MODEL BEHAVIOUR

摘要

Last year Building briefly reported on the first claim to arise in the United States from the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM). It concerned the construction of a university life-sciences building. The architect and M&E consultant had used BIM to fit the engineering systems into the roof void of the building. The space was very limited; the installation could only be carried out if done in a specific sequence. Somebody had forgot to mention this to the contractor. He had completed 70% of the work before realising that the rest of the installation would not fit. He claimed against the client who, in turn, issued claims against the architect and consultant. Eventually a settlement was agreed in favour of the client with the contractor, architect and M&E consultant each contributing to it.