TrackIntermediate
BIM for construction
For BIM people who support contractors and site teams: what estimators, planners, site managers and fabricators need from the model, and how to give it to them. Quantities that can be trusted, programmes linked to the model, constructability, logistics, models on site, progress and as-built. Each lesson ends with a practical exercise.
4 chapters · 8 lessons · about 48 minutes
Finish all 8 lessons to download a certificate of completion.
Chapter 1. What construction needs from the model
0/2 done- 1.1 What construction needs from the modelA design model answers design questions. Estimators, planners, site teams and fabricators ask different ones; knowing their questions is the first job of a BIM person on the contractor's side.
- 1.2 Running a constructability review with the modelClash detection finds things that overlap. A constructability review finds things that fit but can't be built well. Here's how to run one with the people who build.
- Chapter recap
Chapter 2. Quantities and cost
0/2 done- 2.1 Quantities you can trustModel quantities are fast and update with the design, but estimators only use them if elements are classified, measured the way cost rules expect, and counted once.
- 2.2 From quantities to an estimate (5D)Quantities become an estimate through mapping and rates, and the model's real value shows when the design changes. What 5D can and can't do.
- Chapter recap
Chapter 3. Time and sequence
0/2 done- 3.1 Linking the programme to the model (4D)4D only works when the programme and the model share a breakdown. Agree it, code both, link by rules, and the sequence keeps working when the model changes.
- 3.2 Planning the site around the modelMost site problems involve temporary things: cranes, hoists, scaffold, deliveries and storage. A logistics model, phase by phase, checks them before the site does.
- Chapter recap
Chapter 4. On site and as-built
0/2 done- 4.1 Models on siteSite teams want quick answers for the place they're standing in, from information they can trust. Give them filtered, current views, and a way to send issues back.
- 4.2 Progress and as-builtMeasure what's built against the programme, and keep the model true to the building before it's covered up, so the record model can be trusted for decades.
- Chapter recap
Your learning route
Each station is a chapter; completed lessons are ticked.
- 1What construction needs from the modelChapter 1 · 2 lessons
- 2Quantities and costChapter 2 · 2 lessons
- 3Time and sequenceChapter 3 · 2 lessons
- 4On site and as-builtChapter 4 · 2 lessons