In BIM, who is primarily responsible for ensuring quality and safety during construction?

In Building Information Modeling (BIM), the primary responsibility for ensuring quality and safety during construction falls to contractors and specialty contractors. These professionals are directly involved in the day-to-day operations on the construction site. Their roles encompass managing the workforce, overseeing the construction processes, and implementing safety protocols that are essential to maintaining high standards of quality and ensuring the safety of both workers and the integrity of the project.

Contractors and specialty contractors utilize the information and models developed in BIM to effectively plan and execute construction phases, making them pivotal in identifying and mitigating risks that could impact quality and safety. They also liaise with other project stakeholders, incorporating any necessary adjustments based on real-time data to uphold safety standards.

While engineers design the systems and structures and owners/users establish overall project goals, it is the contractors and specialty contractors who translate these plans into practice on-site, ensuring that both safety procedures and quality expectations are met during the execution of the project.