.4 Interoperability myths and challenges; References; 3 BIM in context; 3.1 Digitisation and the third industrial revolution; 3.2 The Gehry studio, technology transfer and joined up process; 3.3 Heathrow T5, a tipping point for BIM in the UK?; 3.4 Fast-forwarding from Rethinking Construction BIM analogies; References; 4 Culture shifts: evangelical and evolutionary models for BIM uptake; 4.1 The roles of Government and its agencies
4.2 Professional bodies and umbrella organisations in the UK4.3 Interactions between educators and practice; 4.4 Smoothing out the curve for SMEs; References; Part II A contemporary view of BIM in the UK; 5 Drivers for innovation; 5.1 The Internet changed everything; 5.2 Is there an inevitability about BIM as a collaborative medium?; 5.3 Evangelical and evolutionary paradigms for BIM uptake; 5.4 Industry and Government push-pull initiatives: reviewing cultural and business models for practice; References; 6 Game changers: international and national protocols
6.1 BuildingSMARTĀ® and interoperability: industry foundation classes, principles and practices6.2 Formal schema for classifying and organising data for whole life use; 6.3 Paradigms for data modelling and management; 6.4 Procurement methodologies, BIM and the EU; References; 7 BIM for all or some: issues facing educators and practice; 7.1 Separating discipline-specific from cross-disciplinary activities; 7.2 Building strategies for collaborative use of ICTs; 7.3 Applying need-to-know principles for thinking and doing to pedagogy and practice
7.4 New knowledge through processes of enquiry and experimentation: the role of professional bodies and industry umbrella organisationsReferences; 8 Challenges, risks and benefits for SMEs; 8.1 Same old, same old: the need to modify work practices and cultures; 8.2 Keeping up with changing technologies, opportunities and risks; 8.3 Tailoring BIM to suit business models: filtering out achievable BIM outcomes in relation to organisational size and resources; 8.4 Considering generic and bespoke aspects of BIM principles and practice; References; Part III Teamworking and information management
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Building information modeling.
Building information modeling
Form Electronic book
Author Kouider, Tahar, author
Paterson, Graham, author
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