这篇文章主要是讲：基于BIM的协同工作的方式。作者在文中指出，未来的工作方式将是以BIM协同工作方式为特征的工作方式。在文中，他介绍这种工作方式的优点，以及这种方式的注意事项。例如，BIM协同工作的目标应该由客户清晰界定，还有要制定项目的主要参与人，这些项目负责人要制定目标满足BIM工作的需求，在工作的过程中，要不断交换和调整数据。作者还指出这种工作方式的流程，和项目组的分工和构成。
Initiating a Collaborative BIM Project
A collaborative BIM project is not a simple undertaking. This is especially true if the project in question is a large facility (e.g. a high-rise building or a major hospital), the project participants lack the necessary experience, or the BIM requirements are not clearly defined. This episode will discuss three main criteria for the primary consultant, the project manager or the independent facilitator to consider when initiating a collaborative, model-based process.
INTRODUCTION
When a project team is engaged to jointly-deliver a BIM product/service, they’re actually being requested to coordinate their processes and to lower their exchange barriers. This is not too difficult a task provided the following criteria exist:
The BIM goals are clearly defined by the Client
Major project participants have an adequate level of BIM competency, well suited to meet the defined BIM goals
There is common willingness to collaborate and a clear understanding of how to exchange information and data
If the first criterion is missing, it is realistic to expect that the project will be an exercise in patience, compromise and outright inefficiency. However, if the Client happens to be well-informed of the BIM deliverables available to him/her, and the requirements for each of these deliverables, then the project’s brief can be clear and concise. Below is a summarized mind map of potential BIM deliverables organized according to Project Lifecycle Phases (refer to Episode 10):
