A tactical guide to successful Virtual Design and Construction project coordination, featuring case studies from leading VDC firms.
Virtual Design Coordination (VDC) employs information-rich Building Information Modeling (BIM) to enable specialty designers and contractors to create a single, coordinated set of designs that can prevent cost overruns, avoid schedule delays, and identify issues in the field. Although BIM-based design coordination is widely used in the commercial construction industry, there remains a need for a standardized practice. BIM for Design Coordination formalizes industry best practices and provides structured guidelines to the process.
Helping readers gain the benefits of BIM-based design coordination, this practical guide covers areas such as setting up a project for success, model quality impacts on design coordination, carrying out a successful VDC session, and more. Specific guidelines for various project stakeholders are laid out in detail, while real-world examples of project design coordination workflows and templates for BIM Project Execution Plans (PxPs) are provided throughout the text. Written by a leading expert and educator in the field, this book:
- Provides a formal set of BIM-based design coordination guidelines that emphasize construction-stage coordination
- Features real-life case studies that illustrate how leading firms approach design coordination
- Covers BIM-based design coordination in other industries, such as infrastructure and industrial sectors
- Presents guidelines for all project stakeholders, including subcontractors, architects, engineers, fabricators, and owners
- Includes chapters on teaching BIM-based design coordination and the future of the field
BIM for Design Coordination: A Virtual Design and Construction Guide for Designers, General Contractors, and MEP Subcontractors is a much-needed resource for general contractors and members of VDC teams, as well as academics, students, and professionals new to BIM-based design coordination.
About the Author: FERNANDA L. LEITE, PhD, PE, M.ASCE, is an Associate Professor in Construction Engineering and Project Management at the University of Texas at Austin. She has served as principal investigator or co-principal Investigator on 28 externally funded projects totaling $8M, has co-authored over 100 refereed journals, book chapters, conference publications, and reports, and serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Automation in Construction.
