BIG BIM little bim: The practical approach to building...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 328 pages
• Published by: BookSurge Publishing
• Edition: 2nd Edition June 17, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0979569923
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0979569920
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Product Description
This book provides the tools architects need to synthesize and reuse complex data, solve problems early in the design-build process, save costs, and increase profits and productivity. Using virtual information models and the latest technology, Jernigan is able to streamline decision making, improve project visualization, and achieve superior results during design and construction phases. The book shows you how to effectively use BIM to overcome design challenges and apply an integrated practice approach for successful architectural projects.

About The Author
Finith E. Jernigan AIA - Born in Texas, raised in England and Germany, and now living in Maryland, the former Air Force brat builds cooperation and efficiency into every project undertaken by Design Atlantic Ltd, his Salisbury, MD firm. He is a recognized expert in integrated design practice and BIM technology. He is the creator of the 4SiteSystemsSM process. For over twenty years, he has crafted simple and low-cost methods for applying BIM to real-world architectural projects.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: BIG BIM little bim - The practical approach to Building Information Modeling - Integrated practice done the right way! (Paperback) To most people, BIM just means "Building Information Modeling." For Finith E. Jernigan, AIA, BIM is "Beyond Information Modeling." "bim (lower case) is used to represent applications-focused topics; i.e. ArchiCad, Bentley, and Revit are bim tools." Finith E. Jernigan, AIA wrote, "BIM (upper case) is the management of information and the complex relationships between the social and technical resources that represent the complexity, collaboration, and interrelations of today's organizations and environment. The focus is on managing projects to get the right information to the right place at the right time." "BIG BIM little bim" is one of the best books on the subject of integrated practice. It covers framework for success (four phases to integration: initiate, design, construct and manage phases, seven steps guide your way), the process day to day (certainty is your mantra, validation, design and construction prototypes, procurement, construction, operation & maintenance, firm, people, time, benefits and cautions), and proof that integration works including a number of case studies like Fire Headquarters and Station 16, Capital Improvement Program, Children's Theater of Delmarva, and Armory Community Center. Finith E. Jernigan, AIA discussed many useful and creative ideas and tools, like design and implementation can work in parallel, forewarned is forearmed, Facility Development and Operation (FDO), Facility Specialty Alliance (FSA), Onuma Planning System (OPS), Web Feature Service (WFS), Theory of Constraint (TOC), Toyota Production System (TPS), 4SiteSystems, etc. There are also some useful appendixes at the end of the book, including "Recommended links" and "Toolkit." "BIG BIM little bim" has 295 pages and many diagrams and screen-shots. It is a must-have for students, architects, landscape architects, urban planners, engineers, owners, facility managers, and contractors. Comment | | (Report this)