Gather

To collect or cull facility information.

Synonyms

administer, collect, manage, and acquire.

Description

BIM is often used to gather information about a facility at various phases during a facility’s life. Whether that is to count the specific amount of an element or determine the current status of a facility element in order to properly manage that asset, the use of BIM can greatly assist in this effort. This sub-purposes of BIM Uses include: Qualifying, Monitoring, Capturing, and Quantify. In this primary purpose of BIM Uses, the author is collecting, gathering and organizing information about the facility. This purpose of BIM Uses does not determine the meaning or make inferences about the meaning of the information gathered, rather it is solely focused on the collection and organization of the information. This is often the first step of a comprehensive series of BIM processes.