Architecture & Design | BIM
the UK has gone from strength to strength. The NBS National BIM Report 2013, based upon a 2012 industry survey with over 1350 responses, shows the percentage of the industry using BIM has grown to 39%, up from 13% in 2010. The number of those who have not heard of BIM has reduced from 43% to just 6% in the same period. But there remains a lot of work
to do. Industry has moved from the “what” and “why” phase into the “how to” phase and studies that get into the detail of BIM to make it a success are underway. COBie trials that involve competing organisations operating in the spirit of openness demonstrate both the cultural and process changes that UK construction is experiencing and its desire to release greater value through BIM.
Building with BIM More and more buildings are being
“built with BIM” and this provides us with a fantastic opportunity
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to revolutionise the way in which we interact with the information concerning a building. To achieve this we need to standardise the digital building blocks used to create virtual buildings. These building blocks are commonly known as BIM objects and they are valuable digital assets. The availability of manufacturers’
BIM objects is an important factor in achieving success with BIM. The number of manufacturers engaging with BIM is rising but not fast enough. Those that are investing will benefit sooner and be in prime position for centrally funded and private BIM projects. Designers and contractors will become reliant upon these BIM objects and use them to optimise the supply chain for greater efficiency and accuracy. A manufacturer who doesn’t make BIM objects available will lose out to competitors that do. The construction industry needs a comprehensive library of manufacturer objects; these objects
need to be of the right quality and connect with generic objects and associated technical specifications. Achieving standardisation between generic and proprietary information is what NBS has been doing successfully for over 40 years and our entire range of services are geared around supporting the digital plan of work. This standardisation of information is at the heart of the UK BIM strategy. The information exchange facilitated by the staged COBie data drops is all about collecting information that can be compared in various ways.
With COBie, construction data can be compared across project stages: has the cost changed? Has the delivery time improved or reduced. These are typical stage to stage questions. On a broader scale being able to compare construction data across numerous built assets will help to achieve greater whole life value. By comparing project to project data, optimisation becomes
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