PROJECT MANAGEMENT & BIM
BIM At
the recent HS2 Supply Chain Conference in Birmingham, which attracted 800
attendees from 600 organisations, and which was covered in the Dec/Jan 2014 edition of RTM, one of the biggest topics under discussion was Building Information Modelling (BIM) and its role on HS2. It was the subject of a dedicated seminar, putting it on an even footing with business disciplines and topics like collaboration, skills, and sustainable construction methods.
A few months on from the conference, RTM got an update on how BIM is being used for HS2 from head of management systems Jon Kerbey.
He told us: “Data collection is one of the most valuable assets of a project on the scale of HS2,
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“BIM will enable us to test, operate and maintain assets in a virtual environment – before we put a spade in the ground.”
and HS2
Building Information Modelling is going to be a vital part of getting HS2 delivered efficiently. RTM spoke to HS2 head of management systems, Jon Kerbey, to find out more.
and BIM is a way of working that enables the exploitation of this data in new ways.
“BIM is therefore so much more to HS2 than an intelligent 3D model; it covers all the details, from stakeholder interactions to design data and asset information. The ability to understand the railway better – both in a virtual environment and then in a physical environment – is critical to reducing waste.
“This enhanced understanding not only applies to design and construction, but also to operations and maintenance; BIM will enable us to test, operate and maintain assets in a virtual environment – before we put a spade in the ground. Greater understanding leads to greater certainty in the schedule and the cost.
All of this is underpinned by validated, accurate data.”
A way of working
At the conference seminar, Kerbey and fellow speakers on this topic – including Bill Grose of the efficiency challenge group at HS2 (who wrote for the Oct/Nov 2013 edition of RTM on design standards), Adam Matthews of the BIM Task Group at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, and Bob Thompson of Keller Ltd – highlighted the fact that it is not so much a technology, as a way of working.
We asked Kerbey to expand on this thought, and he told RTM: “BIM is more than just technology. It is also about how, when, and
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