Making collaboration work: application of a conceptual design stages protocol for pre-BIM stages.

Leon, M.; Laing, R.; Malins, J.; Salman, H.

Abstract

This paper presents the application of a Conceptual Design Stages Protocol during feasibility stages within a multidisciplinary design team, for the purpose of bridging the gap between ideas generation and their representation in later and more advanced design stages. Increased effort during the early and conceptual design is a prerequisite for effective and sustainable overall design and construction. Consequently, shift of the effort towards feasibility stages aims to tackle problems with workflow, education and organisation of design teams at the very beginning of a project. Furthermore, the application of an organised process during conceptual design could further support a multi-party agreement, hence enhancing the potentials of collaboration and coordination for the entirety of a project. This paper demonstrates the Conceptual Design Stages Protocol as an organised process encompassing different professionals, technologies and means for communication that has been tested in a conceptual stage study and the outcomes have been incorporated within BIM. The impact of this Protocol on designers cognitive, physical, perceptual and collaborative actions is presented and the first pre-BIM Protocol is established. This was a paper presented at the International Conference on Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Design, Construction and Operations, held in Bristol, 9-11 September 2015.

Citation

LEON, M., LAING, R., MALINS, J. and SALMAN, H.S. 2015. Making collaboration work: application of a conceptual design stages protocol for pre-BIM stages. In Mahjoubi, L., Brebbia, C.A. and Laing, R. (eds.) Building information modelling (BIM) in design, construction and operations. WIT transactions on the built environment, 149. Southampton: WIT Press, pages 205-216.

• Online Publication Date: Sep 30, 2015
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2015
• Deposit Date: Oct 19, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 19, 2015
• Publisher: WIT Press
• Pages: 205-216
• Series Title: WIT transactions on the built environment
• Book Title: Building information modelling (BIM) in design, construction and operations
• ISBN: 9781845649142
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2495/BIM150181
• Keywords: Conceptual design stages protocol; PreBIM stages; Multidisciplinary collaboration; Multiparty agreement
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1316