BIM 360 in the Real World
Collaborating on large-scale construction projects
Each industry adapts and changes to new technologies and methodologies at their own pace. When shipbuilding needed to adapt, it took about 15 years. When the aircraft industry needed to change, it took 25 years. The automotive industry took 40 years. And construction? The jury is still out on that. Thomas Koruga, former senior BIM consultant at Build Informed, is working to ensure the construction industry adapts as fast as possible. He shares best practices for collaborating on large-scale construction projects using BIM 360 Coordinate. His case study involved seven engineering companies, more than 50 engineers, and six different author systems for BIM and CAD data. The takeaways? Companies need to train and involve every employee, use small pilot projects to learn and implement new lessons, and include BIM models in the tender phase, among others—changes that can help construction take advantage of the possibilities of the latest tools.
About the speaker
Thomas Koruga is a BIM manager at Tirol Kliniken GmbH. Previously, he was senior BIM consultant at Build Informed. He holds a degree in Architecture from the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck.
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