For buildings, project briefs tend to focus on spaces: what kind of spaces should the new or renovated building feature? The requirements for these spaces are usually captured in tabular overviews that are referred to as ‘room data sheets’ (RDS). In this article, we will...
Every project brief is different because every project comes with its own particularities due to the chosen site, the available budget, and the specific needs of the project’s stakeholders. Yet, project briefs are also incredibly similar in terms of their structure and content. This offers...
A project brief is essentially a means of communication. Its key purpose is to communicate the client's needs and ambitions to the parties who will design, engineer and build the facility. As such, the client should give careful consideration to how requirements are worded and...
Traditionally, requirements are captured in voluminous pdf documents—piles of them. At BriefBuilder we do this differently. We take a model-based approach. Sounds nerdy? Don’t worry. It's not. Or perhaps a bit. Let’s explain. Text versus model The AEC industry is undergoing a digital transformation, with artificial intelligence,...
As it says on our website, BriefBuilder is a tool for requirements management. But what exactly is that? Definition The concept of requirements management (RM) is well established in other engineering disciplines such as software development and aerospace engineering, but still relatively new to the construction industry....