BIM In-house or Outsourcing?
01 July, 2022 08:21 PM
A few days ago, we wrote an article on this subject (Outsourcing BIM: A Right Choice!), although with the pandemic the same ideas remain, based on the countless successful and unsuccessful AEC business models we have seen over these years.
There is no “one-size-fits-all” answer. It’s not the same situation if you are an Architect, an Engineer, a General Contractor or an MEP contractor, an Owner, a small or a large firm, if you prefabricate internally or not, and so on.
It is easy to talk about building a strong in-house team, but the reality is that today it is very hard to find and retain qualified BIMers. On the bright side, there are a lot more BIM companies out there, ready to help the AEC community to deliver the work. The most challenging part is to find the right partner that has the right experience and the right company structure. Nevertheless, for the partnership to be successful, it MUST be a company with some solid experience and deep construction understanding. So, in this scenario, it is healthier to combine some in-house capabilities with a BIM partner.
The fact that the pandemic forced most people to work from home created a very interesting effect; in-house employees and outsourced personnel were placed in the same playing field, where the BIM outsourced modelers had the advantage of already being trained in working remotely.
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