Guia Bim

THE CONTRACTORS’ GUIDE TO

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AGC is particularly proud of thecross-organizational effort put into the development of this document. All AGC “Occupational Divisions” (Building, Federal & Heavy, Highway & Transportation, and Municipal & Utilities) had representation on the Task Force. In addition, subject matter experts from AGC Committees and Councils including Contract Documents, Contractor Relations, Electronic Information Systems, Risk Management, Specialty Contractors,and Surety Bonding participated in the process. Individual contributions are acknowledged below. Primary Authors & Task Force Leaders Bill Ernstrom, Alberici Group, Inc. David Hanson, Walbridge Aldinger Co. Damian Hill, AGC of America Joseph Jarboe, Clark Construction Group, LLC Mike Kenig, Holder Construction Company Doug Nies, Turner Construction Co. Dan Russell, Sundt Construction, Inc. LesSnyder III, Barton Malow Company Tim Webster, Barton Malow Company Contributing Authors & Editors Jim Boone, Alberici Group, Inc. Dirk Elsperman, Tarlton Corporation Randy Foster, Foster & Company General Contractors, Inc. Dirk Haire, Holland & Knight LLP Marvin House, Merit Construction, Inc. John Linenberg, Walbridge Aldinger Co. Richard Lowe, Duane Morris, LLP Dan O’Brien, Current ElectricalConstruction Co. Kevin Peartree, Ernstrom & Dreste LLP Frederick Poppe, The Weitz Company Joseph Stella, P.J. Stella Construction Corp. John Tocci, Tocci Group Troy Wagener, Stewart Sneed Hewes, Inc. Guest Contributors Christopher Holm, Walt Disney Imagineering Mark McCallum, National Association of Surety Bond Producers

Special thanks to Emilie McClelland of Barton Malow Company for her excellentproject management and supervision.

Table of Contents

Foreword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 2

BIM: What exactly does it mean? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3

BIM Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7

The BIM Process: How is it to be conducted? . . . Page 10

Clarification of...