BIM and Integrated Design: Strategies for Architectural Practice

The first book devoted to the subject of how BIM affects individuals and organizations working within the ever-changing construction industry, BIM and Integrated Design discusses the implementation of building information modeling software as a cultural process with a focus on the technology’s impact and transformative effect—both potentially disruptive and liberating—on the social, psychological, and practical aspects of the workplace.

BIM and Integrated Design answers the questions that BIM poses to the firm that adopts it. Through thorough research and a series of case study interviews with industry leaders—and leaders in the making out from behind the monitor—BIM and Integrated Design helps you learn:

• Effective learning strategies for fully understanding BIM software and its use
• Key points about integrated design to help you promote the process to owners and your team
• How BIM changes not only the technology, process, and delivery but also the leadership playing field
• How to become a more effective leader no matter where you find yourself in the organization or on the project team
• How the introduction of BIM into the workforce has significant education, recruitment, and training implications

Covering all of the human issues brought about or exacerbated by the advent of BIM into the architecture workplace, profession, and industry, BIM and Integrated Design shows how to overcome real and perceived barriers to its use.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introductory Statement by The American Institute of Architects vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xv

PART I

BIM As Though People Mattered 1

Chapter 1

WHAT YOU ADOPT WHEN ADOPTING BIM 3

Chapter 2

THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF IMPLEMENTING BIM 29

Case Study Interview with Paul Durand, AIA, and Allison Scott, Winter Street Architects 46

Case Study Interview with Aaron Greven, BIM Consultant 53

Chapter 3

WHO WORKS IN BIM AND WHO DOESN’T 63

Case Study Interview with Jack Hungerford, PhD 69

Case Study Interview with Kristine K. Fallon, FAIA, Kristine Fallon Associates 76

PART II

Leading Integrated Design 89

Chapter 4

WORKING WITH OTHERS IN BIM 91

Case Study Interview with Rich Nitzsche, CIO, Perkins + Will 111

Chapter 5

BIM AND INTEGRATED DESIGN 127

Case Study Interview with Andy Stapleton and Peter Rumpf, Mortenson Construction 140

Case Study Interview with Jonathan Cohen, FAIA, Architect and Author 148

PART III

Leading and Learning  157

Chapter 6

LEADING FROM THE MODEL 159

Case Study Interview with Bradley Beck, Architect and BIM Manager 171

Case Study Interview with Charles Hardy, director, Office of Project Delivery at U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Public Buildings Service National Capital Region 191

Chapter 7

LEARNING BIM AND INTEGRATED DESIGN 201

Case Study Interview with Yanni Loukissas, PhD, Postdoctoral associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 209

Case Study Interview with Phil Bernstein, FAIA, vice president, Autodesk 218

Epilogue 235

Index 237