Funded by: Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) as part of the Zukunft Bau research initiative

As part of the Zukunft BAU research initiative, the Department of Construction Management and Construction Industry at the University of Wuppertal, together with the practice partners RMA Management, POS4 and DEUBIM, analyzed and documented how much BIM a medium-sized construction project with a net construction volume of around EUR 7.5 million with project participants from the SME sector can currently tolerate. The pilot project "Fachmarktzentrum (FMZ) Leinefelde" is a construction project of the project development company RMA Real Estate Management GmbH (RMA Management), which was technically supervised by the BIM manager DEUBIM and the general planner POS4. The project documentation was completed on 01.09.2018 and is now available as a BIM SME guide. The concrete practical relevance and the integration of basic technical information provide readers with practical access to the topic.

Various BIM pilot projects have been launched or are currently underway in Germany, but at present only a small amount of experience from the pilot projects is available to the public. However, since only a transparent approach to the topic and mutual learning from each other can contribute to the nationwide introduction of the BIM method, the project participants would like to make their experiences in the preparation and implementation of the pilot project available to the public as part of this SME guide. However, it should be noted that the BIM method is not "finished", it is constantly evolving and this document is a snapshot.

This BIM SME guide documents key steps in the planning, introduction and implementation of the BIM method in the "FMZ Leinefelde" pilot project. As a snapshot, the documentation covers the project process from the start of the initial BIM planning to the current status of the shell construction of the project. The BIM standards and software products used are named and the associated experiences described. The aim is to achieve transparent and practice-oriented documentation.

The BIM SME guide was created as part of the "BIM-based operation" research project. You can find the SME guide published by the BBSR here.