Shared technical judgment. Integrated decisions.
CIM does more than coordinate disciplines.
It defines the project as a system.
Integrated experience
The experience of firms and specialists is integrated through shared technical judgment and BIM coordination, without diluting each discipline's responsibility.
Early technical analysis
Alternatives are compared, construction conditions are weighed and risks are identified while they can still be managed.
Well-founded decisions
The most consequential technical decisions are reviewed, documented and validated with the support of the Technical Board.
From project to preservation,
without losing continuity.
Each stage has a defined objective
and deliverables.
The scope of the engagement is defined by the project’s needs and complexity.
Assessment
Reviews the baseline conditions, the available information and the risks of a new or ongoing project to define its technical route.
Topography, geotechnical conditions, existing infrastructure, and regulatory context.
Early identification of technical, regulatory, and constructability constraints.
Definition and coordination of the necessary complementary technical studies.
Consolidation of findings, risks, and pending decisions into an initial course of action.
Definition
Defines the technical basis and the highest-impact decisions regarding scope, cost, and feasibility before project development begins.
Shared scopes, criteria, and guidelines for all disciplines.
Technical and economic comparison of foundations, systems, and construction methods.
Early definition of the relationships among architecture, structure, building systems, and construction.
Record of the alternatives assessed and the rationale for the decisions adopted.
Integration
Integrates and coordinates the disciplines’ designs using BIM methodology, in line with what was defined in M1; anything that requires revisiting a criterion goes back to M1.
Consolidation of current drawings, models, specifications, and criteria.
Periodic review of progress and decisions across disciplines.
Identification, assignment, and tracking of conflicts between systems.
Documented incorporation of adjustments arising from coordination.
Constructability
Tests the whole against actual construction conditions, and consolidates and delivers coordinated models and construction drawings; each specialist retains authorship of and technical responsibility for their discipline’s design.
Review of access, resources, procedures, and planned construction sequences.
Review of connections, transitions, and points of greatest complexity.
Review of consistency among the integrated project, quantities, and budget.
Models, construction drawings, specifications and scopes, coordinated to support procurement and construction.
Transfer
This marks the handover from technical definition to construction. Project management leads construction, while site supervision verifies and monitors the works within its scope; both are appointed by the client. CIM hands over the integrated technical basis and may continue through M4.
Documentation, criteria, pending items, and responsibilities clearly identified.
Definition of roles and decision paths for the construction stage.
Project management assumes responsibility for schedule, budget, contracting, procurement, and on-site coordination; site supervision verifies and monitors the works within its scope.
CIM remains available in M4 to analyze decisions that affect the integrated technical basis.
Support
At the client's request, CIM supports project management and site supervision as a strategic technical resource during construction.
Provide technical support at milestones agreed with the client.
Analyze changes and adjustments that affect the integrated technical basis.
Compare alternatives for decisions of particular complexity.
Review specialized reports and technical issues.
Document recommendations and their rationale.
Project management administers contracts, schedule and budget.
Site supervision verifies and monitors the works on site within its scope.
The contractor carries out the works and is responsible for their execution.
Designers retain responsibility for their designs.
CIM integrates technical judgment and supports high-impact decisions; each participant retains their contractual and technical responsibilities.
Integrity
Assesses the condition of existing infrastructure and buildings, public or private, to anticipate deterioration and guide their preservation. CIM brings together specialists and a technical panel to define interventions and verify their results.
CIM does not operate assets or carry out maintenance. This separation helps preserve independent judgment.
Inspections, studies and surveys, as relevant, to identify deterioration, risks and critical elements.
The technical panel weighs findings, specialist opinions and alternatives, considering the asset as a system.
Intervention and follow-up criteria according to criticality, urgency and how deterioration evolves.
Checking interventions against the established criteria and updating the record with documentary evidence.
Scope and responsibilities
- CIM defines the assessments, subcontracts specialists and forms the relevant technical panel for each engagement.
- Specialists are responsible for their studies and opinions; CIM, for the technical coordination, review and integration it is engaged to provide.
- The owner approves the interventions and resources; operators and contractors retain the responsibilities that correspond to their scopes.
The experience already exists.
The difference is how it is integrated.
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