1. BIM
Building Information Modelling
An insight into the Process and Implications
of the UK BIM journey so far……
Developments and Why
Fit for purpose ?
Capability
Professor Andrew Thomas
2. National BIM Survey for SME contractors
Early results showing….
Never used 3D, clash detection, integration or other BIM tools
on a project
Is BIM perceived a core competency / skill in your business (
now or in future)
Not at all, or only vaguely, familiar with BIM levels
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NFB_BIM_March12
3. Outstanding Industry performance ?
National Audit Office Report and Analysis
UK construction spend £ 55 billion p.a.
80% influenced by Public Purse
Performance 1999
On Budget 25%
On Time 34%
2011 KPI statistics – 56% of UK projects on Time and Budget
4.
5. Sustainable Construction and Buildings
• Buildings use 46% of all energy – up to 70% in major cities
• Construction uses 53% of primary materials
• Construction has second biggest environmental footprint after food
• 13 million tonnes of materials delivered and not used
• 90 million tonnes of waste – 3 times domestic output
• 21% of all hazardous waste in UK is construction waste
6. Why accept this ?........
92% of clients said that designers’ drawings are typically not
sufficient for construction
37% of materials used in construction become waste
10% of the cost of a project is typically due to change orders
38% of carbon emissions are from buildings not cars
CMAA Owners survey 2005, CMAA Industry Report 2007, Economist Magazine 2002
7. “Insanity:
Doing the same thing over
and over again and expecting
different results.“
Albert Einstein
Someone thought it was time for change……
8. Clear Policy ....
• No More RDA’s
• Quangos ?
• 25% budget cuts
• £6bn efficiency
savings
• Austerity
• Efficiency
• “More for Less”
11. Bedding FM into Design, Construction and
Operational phases
DESIGN CONSTRUCTION OPERATE
Design Reviews FM Sub groups Mobilise FM
Technical Health Checks Prepare to receive building Contracts/SLAs hard and soft FM
FM Sub Groups Familiarise team with environment Mobilise FM
Sustainability and energy Up skill / train team web based management systems
Catering Procure FM Contracts Support DLP process
Fire & Security Establish FM Management Systems Implement
Power & supply (pilot web based tools) Quality and performance reviews
Material and components Attend Fire risk assessments
Maintenance and access commissioning Health and Safety management
Waste Training Risk / Business continuity
Risk and business continuity Hand-over Asbestos Management plans
End user readiness workshops
12. Hypothesis
“Government as a client can derive
significant improvements in cost, value
and carbon performance through the
use of open sharable asset
information”
13. Push Me, Pull me
Looking at both:
• Supply chain “Push” – how to make easier for the
supply chain to make use of BIM(M)
• Client “Pull” and specifying a set of data to be provided
by the supply chain to the client at specific times.
14. Hypothesis
• Valuable: the overall aim is to maximise client value
• Understandable: the approach is to be presented in an understandable
learning package for all 44,000 government asset procurers.
• General: the approach is equally applicable to buildings and infrastructure,
whether large and small.
• Non Proprietary: All requirements are non-proprietary as to applications and as
to the required formats of the deliverables.
• Competitive: Wherever possible there are at least two solutions or methods
available so as to minimise market influence in terms of anti competitive
clauses.
• Open: Wherever possible, low-cost methods are to be made available to allow
all stakeholders to participate, irrespective of size and experience, so as to
minimise barriers to involvement.
• Verifiable: all contractual expectations are documented with transparent and
testable measurement of pass / fail.
• Compliant: Measurement of WLC/Carbon/Sustainability/etc are to published
GB, EU and ISO standards
• Implementation: the approach is self funding by the industry
• Timescale: the approach is phased in over 5 years
15. What is BIM ?
Image by courtesy of Autodesk
“An integrated digital process providing coordinated, reliable
information about a project throughout all phases, from design through
construction and into operation”
16. Paul Morrell – Government Chief
Construction advisor
• "We have commissioned a team...to prepare a route map that shows
how we can make a progressive move to the routine use of BIM.
• I am convinced that this is the way to unlock new ways of working
that will reduce cost and add long-term value to the development and
management of built assets in the public sector, but the move needs to
be made on a basis that is secure, that works for Government clients
and those who deliver services to them...
• The team will report to the Construction Clients Board ...and I hope
and believe it will mark the beginning of a commitment to a timed
programme of transformation".
17. Working Group
•The Working Group was set up in the spring of 2010 and is supported
jointly by Construction Sector Unit and Electronic and IT Services Unit at
BIS.
•Co-Chaired by Mark Bew (Scott Wilson and BuildingSMART) and John
Lorimer (Manchester City Council)
•In September 2009 report on WG was presented to Government
Construction Clients Board
•The Board:
- Endorsed progress to date
- Agreed to adopt the working group and to receive its final report in
March 2011
18. Govt seeks to be greenest thing since Kermit the Frog !
Govt Construction Strategy launched 31st May
20% savings to be achieved
BIM named as essential to delivery and to be mandated
BIM strategy and report published June 2011
BIM to be adopted on Govt projects - March 2016
IGT Low Carbon Construction response June 2011
Carbon reduction from sector
BIM named as essential to delivery and to be mandated
19. “Is our sector fit-for-purpose for a future low carbon
economy?”
BIS Innovation and Growth Team
• Paul Morrell’s report published Nov 2010
• Sector response to the UK’s low carbon
transition strategy
– “a road map for construction”
• 26% carbon reduction by 2020,
80% by 2050 (1990 baseline)
“integration [and collaborative working] is key”
21. “Government will require
fully collaborative 3D
BIM….as a minimum by 2016”
“A staged plan will be
published with mandated
milestones..”.
“a phased process working
closely with industry
groups…..
“allow time for industry to
prepare for the development
of new standards and for
training”
22.
23. Tests and Pilot Schemes
• MOJ – 4 key projects of 4 disciplines
• MOD – 2 pilots – new and refurb
• Manchester CC – adjacent projects Traditional and BIM
• TFL – station pilots
• HA – pilots identified
Leverage of Framework arrangements
25. Traditional document/2D-based process
Information is
exchanged as documents
- often even on paper -
which causes non-value-
adding work, friction,
data losses and errors
26. Need to re-think the process ?
Phases
Tasks
Problems:
• process } 80% human issues
• skills
• technology
} 20% technology
Actors
27. BIM
a 3D modelling system that involves data sharing
between all the contractors on a project to create a
digital model that can be used from a project’s
early design stages through to completion and
monitoring of subsequent performance.
28. Integrated BIM-based process
Information is shared in
an exploitable data format directly
between different systems;
BIM - Building Information Model
29. Different image: What if you are
the only node?
No information to import?
With whom can you integrate?
How to develop your systems
and processes?
35. What BIM is not……
BIM is not Panacea to all sector ills
BIM is not 3D CAD
BIM is not a single building model
BIM is not a single software technology
BIM is……
A tool to improve collaboration
BIM needs rules and processes
36. BIM Execution Planning
Workflows Level of Detail Competency
Deliverables Project Phases
Interoperability Technologies
Quality Management Responsibilities
Model Naming Conventions
