Section 5BIM in the office

BIM is for office and project; it provides an integrated management capability in both cases.

A question of scale

Considering scale as an aspect of BIM implementation has received little attention. Vested interests on behalf of software vendors and large scale project teams have defined an aura of BIM around larger scale projects and multi-disciplinary international practices. Software vendors and architectural and construction companies who can afford spin machines tend to congregate together in the belief that they represent all scales and types of operation.

Information about BIM and its use is rather like being in an information cocoon. The average size UK practice taking an interest in published BIM material ...

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