U.S. general contractors’ association approves Building Information Modeling (BIM) Addendum

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) announced on March 13 that they have approved the addition of a BIM-related contract document — the Building Information Modeling (BIM) Addendum — to the ConsensusDOCS catalog.

Associated General Contractors introduces industry-standard contract document to address BIM

LAS VEGAS

The AGC calls the ConsensusDOCS BIM Addendum “the first and only industry standard document to globally address the legal uncertainties associated with using BIM.”

The 21 leading associations representing owners, contractors, subcontractors, sureties, and designers that are actively supporting ConsensusDOCS have endorsed or are anticipated to endorse this consensus standard document.

“The BIM Addendum will address the absence of a standard contract document and help guide construction professionals through the maze of new legal concerns raised by implementing new technology that has been an obstacle to embracing BIM,“ said AGC’s Chief Executive Officer Stephen E. Sandherr at AGC’s 89th Annual Convention in Las Vegas.

The ConsensusDOCS BIM Addendum will be published in the first half of 2008 as part of the ConsensusDOCS comprehensive catalog of contracts and forms, which address all project delivery methods.

The BIM Addendum provides a tool to utilize BIM from start to finish, thereby allowing contractors to more closely integrate project delivery with owners and design professionals. It is also flexible enough to be used as an addendum in more traditional contracting methods.

BIM is the process of generating and managing a building information model through the use of three-dimensional, intelligent design information. Technology improvements and integration fostered by expanded use of BIM are dramatically increasing efficiency in the industry.

– RCD Digital Media News Services