A role-play, guided by latroupe(), that reconstructs from the inside a hotel project that went well because it applied BIM methodology from day one. And shows what would have happened without BIM, drawing on real experience from earlier projects.
Bimnopoly makes the case for why BIM methodology has become a standard in hospitality. You see the three things that matter: real cost reduction when information reaches each phase on time, the improvement of work processes across design, detail design, tendering, procurement, construction and operations, and the anticipation of decisions that without BIM end up being made on site.
BIM isn't a visualisation tool, but the backbone that connects every role in the project. A well-built model is an asset that keeps working for the hotel beyond opening day, in maintenance, refurbishment and expansion. For chains, it's the most efficient way to replicate brand standards without repeating mistakes. For architects and interior designers, it protects the integrity of the design from concept to opening: fewer hours redoing documentation, fewer on-site concessions caused by MEP or structural clashes that weren't anticipated, and the certainty that what's specified is what actually gets installed.
Attendees take on a role in one of the six phases of the project and experience two rounds: the one we delivered with methodology and the one that would have happened without BIM. The conclusion reads itself: the real cost of a hotel project isn't in the errors within each phase, but in what gets lost between phases when information doesn't flow properly.
