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Another way to think about this shift is as a diagram of leverage, as shown in Figure 1.12.
Implementing BIM in earlier phases of a project gives you the greatest opportunity to add
value to the overall compilation of building information delivered for a facility. When you
begin BIM earlier, you may need to increase staff to build a better model or to perform energy
analysis or preliminary quantity takeoffs; however, using a better tool like Revit software will
not necessarily translate to the same labor used in a CAD-based project. You will find how this
affects your team effort after a few BIM projects.
Figure 1.12
BIM provides the most
leverage when it is
implemented earlier in
the design
Source: Based on a graphic created
by Lee Miller, HOK
Concept
Design
Value
Opportunity
Schematic
Design
Design
Development
Construction
Documents
Post
Occupancy
BIM
Greatest
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Leverage
Understanding Project Roles
With such a significant change in the effort behind a BIM-based project workflow, it's also
important to understand how this change affects the various roles and responsibilities for the
project team. Project managers need to be able to predict staffing and time to complete tasks
throughout the project phases and have relied on past precedent of staff and project types
to do this. Because a BIM-based project can significantly alter the project workflow, many of
the historic timetables for task completion are no longer valid. However, a BIM-based project
can be broken down into a few primary roles that will allow you some level of predictability
throughout the various project phases. Although the specific effort and staffing will vary
between offices (and even projects), there are some general roles that will need to be accounted
for on every project.
There are three primary roles that should be considered on every BIM project:
Architect
Generates design intent and coordinates issues such as material, code compliance,
wall type, spatial program, and so on.
Modeler
Creates 2D or 3D content that directly represents the design intent.
Drafter
Works with annotations, sheet layout, view creation, and detail creation.
