I imagine that RFI´s and change orders are a sore spot for a lot of us in the current environment. Unfortunately it´s a market of attrition right now for all of us, engineers, architects and subs. If you´re biding bottom line, you´d be lucky to get a job.
It seems that A&E´s are pushing more of the LOD300 (AIA standards- Level Of Detail E202) to the subs, and we´re not getting paid for it to protect their bottom line, as it is now called coordination.
My thoughts, (yes they´re cheap).
If you have a team digging a ditch using shovels and picks, and you find out that the route is impossible when you´re halve-way done because of bad design, you´d expect to be paid for work done and a change order for new work to be done.
If you have a backhoe gigging a ditch, and you find that the route is impossible when you´re halve-way done because of bad design, you´d expect to be paid for work done and a change order for new work to be done.
If you have a model to show where to dig a ditch, and you find that the route is impossible when you´re halve-way done because of bad design, you´d expect to be paid for work done and a change order for new work to be done.
This is all stems from sales, Over Sold/ Under Delivered. Everyone is selling that BIM eliminates change orders and fixes all the problems on paper, (model). We who use BIM models know that the problems don´t go way; they just become cheaper to fix. As stated earlier, in an attrition market, people are cutting cost just to make even. As subs, we´re at the end of the line; no more room to push the cost to someone else.
We're seeing more people starting to question if BIM is worth it. "It seemed easier before," is a common quote.
