The AIA website has an interesting article on the future of the architectural process. This is something that greatly concerns me. As the office I work for, and many others, contemplate moving to BIM there are great changes that will need to be made in house. Not only will the time required for tasks change, but the general break up of time will shift more heavily towards the beginning. The most interesting thing about this article is that it discusses a the change in nomenclature:
- Predesign becomes conceptualization
- Schematic design becomes criteria design
- Design development becomes detailed design
- Construction documents become implementation documents
- Agency review begins at conceptualization
- Bidding becomes buyout
- Construction is still construction
By changing the language of phases, it makes it easier to break away from old contracts dictating time ratios, and forge a new understanding about how Integrated Project Delivery and BIM will affect billing and management.
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