What’s Your BIM Score?

I attended the Ecobuild America 2011- National BIM Conference in Washington DC the week of December 5th.

“What is your BIM Score?”

“How are you measuring the success of your BIM projects and processes?”

Dr. Calvin Kam asked these questions to open his AIA-TAP BIM process review presentation.

Dr. Kam’s research focuses on identifying “Good Practice” for Virtual Design and Construction projects.

• His research & metrics are documented here: http://vdcscorecard.stanford.edu

The VDC Scorecard evaluates the maturity of Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) in practice based on an industry performance rating framework, and measures the degree of VDC innovation in planning, adoption, technology, and performance. AEC professionals can use the evaluation framework to track and assess VDC performances of their projects.

He will be launching the BIMSCORE.com website in early 2012.

Register to receive an email notice when the site goes live, register at http://bimscore.com

BIMSCORE.com may be defined as a “cloud site” for measuring users’ BIM project processes against “Good BIM Practice” metrics.

Users can enter a BIM project’s data into BIMSCORE.com to review areas of success and areas that require improvement.

Calvin Kam, PhD, AIA, PE, LEED AP

LinkedIn Profile Link:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/calvin-kam/0/a43/a50

2011 Co-Chair, Center for Integrated Practice at AIA

Senior Program Expert, National 3D-4D-BIM Program at GSA

2010 Co-Chair & 2011 Chair, Technology in Architectural Practice, National Knowledge Community at AIA