BIM Challenges - The Top 10 "Evil BIM" List
BIM is essential for improving our industry's efficiency however when BIM is not implemented correctly teams can experience some severe BIM challenges. We call these challenges "Evil BIM" 😊 Evil BIM is: 1. Owners Just Requesting "BIM" When an Owner requests "BIM" without understanding what they're asking for - solely because a technology vendor has promoted never ending BIM benefits. 2. Not Enough BIM When not enough BIM is authored and BIM Uses can not be completed thoroughly - for example: proactive coordination, accurate quantity takeoff or the perfect 4D schedule. 3. Too Much BIM When teams produce more BIM than can be used by the customer/end users - doing anything that's not needed is wasteful (and evil 😉). 4. Unclear Model Element Authors When project teams are unclear about what BIM they should be modeling and sometimes incorrectly model each other's scope ( who's supposed to model the