Welcome to:

“BIG BIM little bim... for Estimators”

Managing Construction Costs with BIM

Thank you to the ASPE for helping make this presentation directly applicable to Estimators

Thank you also to James Salmon, Esq and the Collaborative BIM Advocates.

Professor Emeritus Robert Smith, PhD

And of course, Finith Jernigan, AIA.

BIG BIM little bim... for Estimators:

Managing Construction Costs with BIM

Goals:

- Present a Cliff’s Notes of Big BIM little bim - Encourage discussion - Provide “next steps” understanding

“What’s in it for me?”BIG BIM little bim....for Estimators begs the question: What is BIM and what is in it for

Estimators?

(Page 3)

Who is “Me?”

Aging experts need to share knowledge with mid-level staff and excite young professionals who are the new “Me” . . . in every industry.

(page 3)

Building Information Models help people share Information

(page 10)

Building Information Models: Visual relational database software

that relates data to visuals in powerful ways. BIM is powerful software tool set that dramatically changes

business processes.

Information is data. Bottom line data is the most important data.

Qualified Estimators can have a huge impact front-loading Building Information Models

that manage construction costs as a constraint.

(page 12)

Building Information Models: software that changes business processes.

Estimates From Day1!

Building Information Models: Visual relational databases...

relate data costs to visuals in powerful ways

Building Information Models: Visual relational databases...

relate data costs to visuals in powerful ways

BIG BIM little bimwill help you:

1) Make costs more important early. 2) Position your firm in your markets.

3) Make money while doing the above.

(page 21)

Almost everyone has heard of BIM. But not everyone knows where to learn

BIM Basics.

BIG BIM little bim...for Estimators can help you make costs more important early.

Help make your firm the “Go To Firm” for BIM in your geographic region...

and your in industry markets

Estimators gain more value and...get respect!

BIG BIM little bim...for Estimators can help make your firm the “Go To Company”

for BIM Basics in the building industry

Projects

Link Costs to

Link Cost Constraints to Decision Making

(page 38)

But what is BIG BIM and what is little bim?

BIG BIM = Big Picture industry transformation. Advanced tools and new processes combine to

speed activities so much that businesses change.

Electricity Telephone

Fax Computer

BIM

BIG BIM is the combination of software, hardware, business process change, societal advancement and other issues that cause transformation just like...

Electricity Telephone Fax

Computer BIM(page 42)

But what is little bim? little bim = the tools that lead you to BIG BIM

CAD is a hand saw........little bim is a power saw

But little bim is not just one power saw, it is a whole power tool SET....

The bim software tool set includes the usual suspects:

Autodesk’s Revit Graphisoft’s Archicad

Bentley’s Generative Components Gehry’s Digital

Project

(Page 56)

The little bim tool set also includes unusual suspects:

Google SketchUp Google Earth Excel

WebEx Ecotect

ONUMA Planning System

(Page 57 & 317 Toolkit)

BIG BIM + little bim = collaboration

Clans Unite!

(page 48)

BIG BIM + little bim = collaboration

(page 48)

Framework for Estimator Success

Save clients’ money through 4 main phases. Information Management solves problems as Construction Management solves problems.

(page 61 - 71)

Initiate Phase

The first BIM tools to master: Communication Tools

Project Websites Web Meeting Tools

iPhones RSS feeds

(page 72)

Google Earth is a Communication Tool

Google Earth allows meaningful cost data sharing

Some things never change - Understand needs – Define process

Manage Information Early...With Excel...Online!

(page 75)

Design Phase Tailor Bidding Documents

(page 79)

Design Phase

(page 82)

Construct Phase

Monitor costs to budget

Construct Phase

Manage Phase

(page 88)

Plan your Future: Questions to Ask

(page 93)

Rules-based Decision Making: An Estimators Dream!

Anything that can be written can drive BIM.

Rules of thumb can be captured.

Captured data can contribute to estimates.

Estimates can drive design from the start.

(page 96)

ONUMA Planning System “Learning to Crawl”

Seven Steps Guide your Way

1. Be self-aware 2. “Fail-fast” 3. Collaborate 4. Maximize productivity early5. Adjust fee structures6. Manage liabilities7. Improve bottom line productivity

(page 105)

Adjust fee structures

(page 121)

Improve bottom line productivity

by using Proven Production Methods...

(page 130)

...because the perception is that Architects’ estimates are just plain wrong.

(page 138)

Comment made to Finith Jernigan.

(page 144)

“Get Certainty” Phase

Cost Model

(page 165)

Cost Model

(page 168 )

Validation

Align owners options and costs early

(page 168)

People

Teach and then Capture Knowledge of Senior Management

Share with younger staff

(page 201)

Benefits

Control your Projects

(page 217)

Benefits

Reduce Risk Manage Change

Create Clarity IMPROVE PPROFITABILITY

Improve Communciation Increase Effeciency

Be More Sustainable

(page 217)

Proof that Integration Works

(page 243)

Support the buildingSMART alliance and open

standards

Neither BIG BIM nor little bim work without

open standards.

Thank You.