Dana Brookman
BIM Obsessed
Recent Posts
Why Clash Detection Is the Least Valuable Thing BIM Can Do
Reframes BIM value around decision timing, information ownership, and design intent, not just geometry collision.
The Hidden Cost of Over-Modeling: When BIM Detail Actively Reduces Project Quality
Explores performance, coordination noise, false confidence, and why “more detail” often increases error rates instead of reducing them.
Why “Level of Development” Is Still Widely Misunderstood (And How It Breaks BIM Contracts)
A practical breakdown of LOD vs Level of Information vs Level of Geometry, with real examples of where expectations fail between designers, contractors, and owners.
BIM Is Not a Model: It’s a Series of Intentional Lies Told at Different Times
A provocative piece explaining why models are intentionally incomplete, how assumptions are encoded, and why treating BIM as ground truth causes downstream risk.