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that will require new briefing methods to ensure that the BIM model can be
effectively used for the operation of a building and not just for its construction.
These examples are not intended to be definitive. They provide suggestions as to
how practices might develop their own working briefing methods and processes
using the RIBA Plan of Work 2013.
How does a BIM project benefit from a
well-assembled team?
The documents set out in Chapter 3 for establishing the project team have been
devised, in conjunction with the RIBA Plan of Work 2013, to be applicable to
any project. They have been specifically devised with a BIM project in mind.
The notion is simple: if time is spent during Stage 1 considering who will be
doing what, when and how, the design process will be more effective when it
commences. More crucially, once the boundaries between each designer have
been properly defined, any ambiguities regarding roles or duties will be removed.
Furthermore, each party can proceed with confidence that their fee reflects
the work they will have to undertake. As a reminder, the process defined by the
documents recommended in Chapter 3 ensures that:
• the roles required on a project are properly considered
• the timing of contractor involvement is thought through
• management and design responsibilities are clear
• Information Exchanges are defined
• Project, Design and Construction Programmes are agreed, and
• project protocols are established.
The more specific aspects of this process that benefit a BIM project are:
• ensuring that it is clear which software, including the specific version, is being
used by each member of the team by early completion of the Technology
Strategy to be included, or referenced, in the Project Execution Plan
• agreement of the Communication Strategy and the means by which information
will be distributed, commented on and developed within the project team
• agreement of the project BIM manual, determining file structuring and naming
protocols
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