Following on from all the interest in our BIM Coordinator primary tasks article, this time we shine the spotlight on the main tasks for a BIM Manager.
These tasks are listed in the BIM Competency Table – the result of a collaborative project to identify how tasks are allocated in a typical BIM team. By drilling into this table we can focus specifically on the primary tasks a typical BIM Manager will perform.
All 32 of them!
BIM Manager : primary tasks
| Production | Production of a COBie deliverable |
| Management | Produce an EIR |
| Produce a BEP |
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| Define LOIN (Level of Information Need) |
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| Establish project teams repsonsibility matrix (MPDT) |
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| Establish the delivery team’s risk register |
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| Produce an MIDP |
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| Define reports from the MIDP |
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| Produce a TIDP Template |
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| Manage population of TIDP | |
| Produce a BIM modelling standard |
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| Establish information exchange requirements |
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| Establish information/model archive process |
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| Establish a project CDE |
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| Define processes for quality assurance |
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| Review and approve information/models for acceptance |
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| Chair BIM meetings |
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| Represent company at BIM meetings |
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| Manage a BIM team on one or more projects |
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| Project team training |
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| Supply chain training |
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| Define technology requirements (hardware/software) |
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| Investigate and implement new technologies and processes |
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| Strategic | Compile invitation to tender information |
| Assess task team capability and capacity |
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| Research and development |
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| Testing project information production methods and procedures |
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| Interpersonal | Good oral communication |
| Good written communication |
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| Proficient document and report writing |
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| Proficient internal presenter | |
| Proficient internal presenter |
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| Proficient external presenter |
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If you want more detail, you can see all ‘primary‘, ‘secondary‘ and ‘oversee‘ tasks for all roles in the BIM Competency Table.
It is expected that the importance of tasks and competencies required will differ from company to company. The BIM Competency Table is deliberately generic to provide a pan industry point of reference.
If you want to assess your competency, see where you currently stand on the BIM Career Ladder and target the training/experience you need to progress, you can use the free BIM Competency Assessment Tool.
The BIM Career Ladder is a constantly evolving, constantly improving, collaborative project to create and maintain an industry standard for BIM skills. If you have any ideas on how it can be improved we want to hear from you. Simply email me and I will respond.