Different titles – same roles
Same titles – different roles
BIM Leaders sharing insight into the role.
Discrepancy and lack of clarity exist in the BIM industry related to titles and their roles (BIM Managers, BIM Coordinators, BIM Directors, Design Technology Manager, VDC Manager, BIM Lead, Director of Digital Practice, Digital Design Manager) and their responsibility’s range in scope, we will discuss these issues and about the role of being a BIM Leader.
Join us on October 23rd at the George Brown College Waterfront for a panel discussion on their roles, learn how they got there, how do their roles align with the Canadian Handbook, the UK Standards and what tips can they share with all of us.
George Brown College, 51 Dockside Drive, Auditorium, RM 237
Panelist:
Kathy Kajaks from Stephenson Engineering
Laura-Lee Moran from Smith + Andersen
Love Kinger from Gillam Group
Mehrdad Tavakkolian from Tlogic
Nicholas Dabideen from Quadrangle
Introduction Slides click here
Discussion Panel
What are your responsibilities as a BIM Manager / Coordinator / whatever semantic term you use?
Does the responsibility and accountability fall solely on you within your organization? Do you manage or influence a team of people?
How do you delineate between project-level and corporate / company-wide efforts?
What sort of dynamic do you have with other members of your project team (PMs, Architects / Engineers, Designers / Technicians)?
Do you always see a “BIM Lead on a Project” assigned, or do you have to have dialog with PMs to ensure the role is accounted for?
Do you see consistent use of a BIM Execution Plan (in whatever format) on projects?
Are you empowered in your role / position, whether at the project level or corporately?
When projects consist of multiple entities, have you seen a “team of BIM Managers” from each entity, or are you expected to influence and govern the project as a whole?
Conversely, if you are a sub and the leading entities are not managing BIM, what have you done / influenced / governed?
What successes and challenges have you faced when, at the project-level, you are faced with BIM Managers / Leads / Coordinators that are doubling as discipline leads (architects and engineers)?
Share one tip for the BIM Leaders in the audience.