BIM and Integrated Design: Strategies for Architectural Practice

BIM and Integrated Design: Strategies for Architectural Practice

“Ready or not, it’s high time to make BIM a part of your practice, or at least your vocabulary, and this book has as much to offer beginners as it does seasoned users of building information modeling software.”<br /> —Chicago Architect <p>The first book devoted to the subject of how BIM affects individuals and organizations working within the ever-changing construction industry, <i>BIM and Integrated Design</i> 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.</p> <p><i>BIM and Integrated Design</i> 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—<i>BIM and Integrated Design</i> helps you learn:</p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Effective learning strategies for fully understanding BIM software and its use</li> <li>Key points about integrated design to help you promote the process to owners and your team</li> <li>How BIM changes not only the technology, process, and delivery but also the leadership playing field</li> <li>How to become a more effective leader no matter where you find yourself in the organization or on the project team</li> <li>How the introduction of BIM into the workforce has significant education, recruitment, and training implications</li> </ul> <p>Covering all of the human issues brought about or exacerbated by the advent of BIM into the architecture workplace, profession, and industry, <i>BIM and Integrated Design</i> shows how to overcome real and perceived barriers to its use.</p>