Session 1.4
Distributed Workforce: How to Support a Remote BIM Team
Synopsis:
Learn how to effectively support a BIM team in a remote environment and make sure everyone can perform their tasks without direct contact and away from the office
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify rules of engagement for better communication with your project teams.
2. Define your style of management to mentor and coach more than you manage.
3. Assess how accountability affects other team members’ abilities to accomplish their goals.
Synopsis:
Learn how to effectively support a BIM team in a remote environment and make sure everyone can perform their tasks without direct contact and away from the office
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify rules of engagement for better communication with your project teams.
2. Define your style of management to mentor and coach more than you manage.
3. Assess how accountability affects other team members’ abilities to accomplish their goals.
Body:
With the Covid-19 pandemic, many project teams – and their BIM managers – found themselves working remotely and separated from each other for the first time. Working remotely is one thing and supporting a remote team while managing building information models is another challenge. To start, companies need to re-open the debate about moving projects to people rather than moving people to projects. As companies are becoming more agile and upgrade their technology, it is important to assemble project teams that can work in a remote environment. When supporting teams remotely, BIM managers need to understand the factors that can make remote work incredibly demanding. Otherwise, team members may experience declines in performance and engagement when they begin working remotely, especially in the absence of training and support. These changes require a change of mindset and operating model. The objective is to manage a diverse workforce in a fluid and integrated way.