Developments of both online and "near-online" collaborative storage media are needed for continuing BIM implementation success moving forward. As model size, complexity and version control requirements increase, it is observed that increasingly automated data management capability is needed to improve project workflow. E-mail, ftp and other electronic delivery methods require a significant amount of man-hours that do not contribute directly to BIM productivity, but are actually overhead project functions embedded into the model (BIM) development costs. The author proposes a data collaboration strategy using IT for reducing this overhead burden to free up technical staff for more direct production rather than data management. Large data model transmission is a bottleneck for collaboration. Existing IT tools, combining hardware and software, can be reshaped to provide more robust data management to overcome "single-seat" data formats common in the Windows operating environment.
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