Most companies have a CAD Manager but a CAD Manager is different to a BIM Manager. CAD Manager would have focused on layering standards and plotting issues, BIM Manager must determine how models from consulting engineers are coordinated. New skills and new way of thinking is required. Understanding the differences can get the benefits include accuracy, consistency, integration, coordination and synchronization.
To fully support BIM, two important roles are required for each firm.
Model manager looks after the technology and the content for that technology in regard to families, templates and procedures. Model Manager needs to understand different needs of the delivery team (Architects, Engineers, QS and Contractors). The Model Manager works much earlier with entire project team in setting up the project structure and data exchange formats. Model Manager must have technical knowledge of the BIM application used, related systems and network infrastructure, and awareness of new technologies. Model Manager must also have strong teaching and coaching skills to bring new team members up to speed.
BIM Manager looks after the data structure, collaboration and auditing of the models. BIM Manager needs to understand project workflows (Conceptual Design, Schematic Design, Design development, Construction Documentation phases) and project management. BIM Manager must have the ability to communicate the benefits of BIM firm-wide and objective decision-making in times of crisis.
If you would like to be a BIM Manager / Model Manager, you need to learn the application software (Autodesk Revit or GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD) for BIM first. Then you can sign up the Specialist Diploma programme in Building Information Modeling (BIM) at BCA Academy.
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Not a very complete analysis of the CAD Manager Role. And certianly not a well defined Analysis of the BIM Manager. To Define the role of either position you must first know the Business application. Neigher of which has been addressed. A CAD Manager can wear Multiple Hata Just a a BIM Manager CAD wear multiple hats. Your deduction appempts to make difference between CAD and BIM and the applications. Certainly a CAD Manager can be used as a coordinator and in many companies has this role. The empasis of CAD being used as a quality control tool to cut down on RFI's and change orders has been around for a long time. Many design build companies have been doing this for years. Today with the visualization that BIM coordination brings brings about create trends for the GC's to assign coordination teams to virtually take care of the quality control issues that brings about obvisous savings from having to do rework with future field conflicts being nearly elimited.
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