BIM CIBSE GUIDANCE
Lifting
How do you navigate your way through the mass of information thrown up by BIM?
Tim Dwyer and Paddy Conaghan shine a light on the key guidance for engineers, and
look at the two biggest obstacles facing MEP consultants trying to get to grips with the software
T
he excitement of those caught up in building information modelling (BIM) is more than matched by the volume of material published
in the trade and professional journals, and on the worldwide web. There now appears to be so much BIM
‘noise’ that picking out relevant facts from the mass is becoming increasingly challenging. For many, the web is the de facto resource for information, and a search for ‘BIM’ returns many millions of pages. Within this cacophony, there is much that industry should be referring to and infl uencing pro-actively to ensure that the evolution of BIM has the greatest potential to realise its heralded benefi ts. For example, current areas of particular relevance to the UK building professions are those tucked away in the ‘Labs’ section of the UK BIM Task Group website (www.
bimtaskgroup.org). It is currently hosting draft versions of the ‘Digital Plans of Work’, a government document that defi nes the information management needs that underpin the successful inclusion of BIM for both the supply chain and the public sector. These are areas that will ultimately affect all areas of the UK construction industry and deserve the widest audience (see box). And it is not just a matter of consultation
CIBSE survey The CIBSE BIM Task Group is running its second annual BIM Use Survey at
bit.ly/BIM2013. You are encouraged to include your experiences in the fi ve- minute survey running this month
and
development.There is also a need to inform and educate the industry so that the level of knowledge and expertise enables active involvement across the ‘supply chain’ from project inception, right through to design, manufacturing and fabrication,
supply and installation,
commissioning,
maintenance, operation and refurbishment to eventual decommissioning and reuse. There are excellent resources, freely
available on the web, both to introduce the unfamiliar and to extend the skills of the seasoned BIM user.
These include case studies and primers
from consultants, contractors and software producers that reach far beyond simply advertising its products. Although BIM may be seen superfi cially
as a ‘software development’, its real benefi t will derive from the change to collaborative working practices needed to drive the creation, exchange and management of information. Initiatives, such as the BIM Regional Hubs (
www.bimtaskgroup.org/ cic-bim-regional-hubs), have been set up for the government by the Construction Industry Council (CIC) to enable practitioners to discuss the reality of the whole BIM process at locations around the UK. Additionally, there are many interest
groups – associated with products, projects, industry sectors and professional institutions – that are providing a forum for those
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