BIM: What’s it all About?

It’s All About the Information

It’s all about the Collaborative Production of
Information

This crib sheet will describe how teams can adopt a collaborative
approach to the production of information and ensure that information
is produced in the most effective and efficient way.

Adopting a Collaborative Approach

The production of information is

a process, composed of a
Information
sequence of activities, typically
undertaken by one or more
individuals.

• Generating information, in
accordance with each of the key
principles.
• Checking information, against each of
the key principles.
• Reviewing and approving
information, to ensure it will meet
the receivers need for information;
and
• Reviewing and accepting
information, to confirm that the
provider has met the receivers need
for information.

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 Information Standards
The right information standard is determined by who you need to exchange
information with, the type of asset, and the information needed to be produced.
These may include:

Information

Production Methods
The production of information involves many different activities, and the team must
work out what the most effective production methods will be for each.

Reviewing:
• Printed documents on a
desk and capturing
comments by marking up
Information the information with a red
pen.
• Asset data on a screen and
capturing comments in a
text box; or
• Graphical models within a
virtual reality environment
and capturing comments
within the graphical model
itself.

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 Documented Procedures
Once the most effective production methods for each activity have been agreed, they
must each then be documented by the team to establish the most efficient way of
undertaking the method. This can be achieved by simply defining the roles or
individuals that:
• Are responsible for
undertaking the task.
• Are accountable for the task
completion.
• Must to be consulted during
the task; and
Information • Must be informed when the
task is complete.

Shared Repository
To facilitate collaboration between team members, the team must establish a shared
repository, where information produced by the team can be stored, exchanged and
managed effectively. Having a shared repository also ensures that:

•Information is produced once

and re-used many times.
Information
• Information can be shared
and trusted.
• Information has clear
provenance and ownership;
and
• Access to information is
controlled and secure.

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