Integrated BIM and Design Review for Safer, Better Buildings

Instructions

• Read the article "Integrated BIM and Design Review for Safer, Better Buildings"
• Complete the questions below, then fill in your answers.
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Questions:

Program Code: 067SPOND
LU: 1

1. With BIM design review software, any project team member can change the work in the model by other project team members.
a. True
b. False

2. The use of BIM for “clash detection” or conflict resolution means that
a. users can determine where building components interfere with each other.
b. users can reduce the number of change orders.
c. arguments between engineers, architects and contractors are identified
and resolved.
d. 3-D elements of building models are automatically reconciled.

3. Which is NOT a health, safety & welfare benefit of BIM and design review at the construction site?
a. Reducing errors and corrections in the field
b. Comparing “what-if” scenarios for logistics, sequencing and hoisting
c. Automatically sampling air quality at the job site
d. Incorporating more prefabricated construction components

4. For healthcare facilities, BIM and design review have provided:
a. life safety benefits.
b. coordinated fire-protection and plumbing information.
c. savings on installed costs.
d. All of the above

5. Recent uses of BIM technology include:
a. identifying coordination issues to increase project risk and liability.
b. preventing the movement of equipment within healthcare facilities.
c. assessing a building’s performance for ADA, egress and daylighting.
d. wireless building permit applications.

6. Research labs designed without BIM may have heating energy requirements that are how many times higher than those for buildings designed with BIM?
a. 100 times
b. 2-4 times
c. 17 times
d. 0 times

7. Which is NOT a documented benefit of using BIM for sustainable design?
a. Analysis of commuting costs for the occupants
b. Study of daylight penetrations and views
c. Modeling of cooling and heating loads
d. Accounting of recyclable content in building products used

8. How can BIM assist in making building operations safer and more efficient?
a. By providing building component warranty and replacement information.
b. By integrating maintenance schedules and MEP systems information.
c. By providing as-built drawings to facilities managers and safety officials.
d. All of the above.

9. For the Letterman Digital Arts Center, integrated design-review tools _____.
a. coordinated the installation of graphics workstations
b. increased the project cost
c. identified hundreds of design and construction discrepancies
d. contributed to a utility rebate

10. How did BIM improve the scheduling of the project at the Flint V6 plant?
a. Reduced time needed for steel fabrication and delivery.
b. Made it a LEED Platinum design.
c. Allowed project to proceed without structural drawings.
d. Maximized use of prefabricated components.