BIM Demystified, 2nd Edition

Section 8Will our clients want BIM?

Is the client suitable and willing to adopt BIM?

This is another question of scale. The one-off small domestic client will probably not need to be aware of the processes that have to be gone through and the information that has to be produced to achieve the result they want. However, all other clients outside the one-off domestic market might benefit to differing extents from a BIM approach. Many will not understand what it is, what they have to do to achieve advantage or indeed how to participate in a team that uses BIM techniques. Some will have heard a buzz word and what almost amounts to hearsay about advantage. They will want their ounce of flesh from their project team, who they will expect to produce ...