Architecture & design
BIM and its benefits explained
A high-level look at Building Information Modelling’s key benefits, the potential pitfalls, and the priorities for successful implementation, in the wake of the recent Government mandate that all centrally procured public sector construction projects commenced after 4 April this year be implementing BIM Level 2, was given by Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Gary Allen, of IDC- Consult, at the first in a series of planned IHEEM/HefmA joint seminars on the topic held recently at the headquarters of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in London. HEJ editor, Jonathan Baillie, reports.
n welcoming delegates to the seminar, entitled ‘BIM4Health, Past, Present, and Future’, IHEEM’s CEO, Julian Amey, noted that it was no coincidence that the event was being held at the London headquarters of the RICS in Great George Street, directly opposite HM Treasury. He explained: “As some of you may know, in the 18th and 19th centuries, when our big professional bodies were being established, they got together with the Treasury to work out how to develop national infrastructure. Now, in the 21st century, we have an even more important role – to use that basis of technology and infrastructure and take it to the next level. As the professional institutes, we have a responsibility, and I am delighted to be working with our colleagues at HefmA, and of course the RICS today, to make sure that the information that is relevant to our sector today is out there and understood.”
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While BIM had been ‘around for some time’, Julian Amey said his experience was that not only was it not yet fully understood, but also that the BIM process and ‘landscape’ were ‘changing all the time’. He said: “Today’s event is a very
important moment for the Institute, working with others, to examine the status quo, and look at the past, the present, and, most importantly, the future. We have an outstanding line-up of speakers from the Institutions, academia, and industry, and will be really pleased to feed the outcomes of this meeting into discussions around the Carter Report. Our deliberations today will all be reported and taken forward, and I thank you all for participating.”
Forthcoming roadshows Next, the event’s chair, architect, Steve Batson, a director of Bowman Riley Healthcare, chair of the BIM4Health Group, and a Member of IHEEM, explained that the BIM seminar was intended as the first of series of BIM ‘roadshows’ planned over coming months, which would also take place in various locations across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. The day would also see the formal launch of a ‘suite’ of support documents – including the BIM4Health BIM Strategy Document, a Protocol for Building Information Modelling, a process map, and, Employer’s
The BIM4Health Core Group is led by IHEEM and HefmA, with affiliation from other representatives from organisations in the healthcare sector with a background in healthcare estates, design, manufacturing, contracting, FM, or consultancy within the UK
Gary Allen, MRICS, a director of project management and cost consultant, IDC-Consult.
Information Requirements (EIR) for BIM. After this brief pre-amble, Steve Batson introduced the day’s first speaker, Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Gary Allen MRICS, a director of project management and cost consultant, IDC-Consult, who explained that he had worked in the healthcare sphere for ‘about the past 15 years’. He began: “Today I am going to talk a little bit about current UK healthcare infrastructure and particularly the estate, about BIM4Health, an give an introduction to BIM – explaining how it has come about, what it is, and what the levels are. Putting the process into context,” he continued, “we are facing a major infrastructure challenge – alongside the ‘productivity’ improvements that Lord Carter and the Government have called for, we are charged with meeting the £22 bn savings target set out in the Government’s Spending Review. We of course have an ageing estate, and it is a struggle to keep the existing facilities fit-for-purpose, let alone deliver the improvements and efficiencies sought. We also have changing demands and the need for flexibility in our buildings.” Changes in demographics and patient needs, as well as social patterns, would, he argued, make the need for a truly flexible estate ever more vital.
Health Estate Journal 19September 2016
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