Chapter 3. BIM and Construction

This chapter explores BIM during the beginning phase of a construction project, outlining what BIM can mean to a construction project and defining the amount of work associated with three topics: scheduling, constructability, and multiple trade coordination. This chapter also includes step-by-step tutorials for each of these tasks to show how BIM can provide tools along the project management path to increase a project's efficiency. Specifically, this chapter covers the following topics:

Many tasks can be associated with construction and project management, and scheduling, constructability, and trade coordination represent a good cross section of how BIM may be used. I will identify how these tasks can be accomplished ...

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