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Organization audit of design processes / standards, BIM readiness |
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 To get BIM implemented, the first and foremost thing is to review the current standard and process. BIMSolutions will review the existing process and suggest the strategic planning of transitioning to BIM.
The most common mistake firms will make is assume that they can pull off without substantial help from external consultant in the early stages or employ "CAD monkeys" to review the standards. CAD standards can never be true BIM standards. |
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Return on investment (ROI) analysis is one of many ways to evaluate a proposed investment. It compares the gains anticipated from an investment against the cost of the investment. ROI is used to evaluate many types of corporate investments, from R&D projects to training programs to fixed asset purchases. The more complicated the investment, the more complicated the formula becomes.
Mercifully, calculating the ROI for a design system can be relatively easy and BIMSolutions can help you with that. The only hitch is that you need to consider the changes in user productivity during ramp-up. There will be an immediate dip in productivity as the users get up to speed on the new system. With time, productivity climbs back to where it was with the original system and levels off at a higher point as the new technology takes hold. |
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Development of typical internal and external workflows |
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BIMSolutions will leverage its extensive experience in guiding a client toward known best practices both for the implementation of new technologies, as well as for particular internal and external workflows during the support of a particular project. |
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Specialized (just-in-time) project specific training |
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BIMSolutions services provides customized training options that best suits your firm.
With our customized on-site training, we work with a current BIM project to teach your team the functionalities of the BIM application. The learning is timely and relevant because it's based on your own project, drawings, and models. It's easier for your team to stay at your headquarters and we're happy to deliver our services at your facility. |
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Strategies to continue current BIM / Revit projects |
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We have seen some cases where people start their project using BIM technology without being trained and prepared. The outcome of most cases like that is when the BIM model reaches a more complex level, the lack of model management and best practices makes the team moving back to AutoCAD to complete the drawings. From that point on, no one will update the model anymore and all changes will be made in CAD. This scenario completely defeats the purpose of using BIM, which is a better coordination. BIMSolutions can help with strategies to analyze the model and continue the work on BIM with both experienced hands on team which will be merged with the firms current team to make sure the project get done at the same time the team learn the best practices to use on their next project. |
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Expanding BIM beyond Revit |
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Management consultation, goal-setting, planning |
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This service is specifically designed for those individuals who take the leading role in managing all the processes structured around and within BIM. It is tailored to your specific requirements and unique documentation procedures and focuses solely on the skills required to communicate BIM with project manager / upper management / partners. |
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Development of content, standards and best practices |
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The development of comprehensive BIM standards is critical to accurately gauge the completeness of a specific project deliverable. BIM standards deal specifically with issues such as naming conventions, model completeness, industry standard's compliance (i.e. IFC), file structure, component definition and data output. Compliance in BIM Standards is the backbone of an integrated process. The usability of a database depends on a user's capability to understand its output. |
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Mentoring and development of BIM leadership |
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The ‘BIM Manager’ is a fairly new role within the built environment industry, but one which is dramatically increasing in demand. For any medium to large business that has or is about to implement building information modeling, a BIM manager is the one position that must be in place in order to achieve success. The BIM manager is an intricate part of the entire process of a project and therefor the position requires an extremely broad knowledge and skills set. A BIM Manager must understand project workflows, have strong communication and training skills, contain objective decision making abilities and must work well within a team. |
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Template creation is very important to speed up and standardize the process of creation of projects and families in Revit. BIMSolutions will make sure you template will have covered all aspects for Fill Patterns, Materials, Line Weights, Line Patterns, Line Styles, Object Styles, Project Units, Snaps, Temporary Dimensions, Detail Level, Options, Browser Organization, Area and Volume Computation, Color Fill Scheme, Phases, Filters, Design Options, Keynoting, Import / Export Settings, Titleblocks, Annotations, Drawing Lists, View Lists, View Templates, etc. |
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Strategies for selection and development of future projects |
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BIMSolutions can help you to select the right project to start with. It's always better to start with something your firm already knows how to do, so there’s only a single dimension of learning. If possible, select a project type with known metrics, so you can accurately gauge the benefits of the new solution. Some of the most important benefits of BIM are difficult to quantify: more time for up-front design, clearer presentation of the design to the client, etc. But some benefits, such as increased documentation productivity, are more immediate and relatively easy to measure. Gathering these statistics can substantiate the promised ROI of the system and help garner support amongst the “show-me” members of the firm. |
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Transitioning to BIM platform is more than just a technology or process change; it's a culture change. A successful BIM transition requires careful planning, selection of right tools, buy-in from senior management and all facilities related constituencies on BIM strategy, making everyone in the transition and preparing them for the changes ahead.
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Implementation Strategies