Barnes, who works in design process, contracting, and consultancy in the construction and civil engineering industries, and Davies, a construction manager, builder, and surveyor working in the construction and civil engineering industries, explain the principles and practice of building information modeling (BIM) for practitioners in the UK and internationally, to design, understand, and demonstrate the key physical and functional characteristics of a building on a virtual computerized model basis. They describe the definition and history of BIM, managing BIM, using BIM, BIM models, design liability and ownership, collaboration and contracts, liability, and risk. This edition has been updated to include UK government strategy for 2016-2025, updates to PAS 1192 and BS 1192 documents, digital scanning of existing buildings, the digital plan of works, other BIM model types for specific purposes, the development of BIM protocols and contracts or contract terms, insurances, the development of BIM in the European Union and internationally, and case studies. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
