The site team and the trades
What does the site need from the model, and how does information come back?
The general contractor, the superintendent and the specialist trades: packages, look-aheads, fabrication models, RFIs, submittals and inspections, and how to serve the site's day.
Understand
What it is, in plain language
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Learn
Short lessons with a quick check
- Lesson · 2 min · quizThe general contractorThe general (main) contractor turns the design into a building: plans the work, buys it in packages, manages the site and the subcontractors, and carries the risk of building it on time and on price. Their teams use the model differently from designers.
- Lesson · 2 min · quizThe superintendent and the site teamThe superintendent (site manager) runs the site every day: safety, sequence, trades, deliveries and quality. They don't need the model; they need fast, reliable answers from it, in the right place, at the right time.
- Lesson · 2 min · quizTrades and subcontractorsMost of the building is designed in detail, fabricated and installed by specialist subcontractors: steel, façade, MEP, lifts, joinery. They often take over models for fabrication, and their information is what the building is actually made from.
- Lesson · 2 min · quizRFIs, submittals and inspectionsThree processes connect site and design: RFIs (questions from site), submittals (proposals from trades for approval) and inspections (checks of the work). Each is information, and each works better tied to the model elements it concerns.
Do
Tools that export Excel, PDF and Word
- Tool · Excel · PDF · WordRFI RegisterUse it to track questions sent to the design team until they are answered.
- Tool · Excel · PDF · Word3D IFC ViewerUse it to look at a model without installing software, or to show where requirements fail.
- Tool · Excel · PDF · Word4D SimulatorUse it to check a programme against the model before it goes to site, to show the sequence to the team, or to see where the job stands against the plan.
Kaisite manager
The one I see most often on real projects: information that can't be filtered by package, zone and level. Tick off the checklist as you put each thing in place.
Common mistakes
What goes wrong most often on real projects.
- Information that can't be filtered by package, zone and level.
- Fabrication models that are never federated.
- RFIs answered one by one without spotting clusters.
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