[ Spotlight: BIM ]
requirements of PAS 1192:2? This includes how to create reliable information and exchange it effectively between supply chain members and, where appropriate, the client, in the form specified (for example, the COBie UK 2012 standard and other typical client information requirements). n BIM skills Can you demonstrate that your organisation has training arrangements to ensure that employees have sufficient skills and understanding to implement and deliver projects in accordance with policy and procedures to achieve Level 2 BIM maturity?
Possible issues As increasingly advanced BIM spreads throughout construction, the legal, contractual and simply practical implications need to be clarified and, more importantly, resolved. Some of the legal and commercial questions might include: n Does applying BIM alter the traditional allocation of responsibility and risk between the client, contractors, designers and suppliers?
n Should contracts be altered to account for BIM and, if so, how?
n How much use is the new Construction Industry Council (CIC) BIM Protocol6 practice?
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n Will the roles of the information manager and lead designer fit together well?
n What happens if, and when, ITC fails or underperforms?
Other issues could include: n Pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) activity (excessive or unrealistic questions or schemes)
n Ownership of IP, data and models, including confidentiality
n Design liability for the BIM single model and professional indemnity insurance
n The relationship between multiple BIM models n Access to BIM information n Intellectual property issues n The behaviour of buyers in subsequent BIM projects.
Early government-procured BIM trials (including
the ‘proof of concept’ projects for the Ministry of Justice) are already providing interesting feedback in relation to some of these questions.7
First steps BIM is a fast-emerging and changing area for most building services contractors. A good first step for any contractor is to become familiar with what is going on now and understand the new rules that are rapidly coming into play. The next stage is to assess what a BIM-enabled world means to your company specifically – and how you aim to respond. Some companies have appointed a BIM leader – a senior
• 3 • 4 • 5 About the author
Paul Reeve is ECA head of Business Policy and Practice
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En route to Level 3 BIM
Level 3 BIM maturity involves a series of project models in an integrated ICT environment, accessible at all times by all construction team members. This is fully integrated, real-time, BIM. As such, many commentators anticipate that Level 3 BIM will raise additional legal, contractual and insurance issues. According to Mark Bew of the BIM implementation group: ‘We didn’t want to require Level 3 BIM in the government’s strategy because this involves full data-sharing. As such, Level 3 would involve tearing up the commercial rule book.’
The differences between Levels 2 and 3 mean that when discussing BIM, it is important not to mix up the pros, cons and other issues
manager who can commit a little time of their own and (most importantly) staff time to ensuring they have a clear understanding and direction. When looking for suppliers, buyers will increasingly look for specialists that show they have a clear idea of how they fit in with BIM. The ECA is representing its members’ views on BIM and channelling information from its contacts with government-sponsored task groups, SEC Group, the UK Contractors Group (UKCG) and others. We encourage readers to tell us about the key issues they believe will affect building services contractors in the near future.
BIM briefing
For more information on BIM, go to:
www.bimtaskgroup.org See also the RIBA Plan of Work 2013,
which launched in May 2013. The new Plan of Work, which incorporates BIM, offers online tools and technical guidance support including: nRIBA Plan of Work 2013 – Overview, available free in both hard copy and downloadable pdf versions
nRIBA Plan of Work 2013 – Online, a free, adaptable electronic version.
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ECA Today, December 2012 (Model development, p.54)
Report September 2012: A better deal for public building – All Party Group for Excellence in the Built Environment: report from Commission of Inquiry into achieving best value in public procurement in construction at: www.
constructionsectornetwork.org/wp-content/ uploads/2012/09/Procurement-Report-Sep-2012.pdf
First Steps to BIM competence (SEC Group/NSCC) at: www.
secgroup.org.uk/pdfs/SEC%20BIM%20Guide%20March%20 2013.pdf
PAS 91 Construction prequalification questionnaires at: http://
shop.bsigroup.com/forms/PASs/PAS-91-2013/
BS 1192-2 PAS 1192-2:2013 Specification for information management for the capital/delivery phase of construction projects using building information modelling at: http://shop.
bsigroup.com/Navigate-by/PAS/PAS-1192-22013/
CIC BIM Protocol at:
www.bimtaskgroup.org/bim-protocol/
Early Adopter Project (Ministry of Justice) HMYOI Cookham Wood. BIM Lessons Learnt – February 2013 report at:
www.bimtaskgroup. org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Cookham-Wood- Consolidated-Lessons-Learned-version3-with-intro.pdf
• Fenwick Elliot Annual Review– 2012/13 (
www.fenwickelliott.com).
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