Bim for Manufacturers White Paper

BIM FOR MANUFACTURERS WHITE PAPER www.graitec.co.uk BiM for Manufacturing if you manufacture building products then this informative white paper will help you understand the eﬀects of BiM for the building supply chain, and the importance of producing BiM-compliant product models for your existing and future customers.

Find out:

• Is BIM a threat or a profit opportunity?

• What does BIM really mean for Building Product Manufacturers?

• Are you in the top 46% of suppliers or already at risk of reduced market share?

• Why 71% of Specifiers are already expecting BIM deliverables from suppliers.

• How leading building products manufacturers are winning your market share.

• How to accelerate your business to gain a competitive advantage.

Win With BiM n this paper we will explain the risks of not This company have recently enhanced their producing BIM deliverables for specifiers, as offering by becoming BIM compliant, and Iwell as how delivery of BIM content can not have since been able to gain new business by only benefit your organisation, but also reduce providing additional “essential value add”, the potential erosion of your market share. which has enabled them to stand out from rivals when competing on new tenders. When discussing Building Information Modelling software or simply BIM we We will also examine what the future of BIM automatically assume it’s in relation to the could look like and how this could further engineering or construction industry. This is transform the industry. quite understandable considering both industries have used intelligent BIM software The UK government has already proposed to plan, design and complete building and the year 2025 for when BIM level 3 will come infrastructure developments for many years, into effect, but details of what this could look by leveraging the functionality to improve like are still scarce for the time being, so we decision-making, design workflows and to will present our hypothesis on this subject reduce build costs. with insight from different industry sources.

As these industries continue to ramp up their Before considering this, we will first start by focus on eﬀiciency gains and build cost looking into the origins of BIM and how it has reduction, the influence of BIM is starting to further been developed and modified over drip through into the building supply chain, the years. Its origins in the construction particularly the manufacturing sector. This industry can be traced back to around 2011. has resulted in increased demand for building products to be hosted online in BIM format, It was introduced as a way for the UK and to be transferable into interactive designs government to help reduce the cost of in order to help construction project teams managing and funding centrally run projects, develop accurate plans and conduct clash alleviating issues relating to the coordination detection to avoid costly rework prior to of projects and delivering a better asset to building work commencing. the client as a result.

Throughout this document we will be Manufacturing was used as a starting point referencing a successful manufacturing for these developments, with the industry company (Bott Ltd.), to illustrate the having worked hard over the past 30 years to changing face of the manufacturing sector. streamline its various process workflows.

WIN WITH BIM What does BIM mean for the documentation can be found from the manufacturing sector? following link: BRE Documentation Page.

Back in 2006, the government published the The impact and importance of BIM has ‘Avanti’ report, a document that outlined intensified over the past two years resulting several pilot projects that were to be run in a huge shift in the evolution of the using these early guidelines, now published construction industry. One of the key as BS1192:2007. Each followed a specific developments is the drive for construction outlined process and, despite requiring more and fabrication to be conducted offsite, areas work, the cost savings were around 25%. more aligned to the manufacturing industry. Through the deployment of BIM, repetitive Since this early publication further building types such as hotels, student documentation has followed, forming the accommodation and apartments are being basis for delivering a BIM project. This was constructed both onsite and offsite as a way used as part of the government run BIM Level of improving efficiency and safety. 2 ‘Cookham Wood’ project for the Ministry of Justice, the outcome and results of which Building Information Modelling was have helped in the development of later BIM developed as a coordination tool but its documentation versions specifically for the usage has now spread further to support construction market. construction, operations and maintenance. This has placed pressure on manufacturing Following these early publications there organisations to provide their BIM items have since been 20 BIM specific documents online. For example: released all aimed at helping clients and the supply chain deliver a successful BIM Level 2 ‘Customers are not only using this digital project. These cover a broad range of criteria collaboration tool to specify their building including CapEx spend, OpEx, security, designs but also internal fixtures, fittings and naming, sharing, asset information and products relevant to the building’s function’ – contractual obligations. The full list of Nikki Jarvis, Bott Ltd. Marketing Coordinator.

WIN WITH BIM Bott Ltd. have recently become BIM When producing drawings or models, which of the following compliant as part of their extensive custom tools do you mainly use? design & build oﬀer. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

Autodesk AutoCAD LT 8% Nikki further commented that: Autodesk AutoCAD 14%

Autodesk Revit 44% ‘The main benefit of which is that our products (Architecture/Structure/MEP) are more likely to be considered during the Bentley Microstation 1% design and tender stages of any project.’ Bentley AECOsim 1% Building Designer

Trimble Sketchup 1% This is something many organisations will (formerly Google Sketchup) need to factor in to their business models if Graphiso ArchiCAD 19% they are to continue winning new business. Nemetscheck Allplan 1%

Why companies not supplying BIM Nemetscheck Vectorworks 3% objects should be worried Other 8%

According to the National BIM report for Manufacturers 2017 created by the NBS How leading building products Report 2017, 79% of UK manufacturing manufacturers are winning companies stated that they were highly market share through BIM aware of the significance of BIM and have a belief that they will need to invest in BIM One explanation for manufacturers not software at some point. delivering BIM objects is the additional cost involved in doing so. With the additional To further reinforce these numbers, the expenses involved in creating, hosting and report showed that 71% of Specifiers are now maintaining an online portfolio, the asking manufacturers to provide them with perceived benefits can often be diﬀicult to BIM objects. In contrast to these numbers see. Especially since there is no way in which however only 4% of manufacturers provide to oﬀset these costs onto either contractors their entire product portfolio as a BIM or consultants. deliverable, leaving a significant number of organisations either not delivering a single The reality however, is that this approach is BIM object or only delivering a minority of no longer viewed as a luxury value added their portfolio. extra but instead an essential must have within todays industry. Please see full statistics below: There are benefits to delivering content Percentage of Products Delivered in within BIM and depending on the creation Manufacturers BIM Portfolio process, and manufacturers can gain some 4% Entire Product real benefits which will certainly help in Portfolio recouping creation costs.

42% Most Products Before explaining how this can be achieved let’s first examine the typical BIM process for 23% Minority of Products deliverables. Historically drawings provided at ‘as-built’ 31% No BIM Objects stage weren’t particularly accurate compared to what was actually built.

WIN WITH BIM One of the reasons behind this is that for the benefit of their customers. This often construction contractors may deviate from includes essential information such as the consultant’s specified manufacturer or installation certificates and maintenance/ product where allowable as a way of saving service information used in Facilities or reducing cost. Management.

Within a BIM process the ‘as-built’ and Where the BIM objects do include essential final build must now accurately reflect one data this opens further downstream revenue another, including all objects and any opportunities to remain in contact with the analytical results provided from the use of building owner after the ‘as built’ has been individual and manufactured objects. handed over.

This is how a manufacturing organisation can The above example outlines two revenue benefit by hosting their product portfolio as streams and a clear benefit of hosting BIM BIM objects. If a product is selected as part of items online, both as a way of securing new the early design stage, and calculations have business during the early stages of a been made based upon its performance, construction project and by providing changing to a more inexpensive object will be ongoing support to customers once the much less attractive. initial project has been completed.

This invariably results in incurred project Bott ltd. reported that hosting their key delays and associated costs due to the products online meant that: re-design and updating of drawings, models and calculations. ‘Procurement teams can compare our products to best suit their requirements, Additionally, manufacturers are becoming making it easier for them to make informed increasingly innovative in how they deliver decisions about their selections.’ Nikki Jarvis, their BIM objects, for example by embedding Bott Ltd. Marketing Coordinator a significant amount of intelligent data relating specifically to the objects type. It is becoming very clear that working more closely with specifiers’ requirements will This includes incorporating hyperlinks into soon become essential in order to win new objects and holding data on their own server projects and opportunities.

WIN WITH BIM Top tier companies are increasingly looking specific customer you’re working with. As a for supply chain excellence and see their general rule of thumb manufacturers are supply chains as a source to help their own predominantly playing safe using ‘out of competitive advantage, which includes box’ naming (part number, manufacturer, expecting suppliers to be able to support colour etc.) their own business strategies – Mckinsey Report: Excellence in the supply chain. There is also the option to conform to UK codes such as COBie (IFC Data), UniClass and Defining a BIM object and its usage NBS. The NBS BIM Report 2018 found that 62% of the construction industry use IFC on A BIM object is a component capable of projects they’ve been involved with, leaving being understood by any BIM authoring and only 28% using the information provided with renewing tool. The specific tool being used is the authoring software. To help minimise the normally outlined as part of the BIM confusion about the best route to take some documentation and is provided specifically vendors have created a COBie export within for a project, these are predominantly found the product that automates the renaming of in either a IFC and/ or RFA format. We have assets within the object. briefly summarised the diﬀerence between the two below: What Does the Future Look Like for BIM? IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) – This is a universal file holding both geometrical and The next level of BIM (level 3) is already asset information. Most software vendors being discussed and developed by the UK who create BIM authoring products have the government. The 2016 policy paper stated option to supply in this file format. that:

RFA (Revit Family) – This format is specific “the government will develop the next to one software vendor, Autodesk, and is the digital standard for the construction sector – chief format used in construction. The latest Building Information Modelling 3 – to save NBS BIM report 2018 highlighted that 44% of owners of built assets billions of pounds a production drawings / models are delivered year in unnecessary costs, and maintain the using Revit with the remainder split between UK’s leadership in digital construction.” AutoCAD and other vendors (see below). Whilst the above outlines the goals of Level 3 A BIM object contains several diﬀerent there are very few specifics about what this attributes of equal importance when utilised may look like in action. during a BIM project. These will include both geometrical and, where appropriate, What we know so far however is that BIM analytical information. Keeping the file size level 3 will use a single, shared project view quite small is important, as a BIM model for data integration. All parties will be able to doesn’t need the same level of geometric access and modify aspects of the project as information as a manufactured component allowed through process and security controls, as its core function is for coordination and taken from the UK government website. clashing. It is also important to understand Digital Britain believe BIM level 3 is due for that most deliverables within a BIM project implementation by 2025, with a five-year are still in 2D drawing format and therefore preparation period (2016-2020) and a five-year 2D symbiology is of equal importance. implementation period (2021-2025).

The desired level of asset information is The overarching idea for the central, dependent on the individual project and the collaborative model of BIM level 3 is that

WIN WITH BIM “ support towar there is no danger of any data inaccuracies or Due to the rapidly changing world of duplications of work. construction the lines between this industry and that of manufacturing are becoming For manufacturers, the move to BIM Level 3 increasingly blurred. The move to oﬀsite builds by 2025 means that BIM level 2 will likely is becoming increasingly commonplace, with become ubiquitous within this time frame. the use of BIM a big driver for making this Additionally, companies wishing to supply possible. into BIM Level 3 projects may well need to be informed enough to contribute to the central With the introduction of BIM level 3 fast model, which is a step further on from the approaching manufacturing organisations current process of simply providing 3D model now need to adopt these new ways of geometry in a compatible format. working in order to maintain pace with the architecture and construction industries. Executive Summary Those organisations that fail to evolve will be left behind by their more tech savvy rivals Since 2011 BIM has become common place and will find the prospect of winning new within both the architecture and construction business an uphill struggle. There is also the industries, making workflows more eﬀicient. very real possibility of losing customers and accounts. With the introduction of the BIM level 2 mandate there has been a paradigm shift in Manufacturing organisations are faced with a the way in which this software is viewed. It’s big opportunity to integrate with this change. no longer a nice to have, but instead an They should seriously consider becoming BIM essential way of working in order to reduce compliant and following the lead of Bott Ltd., project costs and the time required for who have with the help of Graitec, recently completion. achieved success and in doing so created

WIN WITH BIM Bott ltd.

Throughout this article we have referenced Bott Ltd. in order to demonstrate the significance of manufacturing companies becoming BIM compliant. This organisation’s expertise ranges from static workshop storage equipment through to creating the best in mobile workspaces for your “Graitec were instrumental in commercial vehicles. ing Bott Ltd during their path Graitec were instrumental in supporting Bott rds becoming BIM compliant.” Ltd during their path towards becoming BIM compliant.

better relationships between themselves and Nikki Jarvis, Bott Ltd. Marketing Coordinator both contractors and consultants. However, states that ‘As newcomers to the BIM arena, by not following this example and evolving we relied on Graitec’s expertise to get our with these changes manufacturers are products into a downloadable BIM format putting themselves at risk of being left out of and they worked with us to get the best result future projects. possible. We’ve found the whole experience with Graitec to be first class. From economic Graitec have been highly influential in pricing through to eﬀective production and supporting many top manufacturing on-time delivery.’ companies who have made the transition towards achieving BIM compliancy. As one of Europe’s largest independent CAD, CAE and BIM software authors with a wealth Alongside Bott Ltd they have been responsible of experience in BIM implementation in supporting a number of organisations, including standards, methods and procedure, including Toshiba Air Handling and Travis consultancy and common data environments Perkins, , helping them to realise the benefit in that can support PAS1192:2 requirements, we order to expand their market share and win are well positioned to help you in your path new tenders. towards BIM compliancy.

As long-term operators within both the For more information on Graitec feel free to construction and manufacturing sectors we call on (023) 8086 8947, email are well positioned to advise our customers [email protected] or request more on disruptive market trends, and can provide information on how to win with BIM. expert technical insight into how to leverage positive outcomes from technology developments.

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Consistent product data: the apex for BiM objects

Peter Caplehorn, deputy chief executive and policy director of the Construction Products Association believes in the value of digital technologies to create an eﬀicient and modern construction industry. he outlines the progress made in BiM adoption and consistent product data

n a short interview with Peter Caplehorn, the construction industry with its huge, he discusses how manufacturers are diverse constituents. Government buy-in is Iembracing BIM, what obstacles they face, always required to get any major point across. and what progress is being made in the drive Certainly, the Digital Built Britain initiative toward consistent product data. identifies very strongly how committed the government are to a digital construction in 2013 you published BiM for industry. the terrified, which provided an understanding of what BiM means. Digital Built Britain is about is the manufacturing sector still pushing the boundaries beyond terrified of BiM? BiM Level 2, but should we be thinking that far ahead? I wouldn’t say that manufacturers are terrified. I do think they are engaged, and There are several steps to first consider before perhaps concerned because BIM is still in a embracing Digital Built Britain in depth. The maturing landscape with a maturing market. major focus as far as the Construction Products With a maturing market, you always have a Association is concerned, and also the focus of degree of uncertainty and I think what many of our members, is to consolidate BIM everyone is looking forward to now is that we Level 2 so that it becomes ‘business as usual’. narrow that down. I also believe it’s time for With the greatest of respect to everybody, I manufacturers to start to take advantage of think there’s still quite a long way to go there. the well-advertised benefits that are meant There are a lot of areas that need clearer to come with the digital agenda. guidance, even though a lot of good work has already been done. We have clearly seen is Digital Built Britain helping to change within the industry but we are still a focus the construction industry’s long way from making the Digital Built Britain mind? objective happen. I think all of us at the coalface need to focus on that before we even Yes, I think it is a little. I’ve always been an glance at Level 3. It’s essential that everybody advocate of the need for thought leadership focuses on the known situation and facts and from the government and that is important in supports the core agenda going forward.

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are demanding it, and they see it as a great opportunity. However, it’s clear that market forces have driven some people into that arena, while others are reluctantly following their peers.

To see a joined-up industry requires certain gaps to be filled – especially regarding consistent product data. It’s important that we all adopt the same processes, but it is taking longer than we would like. We have the PAS 1192 family of standards, which have been revised to read as a proper family, and we’ve got other supporting standards too, and what people need to do is to get into the mode of using those as the point of reference.

The construction industry also need to use their trade associations or their other aﬀiliations to make sure that whatever they are doing is in agreement with everybody else in their sector. There’s a lot of good work Peter Caplehorn going on with trade associations and other bodies doing exactly that.

The Future for Construction Another element to this is that we have the Product Manufacturing is the development and maturing of the UK BIM culmination of the progress made Alliance and they are a really good source of in digitalising the industry. What making sure that everybody is working in a would you say are the obstacles common and joined-up fashion. The CPA are that prevent further progress? a supporter of the UK BIM Alliance and share in the understanding and value of a digitally The first thing to say is that we are making enabled industry. substantial progress. The main point to make is that we have to have the whole industry Eﬀectively, we’ve got the processes identified working to the same standards, in the same but what we desperately need is for everything way, and to the same objectives. to mature and everybody to be working in the same way. These are the main issues that need What we have always struggled with as an to develop. industry is in getting anywhere close to standardisation and digitalisation. We do What would your message be to have pockets that are fully embracing digital those manufacturers who are yet to working, but there are others that don’t. embark on ‘BIMifying’ their data? What we need to see is everybody completely embracing the agenda, and that will happen Digitalisation and BIM is like a tsunami that in a number of diﬀerent ways. The early will wash over the entire industry. If you feel adapters have done that because they have it’s not for you and you can escape, you seen it’s good for their business, their clients won’t.

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The Product DNA Concept, forming the basis for LEXiCON and enabling the translation of information requirements between the request for information and information response

Just cast your mind back to the days before that the whole point should be to use email and imagine what business was like common standards and common ways of then. If email was removed now how would a doing things so that everybody’s data fits into business fare? I’m sure it would fail. the same overall formula.

BIM is the same as that. It might feel strange Finally, I would say it’s important to be and diﬀicult to get to grips with now, but this engaged and to regard this as a change for will be business as usual, very soon, and the good. people will wonder how they managed to do without it. We can say this with certainty by simply looking at other industries in major manufacturing, particularly aviation and automotive, who have embraced digital working for decades.

Regarding what we can do right now, I would say manufacturers need to understand what their customers want and how they go about Peter Caplehorn delivering it. Then they need to examine what Deputy Chief Executive and Policy Director is available and how to organise it from their Construction Products Association perspective. Each company will approach it www.constructionproducts.org.uk slightly diﬀerently, but they should be aware @CPA_Tweets

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BBA BiM Object Assurance Scheme

BiM modelling for building projects is increasingly fashionable, but incorrect specification details on BiM objects are far from popular. For verification that BiM objects are of the quality required by specifiers and modellers, the BBA introduced a new service: the BiM Object Assurance Scheme

very day more specifiers are using BIM how does the BiM Object libraries to populate building design Assurance Scheme work? Ebriefs and proposals. So it’s important for manufacturers to know that their products BBA BIM Object Assurance comprises two are at the forefront of the selection process by areas. Firstly, it checks the quality of the BIM specifiers, and that their brand profile is as object as a digital product by looking at its recognised as it should be. interoperability, data structure and possible data errors. Secondly, it checks the quality of That said, inadequate BIM specifications the values found on the product parameter are frustrating, expensive and unnecessarily fields in the BIM object. The BBA will check the time-consuming for manufacturers and data and its source before it can be accepted specifiers alike. for inclusion into a BBA BIM Object Assurance Certificate. The level of independent data BIM is a process based on collaboration and validation follows a similar process used to trust in which construction project information accept initial data for other BBA certification is created and shared via a digital model. If schemes. the data is not correct, BIM potentially can create more problems than benefits. This A BBA BIM Object Assurance combined with a presents a challenge to construction products BBA Agrément Certificate puts everything manufacturers: they need to demonstrate to that a specifier needs in one place, reducing specifiers, modellers and subcontractors that the hassle for them and making sure BBA their BIM objects are of the quality required. client products stand out from the crowd.

The BBA BIM Object Assurance Scheme has What does the BBA BiM Object been designed to help address the risk Assurance Scheme include? associated with poor BIM object information quality, providing the necessary professional BiM Object certificate: Each BBA assured and independent data validation on key BIM object has a certificate that shows the product specification areas. data has been checked – all designed to

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eliminate wasted time and to promote Available immediately for BBA Agrément products and commitment to excellence. clients, BBA BIM Object Assurance is a specifier-led service innovation and another BIM Object development: For those step forward in the BBA’s commitment to Agrément-certified products that do not providing advanced products to the industry, have them, the BBA will oﬀer to develop the drawing on its traditional expertise in associated BIM objects. product certification.

BIM Objects hosting: The BIM object and its certificate will be hosted on the BBA website. Visitors can use the search engine to check if a “BIM is a process based on product with BBA Agrément Certificate also collaboration and trust in which has a BBA BIM Object Assurance Certificate. construction project information is There is a new BIM section on the BBA website created and shared via a digital where visitors can search for and download model. If the data is not correct, BBA-assured BIM object files. BIM potentially can create more BIM object development with problems than benefits. This presents bimstore a challenge to construction products manufacturers: they need to If your product doesn’t have a BIM object, we demonstrate to specifiers, modellers can develop one for you. BBA has partnered and subcontractors that their BIM with bimstore, the leading UK BIM object and objects are of the quality required.” components library, to oﬀer a total BIM modelling solution to manufacturers who are BBA Agrément holders. BBA and bimstore will work together so that clients who don’t If you’re BIM ready, it’s time to get BIM steady. already have a BIM object can now have one created at their initial stages of BIM adoption, Call us now on 01923 665300 or email before their product’s specification details at [email protected] are validated for BBA BIM Assurance.

These capabilities are now up and running, which is great news for BBA clients who want an all-in-one approach to getting their product to market with the best possible visibility in place.

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Driving innovation in construction product manufacturing

Chris Ashworth of Competitive Advantage and the BIM4M2 steering group explores research into the future of innovation in construction product manufacturing

raditionally, product innovation in the in these innovations, and there is some construction sector has been driven by parallel thinking. It is also clear that there is Tchanges in regulations, requiring divergence in priorities, as well as a reluctance manufacturers to add new performance to adopt new concepts in some sectors. characteristics to their products. Today we are at a critical point requiring significant For construction, Industry 4.0 changes in behaviour, driven by reduced means using digital connectivity skills availability, increasing costs, a greater focus on building outcomes and digital Digital connectivity and cloud computing technology as an enabler. can link user, process and factory via disruptive technologies. All of this can Competitive Advantage wanted to understand associate with BIM and the circular economy. how new technology and innovation is being Industry 4.0 concepts, supported by product adopted by members of the construction identification and reporting can provide decision-making unit. So we conducted designers, contractors, facilities managers impartial research, seeking to provide and building occupants with greater indicators on what specifiers are looking for information. This information will allow from manufacturers of construction products, them to plan, build, use and maintain their offering up ideas on quick wins, as well as buildings more effectively. This has the long-term innovation requirements. potential to offer cost savings during the life of the building which exceed the original cost How will the construction industry of building construction. prioritise and adopt innovative construction methods? Sustainability has matured, influenced by the circular economy Construction is now seeing innovations and initiatives to drive change in the areas of The requirements of sustainability, such as pre-manufacture, information & technology, the inclusion of recycled materials or higher the circular economy and new construction energy efficiency, remain important but we methods. To understand this, we talked to have moved on as a result of the influence of key decision makers: architects, engineers, the circular economy. In the future, buildings main contractors, specialist contractors and will be designed to be easily reconfigured or housebuilders. even dismantled with the components reused. Construction product identifiers will Competitive Advantage Consultancy’s be an important contributor to this and our research, New Technology and Innovation in research showed a definite demand for Construction, shows that all see opportunities products to carry identification.

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Key Areas for Pre-manufactured buildings, pods and Construction assemblies Product Innovation

Product reporting Clients, Architects, Building Services Engineers, Main Contractors and Specialist Remote Monitoring Contractors felt the areas of innovation which had most interest were pre-manufacture, sustainability options and Product identiﬁcation remote site monitoring.

Source Research: New Technology and Innovation www.cadvantage-knowledge.co.uk in Construction

Offsite construction methods are provides indicators in the areas of set to grow sustainability, automatic product design and installation, remote monitoring, augmented Offsite manufacture, including volumetric reality, manufacturer involvement and new construction, pods and panelised systems, supplier arrangements. could provide solutions to the challenges faced by the construction industry. Our Our report should help manufacturers research showed these methods were understand these opportunities. Products considered a very useful innovation. identified as offering the greatest opportunity are M&E systems, glazing, insulation and Pre-manufacture has the potential to boarding. Pre-manufactured buildings, pods improve quality while reducing cost and and assemblies were also seen as important shortening construction times. Hardly a new contributors to innovation. technology, it was used in the UK in the 1940s to solve the housing shortage following the Very soon these new trends will not be the Second World War, yet there does seem to be exception and companies who have failed to fresh momentum behind this approach. use innovation could find themselves left behind. There are plenty of ghosts of industry Conclusion leaders left behind by technological change: Kodak, Nokia, Compaq, Blockbuster. Developing new product concepts is great, but manufacturers need to address issues that decision-makers are concerned about and provide solutions they are prepared to adopt. Chris Ashworth Managing Director of Competitive Advantage Our research shows that some of the product Consultancy and member of the BIM4M2 features decision-makers want to see are not steering group at the edge of technology and would be Tel: 01252 378053 relatively simple for manufacturers to make [email protected] available today, such as product identifiers www.cadvantage.co.uk and offsite manufacture. The report also @CompetitiveA @CompA_Ashworth

Win With BiM How Do I get Ready for BIM Level 2 “This focused, joined-up approach will make it far Certification? more eﬀicient for companies to prepare for BIM Level 2 Certification. It will also mean that Graitec BRE and GRAITEC joined forces so companies can clients can benefit from the BIM Level 2 process benefit from a unified, all-inclusive service that knowledge and training services provided by BRE, supports them on their BIM journey from gap but also have the software, consultancy and analysis with a pre-assessment service through to support services that we cannot oﬀer.” advisory, consultancy, software training and support, right through to BIM certification. Paul Oakley, BIM Director at BRE

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