ROUNDTABLE
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Causeway EVP Strategy, Tim Cole, chairs an industry debate on the tangible challenges of virtual project management and the misconceptions of BIM
Is BIM supported as a concept or yet to be understood in the region? Tahir Sharif: It’s about the opportunity to
replace CAD with 3D models and then BIM, and that opportunity prevails the problem.
Paul Madeira: The concept of starting with
the end goal in mind is essential because companies involved in the construction process right now have only the end of their own services in mind, not the actual use for end users of the building.
Dan Frawley: That’s probably one of the
biggest problems here because the design model is still the initial kick off model and once you are in that process you are in the regular delivery process and the next step is QS and contractors, because that’s where the model is going to next.
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Khalid Shuhail: In the government way
of handling things, BIM is a new idea but the general feeling is that it is positive. Often governments assess something based on how much it will cost; they don’t take it as a process. The challenge