The BIM Management Webinar Series: ten 20-minute episodes
Binge-worthy BIM management webinars, first shown as Wednesdays with Plannerly. Each episode takes one problem - the BEP nobody reads, the scope nobody agreed, the BIM meeting that goes wrong - and shows a simpler way in about 20 minutes.
Ten short BIM management webinars on getting the BIM you paid for: clear requirements, BIM meetings that pin down what you need, BIM standards and compliance. About 20 minutes each.
Ten short BIM management webinars on the jobs that keep delivery moving: the BEP, BIM contracts and scopes, Lean BIM, coordination and winning more work. About 20 minutes each.
Ten short BIM management webinars for the design team: the BEP, clear scopes, Lean BIM, standards and coordination. About 20 minutes each.
Ten short BIM management webinars with methods to reuse for clients: BEPs, contracts, Lean BIM, BIM meetings, standards and compliance. About 20 minutes each.
Ten short BIM management webinars ready for class, one topic each - from the BEP and BIM contracts to Lean BIM and BIM standards. About 20 minutes each.
Short on time? Eight of the episodes are also on YouTube in short parts of a few minutes each - see them below.
Episode 1
Five steps to better BIM management
What you'll learn
The whole BIM workflow in five steps
Create a useful BIM execution plan, agree a clear BIM scope, sequence BIM tasks with your team, manage them together, and verify what's delivered against the original BIM requirements.
Episode 2
BIM execution planning (BEPs): an introduction
What you'll learn
A BEP your teams won't throw away
Why you need a BIM execution plan, what to put in your BEP, how to engage your team, how to get agreement and how to keep improving it, so the BEP helps the project instead of being ignored.
Episode 3
How to contract for the right BIM at the right time
What you'll learn
Clearer BIM contracts in five steps
Why you need a BIM contract, how BIM scopes are defined today, five steps to simplify your BIM scopes and how to deliver clearer BIM contracts, with clear requirements for each information delivery milestone.
Episode 4
Lean BIM management: an introduction
What you'll learn
Take the waste out of BIM
What Lean design is, the six BIM wastes, phase pull planning and weekly work planning, and tips to get started with Lean BIM management - with a Lean BIM case study.
Episode 5
Did you get the BIM you paid for?
What you'll learn
Why BIM fails, and how to get the BIM you need
The main reasons BIM fails, what motivates BIM teams, simple steps to get BIM right, and how to tell whether your BIM is fully baked and ready for the job you need it for.
Episode 6
Agile BIM standards
What you'll learn
BIM standards that keep up with the people using them
Why BIM standards matter, what an agile approach means for them, and a case study interview: how standards bodies can get faster feedback from the people using a standard and improve it more quickly.
Episode 7
Building Lean BIM requirements for owners: how to run a great BIM meeting
What you'll learn
BIM meetings that pin down what the client needs
Two very different BIM meetings, the ten things that wreck BIM meetings, what a great BIM meeting agenda looks like, and how to run an engaging meeting that defines Lean BIM requirements for your client.
Episode 8
Three steps to BIM compliance
What you'll learn
Keep your BIM on track
When BIM goes wrong and what it costs, the ultimate BIM requirements checklist, and how to get BIM that does what the project needs.
Episode 9
How to reduce BIM coordination issues by 53%
What you'll learn
Clash avoidance, not just clash detection
The root cause of bad BIM, the opportunity every BIM team wants, and how to get 53% fewer coordination issues - from a case study where following a BIM system priority structure also saved 16.5% of the time.
Episode 10
How to win more work with BIM
What you'll learn
Hollywood BIM or practical BIM?
Selling Hollywood BIM against selling practical BIM: how to ask the right BIM questions, promise no more than your team can deliver, and win more repeat BIM work as a result.
Our BIM management webinar series from 2019 and 2020: short webinars of about 20 minutes, each on one BIM management topic. This page has all ten episodes, with what you'll learn in each one.
Do I need to watch the episodes in order?
No. Episode 1, Five steps to better BIM management, is the overview, and every other episode goes deeper on one part, so you can jump straight to the one you need.
Is there an episode about BIM meetings?
Yes: Episode 7 compares two very different BIM meetings, lists ten things that wreck BIM meetings and shows how to run a great one that defines Lean BIM requirements for your client. It's also on YouTube in three short parts.
Is there a newer, live series?
Yes. How to survive as a BIM Manager is free on Zoom every other Thursday: 45 minutes on one job - the MIDP, the RACI, information requirements, the CDEs - fixed live in Plannerly. Upcoming events lists the next dates.
