BIM and Construction Management: Proven Tools, Methods, and Workflows

5.4. Setting Up the Job Trailer

Correctly setting up a job trailer at the onset of a project is critical to successfully using BIM in the field (Figure 5.34). Although this might seem like somewhat of a menial task, this portion of the process requires a new way of looking at how to display and share information on a job site. To begin, let's look at conventional job trailers; what they contain and what they are used for.

Generally speaking, construction trailers contain a conference room, a plans and specifications table, and a communication hub:

Figure 5.34. Preparing the job trailer for successful use of BIM in the field begins at the beginning of construction.

Conference room

The conference room functionality of the trailer is used for ...