BIM Demystified, 2nd Edition

Preface

This guide is aimed at the vast majority of people in mainstream practice. It is intended to offer an easygoing explanation of a subject which could be swamped by technical jargon and deluged with spin. There is some technology expressed in a form which the purists might find hard to swallow. Hopefully, for those for whom technology is not the main priority, some essential ideas of Building Information Modelling have been described in a digestible form. The guide takes a wider view of BIM encompassing business opportunity, the architect’s code of conduct, cultural issues and the necessity for better legal arrangements to underpin BIM. The book addresses BIM from the point of view of architectural practice as opposed to a technological ...