NEWS In brief
CBI CHIEF CALLS FOR CLARITY CBI director general John Cridland has predicted a brighter future for the UK economy based on improved manufacturing exports. Speaking to the ICOM Energy
Association annual meeting in London, he predicted 1% growth this year followed by 2% in 2014. ‘This year will see a modest
uptick in the UK economy,’ he said. ‘The overall growth fi gures remain disappointing, but exports outside Europe are up – 33% higher than the fi rst quarter of 2007. However, he said lack of
certainty about the structure of the Energy Bill was damaging and urged the government to clarify its approach. Cridland also said that
improving infrastructure was helping UK businesses to grow and make them more competitive. ‘The 0.3% growth recorded in the fi rst quarter was organic and that’s the fi rst time that has happened for years’.
LOCHINVAR AND RUSKIN CONFIRM AWARDS BACKING Lochinvar and Ruskin Air Management has confi rmed its sponsorship of the CIBSE Young Engineers’ Awards for the second year in succession. Taking place on October 9
at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) in central London, the awards scheme combines the CIBSE ASHRAE Graduate of the Year and CIBSE Employer of the Year awards. For more information, or to enter, visit:
www.cibse.org/yea
TOWERING DATA PLAN
Energy consultant Carbon 2018 has upgraded and expanded energy data collection at Tower 42, the fi rst skyscraper to be built in the City of London. The 600 ft building now has more than 150 sub-meters connected to an automatic meter reading (AMR) system. It is designed to support the energy effi ciency strategy implemented by BNP Paribas Real Estate’s building management team through greater visibility and control of energy usage. The detailed data allows problems, such as high night usage, to be pinpointed to specifi c equipment and areas.
New mindset needed for BIM
CIBSE Patrons host debate into design ‘revolution’
The industry needs to change its mindset and attitude to building information modelling (BIM), according to leading engineering and government fi gures. BIM has the potential to be a powerful agent for delivering the long-awaited reform to the whole process, said Rob Manning, of the Construction Industry Council. However, he told a debate hosted by the CIBSE Patrons that ‘the government client can only do so much and now it needs the industry to pick this up and run with it. ‘BIM can help to produce better “social” outcomes by providing more facilities and by demanding a focus on how hospitals, prisons and other important facilities operate. These are high level social aspirations, but why shouldn’t
they happen?’ said Manning, who is working with the Cabinet Offi ce to help deliver the Government Construction Strategy.
Level 2 BIM will be required on all centrally procured government projects by 2016. The project team will have to work with a federated set of models, and this will require
‘The government client now needs the industry to pick this up and run with it
a move to more integrated working arrangements, the Patrons heard. However, former CIBSE president Graham Manly said the government was being naïve in not addressing contractual reform alongside the roll-out of BIM.
Jeff House, marketing and applications manager for Baxi Commercial Division, said
manufacturers were looking for greater clarity: ‘We are making progress, but we will need to pick up the pace to meet the 2016 deadline.’ BIM could also transform the industry landscape for young engineers, according to Neil Thompson, principle BIM integrator for Balfour Beatty.
Thompson, who is a member of CIBSE’s BIM Group, said many young engineers felt thwarted when looking to introduce change to the traditional contractual process. The digital revolution was an opportunity to sweep away restrictive practices, he said.
Some professional institutions were asking the wrong question about BIM because they were focusing on who would be responsible for the different parts of the process.
‘They should be asking what they need to do to for their members to help them engage with it,’ he said.
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