The Owner has been driving the use of BIM on this project. By mandating the sharing of
project information, collaborative project delivery, and the use of interoperable
technology, the Owners attempt to drive the integration of the processes and business
workflows of all project participants, across all phases of the lifecycle of a facility.
The use of BIM by the Architect was focused on two aspects: 1) improving the
effectiveness and efficiency of the Architect’s own working process (e.g., using area
distribution reports from BIM as a design guideline, and using BIM to improve the
productivity of producing room reports, detail drawings, and window/door schedules); 2)
improving the quality of the Architect’s deliverables to their client and design partners.
When an architect takes on the role of the Head Planner in the BIM process, the
challenges are to acquire new skills, for example, the proficiency to use BIM tools and to
build expertise in information management and grasp more working knowledge of MEP
design and field construction as more information from other disciplines are embedded in
the model.