Learn how to make optimum use of your BIM data using Dynamo to make better design decisions and create feature-rich dashboards using Power BI to track your model's data Key Features: A go-to guide for AEC professionals to analyze and manage their data Explore popular use cases and best practices from experts around the world Create efficient dashboards using Dynamo and Power BI Book Description: Business intelligence software has rapidly spread its roots in the AEC industry during the last few years. This has happened due to the presence of rich digital data in BIM models whose datasets can be gathered, organized, and visualized through software such as Autodesk Dynamo BIM and Power BI. Managing and Visualizing Your BIM Data helps you understand and implement computer science fundamentals to better absorb the process of creating Dynamo scripts and visualizing the collected data on powerful dashboards. This book provides a hands-on approach and associated methodologies that will have you productive and up and running in no time. After understanding the theoretical aspects of computer science and related topics, you will focus on Autodesk Dynamo to develop scripts to manage data. Later, the book demonstrates four case studies from AEC experts across the world. In this section, you'll learn how to get started with Autodesk Dynamo to gather data from a Revit model and create a simple C# plugin for Revit to stream data on Power BI directly. As you progress, you'll explore how to create dynamic Power BI dashboards using Revit floor plans and make a Power BI dashboard to track model issues. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to develop a script to gather a model's data and visualize datasets in Power BI easily. What You Will Learn: Understand why businesses across the world are moving toward data-driven models Build a data bridge between BIM models and web-based dashboards Get to grips with Autodesk Dynamo with the help of multiple step-by-step exercises Focus on data gathering workflows with Dynamo Connect Power BI to different datasets Get hands-on experience in data management, analysis, and visualization techniques with guidance from experts across the world Who this book is for: This book is for BIM managers, BIM coordinators, design technology managers, and all AEC professionals who want to learn Autodesk Dynamo to analyze, manage, and visualize their BIM data as well as understand some associated computer science topics. You need to have a background in BIM and knowledge of what a BIM model is to make the most of this book.

Learn how to make optimum use of your BIM data using Dynamo to make better design decisions and create feature-rich dashboards using Power BI to track your model's data Key Features A go-to guide for AEC professionals to analyze and manage their data Explore popular use cases and best practices from experts around the world Create efficient dashboards using Dynamo and Power BI Book Description Business intelligence software has rapidly spread its roots in the AEC industry during the last few years. This has happened due to the presence of rich digital data in BIM models whose datasets can be gathered, organized, and visualized through software such as Autodesk Dynamo BIM and Power BI. Managing and Visualizing Your BIM Data helps you understand and implement computer science fundamentals to better absorb the process of creating Dynamo scripts and visualizing the collected data on powerful dashboards. This book provides a hands-on approach and associated methodologies that will have you productive and up and running in no time. After understanding the theoretical aspects of computer science and related topics, you will focus on Autodesk Dynamo to develop scripts to manage data. Later, the book demonstrates four case studies from AEC experts across the world. In this section, you'll learn how to get started with Autodesk Dynamo to gather data from a Revit model and create a simple C# plugin for Revit to stream data on Power BI directly. As you progress, you'll explore how to create dynamic Power BI dashboards using Revit floor plans and make a Power BI dashboard to track model issues. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to develop a script to gather a model's data and visualize datasets in Power BI easily. What you will learn Understand why businesses across the world are moving toward data-driven models Build a data bridge between BIM models and web-based dashboards Get to grips with Autodesk Dynamo with the help of multiple step-by-step exercises Focus on data gathering workflows with Dynamo Connect Power BI to different datasets Get hands-on experience in data management, analysis, and visualization techniques with guidance from experts across the world Who this book is for This book is for BIM managers, BIM coordinators, design technology managers, and all AEC professionals who want to learn Autodesk Dynamo to analyze, manage, and visualize their BIM data as well as understand some associated computer science topics. You need to have a background in BIM and knowledge of what a BIM model is to make the most of this book.

Implement Revit best practices with Dynamo and Power BI to visualize and analyze BIM information Key FeaturesBoost productivity in Revit and apply multiple workflows to work efficiently on BIM projectsOptimize your daily work in Revit to perform more tasks in less timeTake a hands-on approach to improving your efficiency with useful explanations, which will step-change your productivityBook Description Increasing Autodesk Revit Productivity for BIM Projects takes a hands-on approach to implementing Revit effectively for everyone curious about this new and exciting methodology. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, this Revit book begins by explaining the principles of productivity in Revit and data management for BIM projects. You'll get to grips with the primary BIM documentation to start a BIM project, including the contract, Exchange Information Requirements (EIR), and BIM Execution Plan (BEP/BXP). Later, you'll create a Revit template, start a Revit project, and explore the core functionalities of Revit to increase productivity. Once you've built the foundation, you'll learn about Revit plugins and use Dynamo for visual programming and Power BI for analyzing BIM information. By the end of this book, you'll have a solid understanding of Revit as construction and design software, how to increase productivity in Revit, and how to apply multiple workflows in your project to manage BIM. What you will learnExplore the primary BIM documentation to start a BIM projectSet up a Revit project and apply the correct coordinate system to ensure long-term productivityImprove the efficiency of Revit core functionalities that apply to daily activitiesUse visual programming with Dynamo to boost productivity and manage data in BIM projectsImport data from Revit to Power BI and create project dashboards to analyze dataDiscover the different Revit plugins for improved productivity, visualization, and analysisImplement best practices for modeling in RevitWho this book is for This book is for architects, designers, engineers, modelers, BIM coordinators, and BIM managers interested in learning Autodesk Revit best practices. Increasing Autodesk Revit Productivity for BIM Projects will help you to explore the methodology that combines information management and research for quality inputs when working in Revit.

BIM for Project Managers is a concise practical guide which shows how cutting-edge BIM related technologies can facilitate the successful management of construction and infrastructure projects.

Offering practical advice and tested techniques, this book serves as the first and only building information modeling (BIM) integration guide for the construction industry. You’ll explore crucial construction tasks such as estimating, staging, sustainability testing, multiple model trade coordination, and digital detail resolution. In addition, the book also looks at facility management models and offers a clear picture of how the featured tools, techniques, and workflows can benefit each discipline.

ePart 1 Best Practice BIM: Seeking to get BIM right? This ePart provides a touchstone for good practice by introducing a number of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), which represent benchmarks for successful BIM implementation. It explains what good BIM looks like and the pitfalls to avoid with ‘bad BIM’ and ‘pseudo BIM’. It highlights the part that the BIM Manager can play in achieving excellence by outlining the various responsibilities the BIM Manager’s role encompasses, while also emphasising how these responsibilities have changed over time and how they are set to evolve. By drawing on interviews with the top BIM Managers worldwide, it delivers up-to-date expert insights from the field. Obook ISBN: 9781118987780; ePub ISBN: 9781118987858; ePDF ISBN: 9781118985618; published April 2015

BIM for Estates is directly written for those who have responsibilities for delivering new building projects for organisations with an estate. The information provided here will also be useful to a wider audience. This book has been arranged so that each chapter introduces new concepts and new ideas. The final chapters provide the most detail and the most complex ideas. BIM, the container for your building data, introduces a different way of looking at digital building models, thinking of them as containers for holding data, nested containers holding increasingly detailed information, including examples of how the data can be used. Establishing your organisational data requirements sets out uses for data and specific reasons for collecting data. Digital design brief, brings in the idea that your design brief can be developed in a data format. Model checking, including the reason for model checking and the different types of model checks. BIM competency provides an overview of BIM competency within your supply chain and the key requirements. Classifications explains why a fully classified model is essential to obtain the data benefits of BIM. Risk details how your model can be used for managing risks, including project risks, and health and safety risks. Data maintenance explains why this is required and who should maintain your data. Employer's information requirements (EIR) provides the detail of what should be contained within an Employer's Information Requirement (EIR) and why it is a key requirement for any BIM project. BIM data template explains how a data requirements template can provide clear and objective details of the data that you want. This book takes a look at the importance of data for an organisation, how BIM can be used for your data, how to establish your data requirements, validating and managing your models, and the tools and methods for establishing your data requirements. Review 'There are some encouraging signs, with innovative companies in the industry leading the charge. BIM for Estates is timely and addresses the issues from the viewpoint of someone who has dealt with them. The text explains not only the importance of BIM for estates but also provides useful practical guidance.' 'As the co-founder of BIMsense, an innovative and award-winning constructech company specialising in the development of BIM infrastructure, Ian Yeo has significant experience in this emerging field and is contributing towards the shaping of BIM. The book will be particularly useful for the managers of the estates of educational institutions, but as the author points out, the concepts and principles are applicable to construction projects and estates management across the board. BIM for Estates is highly recommended.' Professor Calie Pistorius (CEO DeltaHedron Ltd, and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria and the University of Hull.) About the author Ian Yeo, a chartered civil engineer (CEng) and business person of the year (Hull and East Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce), has more than 20 years' experience within the construction industry. For the majority of this time, Ian has been involved in design management of education and health projects, working for national and local contractors. Ian fuses a passion for BIM innovation and continuous improvement with a background in design management, civil engineering, and project development and delivery. In 2016, after a period of five years of learning and implementing BIM at Sewell Construction, Ian started BIMsense. BIMsense focuses on bringing the benefits of BIM to large estate clients.