BIM 360 Glue: Building Coordination Time into Your Project Schedule

Champion and Pursuit Team 

Steps Involved:

STEP 1: Begin with Step 7 (Setting Up the Correct Coordination Phasing for Your Project)

STEP 2:  What’s your start date for coordination? Did the PM and or Superintendent already include durations for your coordination? This is important to know what you have to work with

STEP 3: Work with the Scheduler to place coordination phasing into the baseline schedule

STEP 4: Based on the Coordination Phasing, incorporate each of the 5 stages per phase into the baseline schedule

STEP 5: A good baseline is 3 weeks per Stage

Why this step is important:

1. By breaking out the coordination schedule by phase to stages provide the project team with a great perspective on how long it will really take for coordination.

2. This ultimately leads to fabrication and layout, critical to follow in the schedule. 

Do's:

1. Get Feedback from the subcontractors as necessary. Be sure they buy into the coordination schedule early.

2. Be sure to provide coordination schedule as early as you can, this drives MEP rough in.

3. Be detailed with your schedule, helps staying on target.

Don’ts:

1. Create a generic schedule