Here are some tips for starting Building Information Modeling (BIM) at your company. I share a little on how to set goals, develop skills, engage stakeholders, and increase efficiency!
How to assess your current situation with respect to BIM
Let’s start with me trying to be funny 🤦
1) Ask everyone in your company if “BIM is Revit”,
2) count the number of AutoCAD licenses your company owns,
and 3) start every meeting by saying, "It's time to get your BIM on!" and see who remains in the meeting 😉
Ok, no more bad comedy, let’s get serious…
How to define your company’s BIM goals and strategy
1) Have a clear vision of what you hope to achieve with BIM
2) Identify the key stakeholders who will need to be involved in implementing that strategy,
and 3) Set measurable metrics that can help you track success
How to develop your BIM skills and competencies
1) Educate, educate, educate! Arrange workshops, webinars, and send team members to events with industry BIM experts,
2) Identify staff with technology/BIM skills and invest in their development,
and 3) Start online tutorials and hands-on training, using Plannerly, of course.
How to adopt the right BIM technology and tools
1) Invest in cloud-first BIM solutions for better collaboration and efficiency,
2) use a BIM management platform to plan+control your work,
and 3) use tools that support openBIM workflows that already use the @buildingSMART standards for bSDD (buildingSMART Data Dictionary) and IDS (Information Delivery Specification)
How to engage with your stakeholders and partners
Ok, this is more than three… make BIM fun, use cool tools like virtual reality, collaborate with local universities to ensure that they are teaching the latest BIM tools and techniques, create beautiful renders of your completed projects and hang them everywhere around the office, share success stories internally and externally, and get involved with your local buildingSMART chapter!
Here’s what else to consider in your BIM journey
My top tip is actually to follow ISO 19650 to build Lean information management workflows at your company that will increase your team’s efficiency and productivity.
Here are some ISO 19650 videos on YouTube that might help:
