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Specific Guidelines for Subcontractors and Fabricators

Leite, Fernanda L.

This chapter provides specific guidelines for subcontractors and fabricators and discusses the roles and responsibilities of subcontractors and fabricators in the design coordination process. Design coordination is a collaborative process between multiple project stakeholders, the process of coordinating designs involves detailing an engineer's design into a fabrication model. Subcontractors are responsible for resolving conflicts and coordinating their respective models with all applicable parties. This should take place in the design coordination sessions, with coordination by the general contractor's (GC) building information modelling (BIM) manager. After design coordination is complete and the federated 3D model is clash‐free, the subcontractor should generate shop drawings from the coordinated model. Subcontractors interface with several project teams, including GCs, other subcontractors, designers, and the owner. The chapter presents a case study of an exterior enclosure mockup for an academic building and illustrates how subcontractors of various types can leverage virtual design and construction to minimize issues in the field.