CONTENTS
Plain Language BIM
Forward 1-4
Introduction
Worst Acronym Ever? 1-1
Googling BIM 1-2
People 1-3
Process 1-4
Technology 1-4
Government Strategy
Why Are We Changing Things? 2-1
Avoiding Hard Landings 2-3
Information Requirements
The Steady Drip of Information? 3-1
Information Requirements 3-4
Asset Information Requirements 3-5
Employers Information Requirements 3-6
Contents 3-7
In the Beginning 3-7
People 3-8
What information might I get and what do I have to provide? 3-8
OIRs, AIRs and Classification systems 3-8
Data Standards 3-9
Libraries 3-10
Working methods 3-10
Procedures 3-10
BIM Task Group, the BIM4's, Regions and the UK BIM Alliance
BIM Task Group, the BIM4's, Regions and the UK BIM Alliance 4-1
Digital Plan of Work 4-2
The Wedge 4-2
BIM Level2 Website 4-3
The Business Outcomes of BIM 4-3
Assets
So What is an Asset? 5-1
The Asset Breakdown Structure 5-2
Levels of Definition 5-5
CAD & BS1192 :2007 5-5
Uniclass 5-5
Every Asset is Different 5-5
The Asset Tag 5-5
Function is Everything 5-7
Operational Severity 5-8
Everything is Unique 5-9
Strategy 5-10
Concept 5-10
Design 5-10
Construction 5-10
Operations and Maintenance 5-11
Asset Register 5-11
Temporary Works 5-12
Naming convention 5-13
Organisational Information Requirements 5-14
The 8 Pillars of Wisdom
The 8 Pillars of BIM Wisdom 6-1
Collaboration 6-3
Electronic Data Management 6-4
Workflow 6-5
Status 6-6
Revisions and Versions 6-7
Document Naming Convention 6-7
Containers within files 6-8
CAPEX Information Management 6-9
Opex Information Management 6-9
Information Exchange 6-10
Information Security 6-11
Better Outcomes 6-12
Information Definition Standards 6-12
Classification 6-12
Asset Data Dictionaries 6-13
Strategy for creating an ADD and metadata 6-16
Getting the Legal Side Right 6-19
CIC BIM Protocol 6-19
CIC PI Insurance 6-20
CAD and Modelling
Computer Aided Design/Drafting 7-1
Summary
Summary 8-1
Conclusion 8-2
Glossary A-1
What has the stock market got to do with BIM? B-1