Architecture & Design | BIM
BIM is about the information about the building
possible, lessons can be learnt from what works well, and this knowledge can influence future projects, refurbishment works and maintenance activities. UK Government has adopted an
approach of selective investment to drive the creation of standards and protocols necessary to create a common BIM operating environment. This ‘push’ element creates the infrastructure of tools, processes, standards and training necessary to deliver top class BIM and combined with the Government’s ‘pull’ element - a known and predictable demand by for BIM derived data on all projects, this firmly places the UK construction industry at the forefront of BIM. But the 2016 deadline is just a stepping stone. Looking beyond 2016, the Government has a 2025 Industrial Strategy that is aiming to maximise efficiency in the construction industry through legislation and best practices aimed at: l Lower costs – 33% reduction in the initial cost of construction and the whole life cost of built assets. l Faster delivery – 50% reduction in the overall time, from inception to completion, for new build and refurbished assets. l Lower emissions – 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment. l Improvement in exports – 50% reduction in the trade gap between total exports and total imports for construction products and materials. This strategy requires the continued use and development of BIM throughout the construction industry. Tools are developing rapidly, processes are changing
ABOUT NBS
Now in its 40th year, NBS is the trusted source of specification, product information, BIM and practice management solutions for the UK construction industry. Their specification system is already recognised as the UK de facto standard. Today, the expertise with which they have developed standards for BIM objects means that these too are fast becoming the recognised industry standard in the UK. NBS services are at the heart of
coordinating information about an asset. NBS Create is their latest revolutionary specification system which was developed for BIM. The award-winning NBS National BIM Library is the primary source of free-to-use BIM content in the UK and is now also used internationally. The website enables construction professionals to locate, download and use thousands of high quality, data-rich generic and proprietary BIM objects, all of which have been authored to the trusted NBS standard. NBS BIM objects have direct connectivity with the key BIM 3D design tools and can be directly integrated into the NBS BIM specification software, NBS Create, which gives NBS a unique position not just in the UK but the world.
NBS is at the very forefront of BIM development and their experts hold key positions in the groups and organisations that are shaping the UK BIM landscape and starting to attract interest on a global stage. NBS is a member of the BIM Technologies Alliance, which supports the Government’s Construction Strategy BIM Working Group, and is also represented on key groups such as the BSI 555 BIM standards committee, CPI, ICIS and buildingSMART. They also publish the internationally respected National BIM Survey which is now in its fourth year.
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and this will all lead to better value for money and better buildings. Software technology will take care of itself but effort needs to be placed on the all-important ‘I’ in BIM. Without well organised, comprehensive and connected content the opportunities available with BIM will not be realised. Information must flow from work stage to work stage; the information must be consistent, comparable, capable of being validated and importantly it must be sharable. BIM-enabled working allows information to be shared by different project participants and also between different stages of design, construction and operation. This requires changes to the definition of traditional architectural phases, more data sharing than project teams are used to, and a willingness to embrace partnering in an approach that collects all project related information digitally. BIM doesn’t stop when a
building is handed over. The UK Government’s soft landings project is all about collecting information and analysing it during the in-use phase. Is the building performing as designed? Are the energy targets being met? Using soft landings, lessons learned can be fed back into the briefing process for new projects; this is how clients, design teams, contractors and manufacturers can truly benefit from BIM. The “I” in BIM is vast and there
can never be too much information; but at project level, it’s making the information concise and work hard that is crucial. BIM is about avoiding information loss and encouraging information accumulation through the normal project stages. In time, the construction sector will move from a focus on information collection to information connection. Connected information will lead to insight, and analysis will lead to prediction. And that’s when buildings become intelligent and far greater value from the asset can be achieved.
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