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Glenn Hickman AIA March 01, 2012

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Initiatives & Acronyms

Site Information Modeling (SIM) is the process of generating
and managing site data during its life cycle. SIM is an emerging companion to Building Information Modeling (BIM), which together complete

Parametric Information Modeling (PIM), a process of

generating and managing data for the entire built environment.

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BIM Definition
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_information_modeling Building information modeling (BIM) is the process of generating and managing building data during its life cycle.
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BIM involves representing a design as objects vague and undefined, generic or product-specific, solid shapes or void-space oriented (like the shape of a room), that carry their geometry, relations and attributes. BIM design tools allow for extracting different views from a building model for drawing production and other uses. These different views are automatically consistent in the sense that the objects are all of a consistent size, location, specification since each object instance is [2] defined only once, just as in reality. Drawing consistency eliminates many errors. Typically it uses three-dimensional, real-time, dynamic building modeling software to increase productivity in building design [2] and construction. The process produces the Building Information Model (also abbreviated BIM), which encompasses building geometry, spatial relationships, geographic information, and quantities and properties of building components. Pieces can carry attributes for selecting and ordering them automatically, providing cost estimates and well as material tracking [2] and ordering. This method of management is more practical and efficient. It eliminates many of the uncertainties found during the construction phase since they can be found during the design phase of the project and fixed so they do not occur during the actual construction phase. Also, any changes during construction will be automatically updated to BIM and those changes will be made in the model. Modern BIM design tools go further. They define objects parametrically. That is, the objects [2] are defined as parameters and relations to other objects, so that if a related object changes, this one will also.

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BIM Definition
Source: http://www.gsa.gov/graphics/pbs/GSA_BIM_Guide_v0_60_Series01_Overview_05_14_07.pdf Calvin Kam GSA BIM Guide Series 01 May 15 2007 Building Information Modeling is the development and use of a multi-faceted computer software data model to not only document a building design, but to simulate the construction and operation of a new capital facility or a recapitalized (modernized) facility. The resulting Building Information Model is a data-rich, object-based, intelligent and parametric digital representation of the facility, from which views appropriate to various users needs can be extracted and analyzed to generate feedback and improvement of the facility design. Source: http://www.wbdg.org/bim/bim.php Deke Smith NIBS: Whole Building Design Guide 2012 A Building Information Model (Model) is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. As such, it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle from inception onward. Source: http://www.wbdg.org/pdfs/NBIMSv1_p1.pdf David Morris NIBS: National BIM Standard Committee (NBIMS): Whole Building Initiative: National Building Information Modeling Standard 12.18.2007 Building Information Modeling is the act of creating an electronic model of a facility for the purpose of visualization, engineering analysis, conflict analysis, code criteria checking, cost engineering, as-built product, budgeting and many other purposes. Source: http://www.haskell.com/upload/NewsLibrary/WhitePapers/IntegratedProjectDelivery.pdf AIA: CC: Building Information Modeling A Building Information Model, or BIM, utilizes cutting edge digital technology to establish a computable representation of all the physical and functional characteristics of a facility and its related project/life-cycle information, and is intended to be a repository of information for the facility owner/operator to use and maintain throughout the life-cycle of a facility.

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PIM

BIM
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SIM

Hughes Corporate HQ - SOM 1980's

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The Great

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NO SIM - UTILITY CLASH DETECTION

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