VCC Menu Overview In a standard BIM coordination process, the contractor integrates 3D models from design teams and subcontractors, runs clash detection, checks for clashes between systems, and runs coordination meetings to review conflicts and resolve issues. Many of these steps require a significant investment of time to do properly and it is often one BIM / VDC person left struggling to get everything done while chasing the design teams and subcontractors for input. A common complaint from the personnel responsible for Coordination Management is that there is not enough time to adequately report and investigate issues and the lack of preparation decreases the productivity of coordination meetings. Why Use Trimble for Coordination Management Assistance? Trimble’s VDC Services group has a decade of experience in 3D coordination. Trimble modeling experts can help with the heavy lifting associated with coordination management. When assisting general contractors and construction managers in coordination management, Trimble scope typically includes integrating 3D models from design teams and subcontractors, reviewing their quality, performing clash detection, reporting the issues in a constructability report (including grid references and screenshots), creating viewpoints in clash detection software (such as Tekla BIMsight) and then delivering the results weekly to the coordinator who uses the deliverables to run coordination meetings and drive decisions. This distribution of labor plays to the unique strength of each party: The contractor can handle the construction management aspects while the experts from Trimble’s back-office can process the data and prepare reports with inexpensive hourly rates. Service Options Service Options: Coordination Management Assistance Options Trimble scope can include: Integrating 3D models from design teams and subcontractors in the chosen coordination platform Performing clash detection checks between systems Reporting clashes in a constructability report Adding viewpoints in the chosen coordination platform Running coordination meetings Deliverables can be one-off or delivered continuously, for example, weekly. Product Banner Image:
