Appointment Contracts
for BIM
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Measured ROI North America vs. Western Europe
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McGraw-Hill: The Business Value of BIM in Europe. Smart Market Report.
BIM is not just Technology!
Management & Organisation
Process & Workflow
Technology
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Supply Chain Collaboration
BUSINESS
ACTIVITIES
Design Collaboration
Internal Collaboration
Establishing BIM
INDIVIDUAL
REPLICATE
TEAM OPERATIONS
INTEGRATED
DESIGN
WORKFLOW
3D BIM
PROJECT
LIFECYCLE
WORKFLOW
nD BIM
Contributing Parties and Utility of Information
Organisation
Process
Technology
2D CAD
Time
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Efficiency
Effectiveness
Transformation
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CAD Transition: The Challenge of Collaboration
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BIM Protocols / Implementation Plans
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Building Contracts for BIM.
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Professional Indemnity Insurance on BIM projects
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Appointment Contracts for BIM
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Intellectual Property Rights and Collaborative BIM.
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Key Risks!
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Does your Client understand what he is asking for?
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Control Client expectations. Don’t oversell the benefits
particularly on first BIM projects.
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Appointments should detail the scope and objectives of the
BIM.
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Include a Schedule of BIM Deliverables (programme).
(Ensure that you allow for a time overhead on the set up of a
first BIM project (particularly 5D).)
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Agree where the BIM database is to be located and the
security responsibilities thereof.
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Appointment Documentation should refer to the drawing up
of BIM protocols between contributing parties (this too
should be programmed) .
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Restructure Fees?
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Volume Model
Environmental Analysis
Space Model
Scheme Model
Element Model
Construction Model
FIM Model
FM Model
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© ArchiFM
AIA Document
202 - 2008
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Your appointment should state the level of detail of the BIM at each
work stage.
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Note when a record copy of the BIM is required. At each defined work
stage as a minimum. (AON recommend weekly copies.)
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LOD 100
LOD 200
Define the permissible uses of the BIM at each work stage. When is
the BIM itself a construction document?
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Define the identity and role of the Information (Model) Manager on
LOD 300
collaborative BIM projects.
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Charge for all services outside standard scope of works for an
architect.
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LOD 400
Get your legal advisors and insurers (Brokers) to review and comment
LOD 500
upon the appointment before you sign.
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Appointment Contracts
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, Australia
A Plenary Group Public Private Partnership
Architects: Woods Bagot and NH Archi`tecture
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Where sub-contractors are
contributing to the BIM a
detailed CDP Matrix
becomes vital.
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Clear definition of
construction modelers
roles and responsibilities.
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If the architect is
construction modeling for
the contractor,
unambiguous agreement of
responsibility for these
portions of the work must
be documented.
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Appointment by the Contractor
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Define at the outset what rights your client has to use project
information.
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Joint rights?
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Grant of non exclusive rights to all users for the purpose of
the project only?
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Use by owners for facilities management?
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Use of Data rather than the model itself?
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Intellectual Property Rights
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Detail permissible uses of the model. No party to
have liability resulting from use of Model beyond
uses set out.
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If you provide for the re-usage of the BIM ensure
that appointment documents allow only for reusage in exactly the same way / relationship as in
the original design.
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If IPR rights are not confined to single usage
ensure that you are paid more. Your insurers will
charge you more!
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Intellectual Property Rights
Document your intent and
get acknowledgement from
all parties!
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