USACE Implementation Plan

Sorry I can't help you - I'm in the wrong country.

 But if you are looking to work with USACE, don't they have guidelines for how they want you to work with them? I would have thought they would have a pretty clear outline of what they expected from contractors/suppliers.

If there is nothing available at that end, then perhaps you need to see if anyone such as the USACE support/sales people at Bentley can help you out. I am sure if other contractors have taken time to develop an implementation plan for themselves they will probably not want to lose a competitive edge by sharing freely what they have taken time, effort and money to develop.

Take a look at USACE's CAD*BIM Technology Center website:

https://cadbim.usace.army.mil/

There is a lot of information here, click on the BIM link to get to relevant BIM info. In the Links section->Software Downloads you'll find documentation for BIM implementation.

Thanks Paul,

 Surprised you don't remember the name, after all you spent a few weeks up in our office, in Oklahoma City.

I have spent plenty of time at the cadbim.usace.army.mil website, but what I am really after is some suggestions in writing the required Implementation Plans that the new USACE contract language requires.  The documentaiton on the CAD-BIM website deals with the technical implementation and I don't think that is what the Corps is looking for on the Project Implementation Plan.

 

Keep in touch and tell the gang the Oak City boys said Hello.

drscheller

drscheller:

Thanks Paul,

 Surprised you don't remember the name, after all you spent a few weeks up in our office, in Oklahoma City.

Ah! I needed the "memory jog". I'll say "Hello", maybe even get some of us to reply out here.

I hope we can get these forums rolling and be a good source of good information.

Best wishes to the BIM team in OK City.

Paul

The Project Implementation Plan is a tool in the Contract Language determine whether or not you can use the tools they specify in the contract language.  The Corps has had many firms say "Oh, I can do BIM" in their responses and interviews, and then when the rubber hit the road, the firms backtracked and asked for more time/money/etc because they didn't know what they were doing.

The Plan is just you (your firm) telling the Corps what you are doing: how are you using BIM on the project to better the design, how are you collaborating with your subs (if you have any), etc.  It's a narrative to show that you know what you are doing.

HTH,

Shawn