Getting the model and its data to the people building on site, on tablets and in site offices, so they install from current information and report back what they find.
Field BIM means using the model on site: in the site office, on tablets at the workface, and through set-out equipment, instead of only on paper drawings. It works in both directions: the site reads current information from the model, and sends back issues, photos, inspections and progress tied to model elements and locations.
Site teams do not want a design model with everything in it. They want quick answers:
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