National BIM Report 2016 National BIM Report 2016

Introduction 03 We would like to thank Introduction the following organisations Richard Waterhouse for supporting this report: CEO, NBS and RIBA Enterprises

BIM – the wider landscape of 04 infrastructure, and the convergence with geospatial We are releasing this report just as the UK Government’s BIM mandate has come into force. Dr Anne Kemp From 4 April 2016, centrally procured construction projects now need to achieve BIM Level 2. Atkins Director and Fellow of BIM, Geospatial and Digital Engineering This is a significant milestone in the UK’s BIM journey, and in this report we show the industry’s assessment of its own readiness to reach this milestone.

Working towards a unified approach 08 In some ways we are well set. In the five years This fits with the Government’s broader to BIM in Europe since the former Chief Construction Adviser, digitisation goal. The digitisation of the Adam Matthews Paul Morrell, set the course for Level 2 BIM UK construction industry will bring with it Chairman of the EU BIM Task Group and Head as part of the Government’s Construction rapidly improving levels of innovation and of International for the UK BIM Task Group Richard Waterhouse Strategy, BIM usage has moved from a niche productivity: improvements we can see in CEO, NBS and RIBA practice to the norm. BIM adoption is now at other sectors. The Government’s construction BIM Task Group – April 4 mandate 14 Enterprises 54%, up from 48% last year. Eighty six percent strategy for an industry delivering: an ‘internationally unparalleled of respondents intend to have adopted BIM by – Lower costs; achievement on our BIM journey’ this time next year, and 97% within five years. Mark Bew MBE – Faster delivery; Chair of the HM Government BIM Task Group However, concerns remain. A significant number tell us that they are not clear on – Lower emissions; and Meeting the mandate – 16 what they have to do to comply with the BIM – Improvement in exports the Mott MacDonald story mandate, and only one in ten believes that the construction industry is ready to deliver will, and can only be, delivered through BIM. Andrew Moulds Associate at Mott MacDonald on it. Aligned to this is a broader skills gap We are already part of the way there. The UK in BIM, with a quarter feeling they lack the has a world-leading design community that skills and knowledge that they need. Introducing the Periodic Table of BIM 22 contributes very positively to our balance of payments. We are delivering world-class Stefan Mordue As a collaborative practice, BIM requires construction projects, such as the 2012 Architect and NBS Business Solutions Consultant, NBS a shared ownership of the design and Olympics and Crossrail. BIM is playing a construction process. Through this shared significant role in increasing the efficiency BIM Survey: Summary of findings 28 ownership will come shared learning, of government construction spending. as well as the iterative development and Adrian Malleson In 2014/15, the Government saved £855m Head of Research, Analysis and Forecasting, NBS implementation of improved practice. on existing schemes, allowing for investment This level of collaboration opens up new in new ones. The UK is leading in providing possibilities to design teams: coming together Building on BIM, diversity and change 44 standards and descriptions of BIM, and other on a project-by-project basis to collaborate Contributions from: countries are using these as a template for in clearly defined and described ways, with Rebecca De Cicco, Kath Fontana, best practice in BIM. Rebecca Hodgson-Jones, David Shepherd, information pooled, rather than hoarded. Jill Guthrie, Alison Watson, Fiona Moore, But there is still much work to do and the Dale Sinclair, Jennifer Macdonald and Richard Lane Like BIM, the future is collaborative and digital. journey continues. For BIM to realise its By working together, in a digital environment, transformative potential, investment and we may address these issues. BIM and the manufacturer 50 change is needed across the sector. At NBS, Contributors: BIM is presently being led by the design and we are investing in this global opportunity Vicky Evans, Andy Duck, Edward Rose and Lee Jones construction community. Other parts of the for UK construction. The NBS BIM Toolkit, the industry are behind. BIM’s broader adoption NBS National BIM Library and NBS Create are among clients and managers of buildings will all designed to support best design practice come through using the information within using BIM. We look forward to providing the the models to better and more efficiently knowledge that the UK construction needs commission and use buildings. to realise the potential of BIM.

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BIM – the wider landscape of infrastructure, and the convergence with geospatial

As we move forward in our progression of not only technology, process and data, but This leads to a dilemma and a challenge for The need for accurate asset information for BIM implementation across the infrastructure more importantly the human dimension at a the open standards community which, until large infrastructure managers (e.g. utility industry, I am realising that some of our most behavioural and psychological level. To do this recently, were functioning to a large extent companies, Highways England, Network Rail, useful insights are occurring within the overlap requires a fundamental and deep understanding separately. Now, however, buildingSMART Environment Agency) is an essential enabler and disruptive influences occurring at the of our relationship with digital data, and how International is working closely with the for the safe and efficient operation and boundaries with other sectors, whether that we can draw out intelligence from that data, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), maintenance of those assets and for decision be with asset management, the IT, system to inform better dialogue, and derive better the open standards body for the global support. However, owing to the nature and engineering, gaming or geospatial industries. decisions, setting the context for whole life geospatial community, to develop converged scale of the asset base in large infrastructure How often do we hear the charge that we all cycle information management and improved Dr Anne Kemp open standards and the overlap in activities sectors, the asset object geometry held in operate in our silos and are too inward looking? asset performance management. of those two organisations is very indicative these registers (often in GIS) is fairly simple. Atkins Director and So I thought I would take the opportunity to of how the industry is shifting. OGC and With the UK Government BIM mandate taking Fellow of BIM, share here a key theme of AGI’s Foresight To be frank, this has to be one of the biggest buildingSMART are working with a mix of a whole life cycle portfolio approach across Geospatial and 2020 Report (http://www.agi.org.uk/news/ latent and untapped opportunities for the IFC et al, CityGML and LandXML, and testing the sector, a significant opportunity exists for Digital Engineering foresight-report, Kemp et al, November 2015) geospatial industry, and this was a key whether there is a need to merge them with asset managers of large physical infrastructure conclusion of the Foresight 2020 Report. Top: Use of drones for survey – BIM, Asset Management and Future Cities, protocols from other sectors that could help to improve information management. in difficult terrain conditions Vice Chair of Not maps, not 3D – but recognising the latent buildingSMART UKI; which examined the increasing convergence going forward. The Integrated Digital Built to create informative 3D of geospatial and BIM technologies possibilities of the data and the value-add Environment Working Group has been set The difficulty that needs to be overcome environments Convenor of ISO services that can and should be delivered. is that a significant amount of legacy and approaches. up to look into the challenges, whilst not Bottom: Improving visibility 19650; Chair of ICE’s What a phenomenal opportunity. infrastructure assets already exists. Where disrupting continued development of the and resilience of buried BIM Action Group; If BIM is about the purposeful management not captured, changes to the existing But how can this be achieved? Looking at open standards that are required in the here services… ‘How can a city be Chair of BIM4 of information throughout the project life and now. There is a keen awareness that infrastructure slowly degrade the quality smart if it has no idea what Infrastructure; cycle – for infrastructure as well as buildings this more closely, geospatial and geomatic of any data kept and its reliability for use in is buried underground?’ data can have a major impact on all aspects one of the big challenges is the lack of Director of AGI – then geospatial data will become a operations and maintenance planning. of construction. Professional surveyors are consistency of sensor data and, with the significant aspect of that, particularly as we number of sensors globally set to expand The approach of delivering and updating move towards Digital Built Britain and the able to accurately map existing site conditions, data directly from the construction process using laser scanning approaches such as from around 2 trillion to 30 trillion over management of entire estates and portfolios. the next couple of years, it is vital we into asset systems through BIM should I would observe that the geospatial industry Scan 2 BIM to create BIM models. Point increase the trust in the data. But other cloud geomatics data can be used during are able to make sense of that data in has been operating in the asset management a consistent way. initiatives, such as defining a consistent space for many years, while BIM, with its construction to record what has actually approach to effectively record and share roots in 3D modelling, has emerged from happened on site, as opposed to ambiguous information on buried assets, are important the domains of construction and architecture. as-built drawings. Equally, with the help of to ensure that this can occur1. The continuing It is clear that there are opportunities to take drones, regular surveys during construction, challenge is to get industry to back these the best of both to achieve better outcomes operation and maintenance may monitor initiatives and help to fund and resource for everyone. conditions and developments on site, including the activity required. in restricted or hazardous conditions. Just as there is a conception that GIS (geographic information system) is just about Data taken from sensors installed during mapping, so there is a misconception that construction can be used to control or BIM is just about 3D modelling. Wrong on intelligently monitor the condition of both counts. If we think of BIM as ‘Better buildings, and set within a locational context. Information Management’ – entailing the Sensors can also be used to monitor the whole life cycle of the whole built environment public and building users to understand integrated with the people and the services indoor navigation or levels of occupancy, it delivers – you can understand that this and so streamline designs to reduce the complements and converges fundamentally footprint of buildings. The huge convergence with geospatial. Ultimately this will take us of ‘Big Data’ with BIM and more traditional to the ‘Digital Earth’ which embraces gaming geospatial data is enabling and informing technologies, semantic ontologies, on a scale more comprehensive predictive, behavioural which we can only just start to comprehend, and responsive analytics, influencing how but which will require issues of data quality, buildings and infrastructure are able to security, and clarity of use, interpretation respond to changing conditions.

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There is a connection between Smart City The Internet of Things and Internet of For the IDEE to be of value to us, we need Finally, there is a very human dimension to data and BIM data, both providing data Everything will play a major part in the way a way of accessing that information as the rapid transformation of our lives into a about our built environment for further use autonomous technologies will gather and and when we need it. That leads to a set more digital world. Evidence suggests that in operations, maintenance and performance use data to allow their operation. To be truly of facilitating technologies to enable the we are adapting more quickly than might be management2. The ability to measure effective, these sensors will need to have IDEE to operate: expected4,5, and there will be undoubtedly ‘in service’ performance and compare it a sense of place. Jim Plume refers to this both good and bad ramifications to this. – the Internet to transport the information; to ‘as briefed’ and ‘as delivered’ assets is the combination of proprietary tools and open For those involved in how the real world is single biggest opportunity to improve both standards as the Integrated Digitally-Enabled – the semantic web to enable smart ways represented in a virtual sense, this represents asset cost and carbon performance, e.g. Environment (IDEE), which affords us a to find and retrieve information; a serious responsibility over the next few through condition-based maintenance. comprehensive way of holding information years which must not be overlooked. – geolocation technologies to enable about the natural and built environments searching based on geographic context; Quite rightly, for the construction industry, in which these autonomous technologies the digital asset is becoming as important will operate. – RFID3’s with sensors to facilitate the Internet as the physical asset. This paradigm shift of Things to realise a sensate environment. is in the process of transforming the sector. The data cannot be regarded as proprietary This may be the way in which the world but needs to be passed on as accessible and of BIM could interact with the autonomous trusted – cities won’t become smart if the data world of smart cities to create, for example, is not treated as such. Data handover should the future transport networks that can be considered as a life cycle component like support autonomous vehicles, and indoor any asset – ‘Would you handover an asset navigation that facilitates a better and safer without an operating manual?’ For a geospatial experience for people moving through professional, in the data sense this means the urban environment. handing over the semantics and metadata, ideally mapped to an ontology. This is no different to any data time series. A city cannot be smart if it can’t let the maintenance contracts which will keep it be smart.

In this short essay, we propose an information framework to support the digital enablement of the built and natural environments. In doing that, we envision an inevitable shift towards a world in which our interaction with the physical world is increasingly facilitated through digital technologies that rely on data and information either to inform the decisions that we take or, where appropriate, form the basis for the autonomous response of entities acting for our benefit in the physical world.

Excerpt from the IDEE paper in AGI’s Foresight 2020 Report (http://www.agi.org.uk/news/foresight-report, Kemp et al, November 2015)

3 Radio Frequency Identification 4 ‘Mind Change’, Susan Greenfield 2 Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, 2015: p.14 5 ‘The Shallows: How the internet is changing the way we think, read and remember’, Nicholas Carr

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Working towards a unified approach to BIM in Europe

Europe is now host to the greatest Why are governments regional concentration of government-led encouraging BIM? Under-investment in technology BIM programmes in the world. Finland and Norway were first to set standards, followed Three trends are focusing public sector 0 1,0 2,0 3,0 4,0 by procurement policies from the UK, minds on finding new ways of working. Firstly, Telecommunications 1,82 Netherlands and Italy; and most recently joint governments and public agencies across Europe government and industry initiatives from are adapting to the new norm of increased Media and entertainment 1,97 France, Germany and Spain. Europe’s central pressure on public spending. This is being driven Information technology 1,97 policy and governance function, the European by macro issues such as bearing the cost of Car manufacturers 2,05 Average: 2,8 Adam Matthews Commission, endorsed BIM as an enabler for an ageing population, rising social welfare and Electronics and hi-tech 2,35 Chairman of the EU delivering public works by encouraging its use national debt concerns. These issues are far from Service providers 2,47 BIM Task Group and in the EU Public Procurement Directive (2014). unique – governments around the world are Logistics and transport 2,51 Head of International facing similarly tough budgetary constraints. Engineering 2,70 for the UK BIM The newly-formed EU BIM Task Group is Trade 2,90 Task Group co-funded by the European Commission Secondly, despite the fiscal challenges, to bring together these national initiatives governments still need to build and fund Pharmacy and medical products 3,01 1 | Mostly into a common and aligned European national infrastructure for the future. Putting Consumer goods 3,03 2 | Partly approach to develop a world-class digital infrastructure development on hold harms Utilities 3,10 construction sector. the future prospects of a region or country Automotive suppliers 3,12 3 | Very little as inadequate infrastructure limits prospects Chemical industry 3,21 4 | Rudimentary digitized This unusual public collaboration raises for growth or inward investment. Clearly, the Metal 3,30 Construction Sector several questions: why are governments and ‘do nothing’ option for governments is not Construction 3,33 public sector organisations taking a leadership an attractive one. Oil and gas 3,82 Source: Top 500 Study role to encourage BIM and, more broadly, the 2014/Accenture digitalisation of industry? What is the value Thirdly, to compound the public challenge, proposition for collaboration and alignment increasing regulation and policy drivers to across European member states? And how reduce consumption of natural resources, In addition to the clear opportunity the sector The message is clear: the convergence of ‘digital’ might this alignment affect the European including fossil fuels, are creating an acute holds to address public drivers, it is burdened with construction holds the promise of getting construction sector and global markets? need for public procurers to find new ways to with stubbornly low (and falling) productivity more from reduced budgets by increased address this three-sided conundrum: spend rates and high wastage. The UK’s National productivity and getting a more sustainable Before looking at governments’ interest carefully, build more, and build to a higher, Audit Office (*Modernising Construction [2001]) built environment. BIM provides greater clarity in BIM, what does BIM mean to public more sustainable quality standard. estimates that 30% of construction costs are and certainty of project delivery, thus helping authorities? Building Information Modelling wasted in unproductive activities. This figure is to minimise cost overruns and improve timely (BIM) can be thought of as ‘digital construction’. The construction sector holds the promise evident in the global construction market – it is delivery of public projects, helping to address It combines the use of 3D computer modelling of a significant contribution to all of these not a solely UK or European problem. the squeeze on public budgets. with asset and project information to improve three challenges. collaboration, coordination and decision The Economist (in its report ‘Rethinking As a decision support system, BIM can act The sector represents a significant slice of making when delivering and operating productivity across the construction industry’) as a powerful tool to address sustainability budgets under scrutiny; therefore it is of interest public assets. It is a technology-based lays part of the blame for this low productivity challenges; it helps to optimise energy and to government agencies to extract greater value. approach to construction that makes the on poor coordination between the sector’s resource efficiency; and can perform an Also, the built environment is widely recognised complex understandable, and outcomes many and fragmented stakeholders. enabling role in the evolving circular economy to be one of the largest consumers of natural more predictable. Inadequate information management agenda. These are key sustainability policies for resources and producers of carbon emissions. is also identified as a root cause of the Europe’s governments and public procurers. It accounts for approximately 40% of the world sector’s unsustainable performance. annual resource consumption, and emits Given the value of BIM to the public agenda approximately the same proportion of carbon. Accenture’s 2014 Top 500 Study places and the sector’s systemic under-investment construction at the bottom of the league in technology, it is little surprise that The sector rightly has a self-interest to maintain table for investing in and adopting technology. governments take the view that the sector and attract capital flows of investment from the This lowly position is in stark contrast to is well overdue an upgrade. Governments public and private sector to continue with public technology take-up in other traditionally are recognising that policy and public infrastructure plans; therefore it is motivated to labour-intensive sectors such as procurement can act as a catalyst for this help solve the challenges of ‘build more for the manufacturing, retail and aerospace, digital transition in a fragmented and same or less’ and to sustainable standards. where productivity rates have climbed. diverse sector.

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Rapidly evolving national digital programmes

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Why are public agencies collaborating? In the past four years a surge of government-led Collaboration also makes for more robust and The group is co-funded by the European The task group has a programme for collating BIM and digital programmes have launched proven programmes, which in turn increases Commission (EC) for two years (2016-2017) and identifying best practice and performance across Europe. The argument on whether the likelihood of implementing successful and to deliver on its promise of a common criteria. It will engage with public clients governments can benefit from BIM and help impactful policies. Furthermore, adoption levels European approach. The EC is in support across Europe to spread its message, and lead the sector’s digital transition appears within member states are likely to be greater of its vision as part of a wider ambition to will be consulting with standards bodies well and truly answered: it does benefit when a regional ‘competitive’ effect operates. improve competitiveness of the construction and industry. and it can lead. For example, an engineer, architect or contractor sector, especially SMEs, and related policy will not want to fall behind the capability level of actions to digitalise the sector. The EU BIM Task Group held its first official With multiple countries initiating digital a neighbouring ‘BIM ready’ country. In this case, steering committee meeting in Brussels on programmes, the possibility of nationalism if a unified BIM policy is introduced, it would be The Task Group aims to normalise the use 19 January 2016. At its Launch Reception and with it protectionism through proprietary more likely that the supply chain would be and specification of BIM by European public on 29 February, attended by Brussels-based national approaches is raised. This scenario inclined to invest and re-skill than if it were clients and policy makers to deliver shared European construction sector and product could lead to competition barriers across the a different type of approach. benefits for Europe’s public realm and associations, the group announced its European Single Market. Would we want to construction sector. To achieve this it will aspiration to grow a digital single market for see a French, Spanish, German or UK engineer develop a handbook describing the common construction and to build a world-class sector have to re-skill, re-tool and re-invest in a bid to practices and principles for ‘European BIM’. on the world stage. How might this affect work across borders complying with member This may lead to a minimum performance the future of the European industry and state specific ‘BIM requirements’? level for BIM across many European states. international markets? To make this vision of a common approach for Governments want to increase productivity BIM a reality, the EU BIM Task Group is bringing The handbook will describe common and reduce the costs of the construction together national initiatives to an aligned practices and principles for three areas: sector – not to add a cost burden of and common approach for the use of BIM in compliance to country-specific methods. Europe’s public works. The group is comprised – Procurement procedures for tendering and contracting of public clients and policy makers and ‘‘The market is missing a consistent view on BIM from Europe’s What are the benefits of cross-border nominated industry advisers. public clients; the EU BIM Task Group can fill this void by becoming the collaboration? On the positive, a pooling – Technical considerations for the collection, single authority for public clients and policy makers for the consistent of intellectual horsepower and normalising The vision of the group is to increase the value processing and use of information introduction of BIM. This will help to inform outcomes for industry of common practices can reduce individual for public money on the delivery and operation – Skills and role development principles standards and will open new markets for the digital construction member state costs for developing digitalisation of public assets to improve whole-life cycle era both domestically and internationally.’’ policies and strategies. Hence, learning from performance of public assets and to foster each other will reduce waste and accelerate a world-class digital, open and competitive Mark Bew MBE digitalisation and increase shared benefits. construction sector. Chair of the HM Government BIM Task Group

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Digital and Construction Digital Construction and Operations

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Innovation and Collaboration 2015 • Efficiency • Productivity • Transparency Construction • Value for money Digital 2010 and Operations • Growth

How will this unified ‘EU BIM’ affect the future of the industry? Assuming that ‘EU BIM’ national digital This increasing digital convergence (see programmes continue to increase and diagram above) will present opportunities normalise BIM adoption across Europe, and threats for the private sector. As seen it would be reasonable to expect that the already in early adopter countries, industry will move up Accenture’s league Europe-wide competition for digitally table of digital adoption. Given that a number skilled professionals is likely to increase. of national programmes are stating a target A competition to up-skill and develop new between 2016 and 2020, within five years services will be difficult for some while we can expect a significant proportion of others forge ahead in an inevitably messy the European industry to move from digitally and unpredictable free-market process. naïve to ‘digital natives’. Getting the other side of this transition But digital is a means to a goal and not the offers the prospect of a modern 21st century end itself. industry attracting fresh talent from the The EU BIM Task Group brings together national efforts into a common and aligned European approach to develop a world-class digital construction sector tech and manufacturing sectors. The benefit to the public community will be higher productivity, resulting in greater A European centre of excellence in digital output for the same spend; higher-quality construction will inevitably permeate to Digital is set to become the global lingua By working towards a unified European public assets leading to social and environment international markets – as already seen franca for designing, building and operating approach for digital construction we can grow goods being delivered, such as improved in the Middle East and Asia, where clients the world’s built environment. This will the size of the sector and position Europe social outcomes from hospitals, schools and are demanding digital deliverables as create new opportunities for growth from to compete and win in the global market. infrastructure; and more sustainable choices standard in contracts. the global export market, which is forecast on operating energy demands and carbon to outstrip the European domestic market cost. Addressing the European three-sided performance over the next decade. problem of squeezed budgets, the need for public infrastructure and sustainable BIM has become a proxy for digital information Within five years we can expect a decisions is the prize for the public sector exchange and better ways of working; it looks significant proportion of the European ‘built environment’. set to augur in a new world order of digital construction based on who can mine and industry to move from digitally naïve use information to the greatest effect. to ‘digital natives’.

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BIM Task Group - April 4 mandate an ‘internationally unparalleled achievement on our BIM journey

The £15m investment over three years BIM is now very much business as usual. is designed to maintain the UK’s global Our Level 2 programme is driving efficiency leadership in the use of this technology and creating a competitive supply sector with and will save owners of built assets billions our businesses in demand internationally. of pounds per year in unnecessary costs as well as setting the infrastructure for the BIM will become a required UK standard Smart Built economy. across the entire built environment and our message to all stakeholders is: join us and Reflecting the industry’s ongoing transition grasp this incredible opportunity to reduce Mark Bew MBE from mobilisation for Level 2 BIM to creating cost and waste while driving productivity Chair of the HM ‘business as usual’, the BIM Task Group and competitiveness. Government BIM unveiled a new bim-level2.org/ website Task Group on 4 April. We have demonstrated that a partnership between Government and industry can deliver Hosted and developed by the British dramatic changes in the sector. This has been Standards Institution (BSI), the site will made possible by having a clear shared plan continue to evolve from launch, providing and commitment – the challenge now is to a common and clear point of reference embed these techniques across the whole for BIM documentation, standards and of the market to grow capacity and become guidance created in partnership with the business as usual. BIM Task Group. We have, at Level 2, improved the industry. These documents will continue to be Level 3 BIM and the realisation of Digital Built The website at available free of charge in order to encourage Britain will create a new industry to service bim-level2.org contains a wealth of information all businesses however large or small to the challenges of the future. about BIM Level 2. take part. For more information visit www.bim-level2.org To look at how far we have come in four or www.bimtaskgroup.org short years is to understand how far we can The successful delivery of the Government With Government departments now and need to go in the next four and beyond. Construction Strategy (GCS) Level 2 BIM committed to achieving BIM maturity – the objectives represents ‘an internationally outcome of the BIM Task Group’s four-year From a standing start, the UK is now leading unparalleled achievement on the journey collaboration with industry, Government client the global race towards digitalisation of the towards the digitalisation of the built departments, private sector, institutions and construction industry and we will not let environment sector’. academia – BIM is driving greater value at it slip. The hard work starts here. home and significant growth opportunities Published by the Cabinet Office on 31 May overseas, through improved delivery and 2011, the GCS – as well as the Low Carbon operation of built assets. Construction Innovation & Growth Team: Final Report by Paul Morrell – outlined Achievement of the mandate has allowed the key target of reducing the cost of the BIM Task Group, together with the Government construction projects Government Construction Board and the by 15-20%. Client BIM Delivery Group, to reaffirm its unwavering commitment to encouraging, Critical to reaching these targets ahead supporting and enabling full BIM adoption of the 4 April 2016 deadline was that all across the industry. central Government departments achieved BIM will become a required UK standard across the milestone and now require tendering This has been supported in the recent the entire built environment and our message to suppliers to demonstrate collaborative Budget which announced the development 3D Level 2 BIM maturity through defined of the next generation of digital standards for all stakeholders is: join us and grasp this incredible and compliant information and data the construction sector –Level 3 BIM – under opportunity to reduce cost and waste while driving on projects. the ‘Digital Built Britain’ Programme. productivity and competitiveness.

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Meeting the mandate – the Mott MacDonald story

Such is the strength of market forces and Internal endeavours This approach required an understanding Example of standard competition, there is an unrelenting quest of the needs of many CDE ‘stakeholders’ ProjectWise attributes for all elements in Mott to streamline process, minimise waste and A continual programme of technology including client, corporate, business sector, MacDonald’s DCC using promote effective working to drive positive improvements has been critical to deliver project, end-user and support staff. Once the step change required by the mandate. the NBS BIM Object change in how organisations function, assets we had captured the high level requirements, Standard, Uniclass 2015 are managed and projects are delivered. Like Led by a central Project Technologies Group, we used our leading examples of CDEs from Classification, and separate many in the industry, Mott MacDonald has under the stewardship of our Group BIM across the business to understand strengths, Level of Detail (LOD) and Level of Information (LOI) long identified BIM (Building Information Steering Committee informed by direct input weaknesses, opportunities and known issues Modelling) as a differentiator to achieving it, from champions from across the business, to create a standardised set of features that Andrew Moulds with the UK Government lending its significant 2015 marked the completion of two corporate have been aligned with the Mott MacDonald Associate at Mott weight and influence through the Level 2 technology solutions. The Mott MacDonald Group’s ‘Common Way of Working’, called MacDonald mandate to give focus and direction across Common Data Environment (MMCDE) and STEP. With the CDE now complete, this the industry. the Digital Component Catalogue (DCC) approach allows the rapid deployment of are aimed at cementing our capability of pre-defined templates to projects anywhere Owners of all classes of asset around the delivering projects to meet Level 2. around the global business, which has greatly world, both existing and new, need to achieve reduced project start-up time and represents greater performance from them to meet the After over seven years of developing, implementing and operating BS1192 efficiencies that can be directly passed increasing social need while reducing inefficient on to our clients. use of resources and expenditure. It has been compliant CDEs on some of the world’s vital that we can be on hand to make it happen. biggest engineering projects, we have The Digital Component Catalogue (DCC) Delivering an approach that accords with the used this experience to develop a is a technology solution aimed at efficiently mandate is now a pre-requisite for working standard corporate approach that is producing high quality digital deliverables. The DCC already contains over 4000 objects with the UK’s public sector, but many aspects available group-wide for immediate Again using ProjectWise to support all which can be used by any project, and the of it have also proven good practice for how project mobilisation. of our users, we have developed a system content is continuing to grow as more is we function as an organisation of 16,000 Throughout the development of the for making our digital content, such as BIM created on projects. This centralised and people operating across 150 countries. MMCDE we have engaged senior, leading object families, available to all users through standardised approach to objects is resulting a single location. in higher levels of consistency in deliverables We recognise a need that our business personnel to shape our approach to information management across our core and more efficient production of BIM must continually find ways of staying at Adoption of the NBS BIM Object Standard deliverables. the forefront while our people want to work technical sectors that result in superior has been important as it defines requirements effectively with leading technology to be outcomes. Hosted on Bentley’s ProjectWise, for both graphical and non-graphical efficient and avoid duplication of effort. these requirements have focused on balancing information and can consistently be applied As global engineering, management and the needs of our integrated management across multiple sectors, regardless of the development consultants, our solutions system for quality, environment and safety authoring package. This was seen as a key need to be optimised to deliver sustainable and for projects that use our globally diverse requirement for having a standard approach outcomes. BIM is integral to delivering it all. Autodesk and Bentley user communities. for digital components that will add long-term value to the business to service thousands The times of early exploration a decade of international users. ago saw varied success, but the advent of our vision in 2010 where it would become an integral part of the way that we do business has proved to be accurate.

More recently our efforts have focused on accelerated change through implementing strategic actions as an integral part of good practice and management policy in all parts NBS of the Mott MacDonald Group, and to BIM develop an enhanced service offering to Object help customers and asset owners realise Standard the full potential benefits of BIM through better outcomes. Find out more about the NBS BIM Object Standard at nationalBIMlibrary.com/nbs-bim-object-standard

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Roebuck Service Reservoir: Leeds Station Southern rendered 3D model and 2D Entrance: rendered 3D section drawing that uses content from the DCC. The drawing output includes schedule tables that are created using only object metadata, demonstrating the efficiency of adopting the NBS BIM Object Standard through ‘‘The job looks fantastic and our stakeholders the standardisation of the were delighted. A few commented to me data structure. what a challenge it must have been to build.’’ Rob McIntosh, Network Rail Route Managing Director

Leeds Station Southern Entrance Mott MacDonald’s BIM story is one of continual coordination and setting out was undertaken evolution that is founded on a reputation for using the point cloud directly, all of which was technical excellence and commercial success hosted on a Common Data Environment. delivered consistently across most of our markets and geography. Our award-winning Models across all disciplines were federated Notes and used to generate clash reports which were 1. This drawing to be read in conjunction with all relevant drawings & together heritage grows ever stronger, having won with the specifications.

2. Details comply with YW Eng Spec V14 and Reinforced Concrete Service Reservoirs Asset Standard Version 2 plus SRE Asset Standard Deviations. used to replace the traditional paper workflow 0 3. All dimensions are shown in millimetres (mm), unless noted otherwise. international accolades including those 36 5 4. All levels are shown in metres (m) AOD, unless noted otherwise. Existing 55 5. No dimensions are to be scaled from this drawing. If in doubt ask. washout 5 used in Network Rail’s Integrated Design connection E 437731.994 4 6. All flanges drilled for PN16 rating. N 401543.440 awarded by Fiatech and the National 6" 133.857m CR E 52 53 7. All valves PN16 rated gate valves anti clockwise closing. Valve handwheels are cast iron with opening and closing directions cast to wheel. Maximum effort required to operate valve not exceeding 200N. 8" · Handwheel size to suit. Check (IDC) process. This offered a significant 7 D · Minimum operational clearance from floor to valve operating wheel 1000mm. 4 9 Construction Computing Awards. · Minimum clearance around valve 200mm C 7" 50 51 · Washouts to be T-Bar operated. B 8. External protection to pipe work in accordance with Yorkshire Water Engineering Specification Version 14. reduction in the time required for this process, 9" Existing Outlet Connection 9. Flanged joint sets in contact with potable water are stainless steel. A 10. Fabricated pipework and pipework internal to reservoir is 3M Scotchcote coated mild steel. The new Leeds Station Southern Entrance allowing key issues to be identified and 11. For all flanged joints gaskets up to and including DN250 may be lugged type. All 20" 12 150mm Ground drainage gaskets above DN250 are full face type. pipework. Level 12. All pipe couplings/flange adaptors minimum PN16 rated. 150mm Ground and route TBC drainage See Detail on Hydrant 13. All pipework and fittings suitable for use with potable water and comply with Yorkshire (LSSE) is one of our latest, leading engineering resolved in an expedient manner rather than pipework. Level MHA MHB 1 (Flowmeter) Water Engineering Specification and the Asset Standard for Reinforced Concrete and route TBC Service Reservoirs Version 2. E 437734.902 E 437744.179 E 437733.411 N 401538.892 300Ø plastic 300Ø plastic N 401541.363 16 31 22 36 16 14. Thrust blocks to be symetrical to the centreline of the pipe. N 401538.549 (1:50) (1:90) 132.689m CR 15. Standard Test Pressure = 2 Bar projects. It is a landmark scheme designed to via a paper-based review of deliverables. Existing 5 overflow Temporary blank 16. Pipes surrounded in mass fill to be wrapped in Denso Tape. Anchor 6 - connection gaskets flange removed & Overflow removed 4 4 11 replaced with Flange --- when diversion in 214 8 Anchor 170 OD Adaptor place 22 13 1200 27 22 25 23 23 24 22 27 gaskets improve access to the station from the south Network Rail’s asset managers were a key 7 33 34 7 35 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 30 35 214 of the city. Managing the complexity of the consultee, given their requirement to be able E 437748.772 E 437732.683 E 437735.146 Refer to Refer to outlet E 437740.824 N 401540.535 E 437752.276 E 437759.474 35 N 401536.996 N 401537.680 22 37 2a 37 17 downstream Key to symbols upstream N 401538.419 3a N 401541.469 N 401543.388 0 Flowmeter connection

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i connection detail 134.320m CR 133.209m CR 0 132.694m CR 132.694m CR 37 7 chamber 1200 detail 132.694m CR M 132.694m CR 1 x 600 (TBC) over-river site environment, adjacent tower to undertake a touching distance inspection Existing Fenceline Pipe Fitting Schedule (214-01) Mark Bore Branch Description Length Manufacturer Standard No Off Reference drawings 22 9" Outlet Valve House Area G.A. 1 80 DI Double Flanged Pipe 400 Electrosteel Castings Ltd BS EN 545 2 E 437721.200 NR08-213 Outlet Pipework GA & Details Sheet 2 blocks, the structural form, interfaces and of all bolted connections every five years, 38 39 2 150 DI Coupler (UltraGrip) Viking Johnson 1 N 401537.583 1 1 : 50 NR08-215 Outlet Pipework GA & Details Sheet 3 3 150 DI Double Flanged 45° Bend 160 Electrosteel Castings Ltd BS EN 545 2 4 150 DI Double Flanged 90° Bend 220 Electrosteel Castings Ltd BS EN 545 3 5 150 DI Double Socket 90° Bend 267 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 16 20" 6 150 DI Double Spigot Pipe 900 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 stakeholder liaison process was only really meaning careful consideration had to be given 7 150 DI Flange Adaptor (Flexlock) 123 Viking Johnson 3 2 8 150 DI Flanged Spigot 590 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 28 134.320 m 7 9 150 DI Flanged Spigot 1000 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 2 29 14 10 150 DI Flanged Spigot 1170 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 11 150 DI Flanged Spigot 1274 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 possible through the effective use of BIM to all details to allow access. The model was 12 150 DI Push Fit Pipe 3800 Electrosteel Castings Ltd BS EN 545 1 13 250 DI Blank Flange 32 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 9 3 14 250 DI Coupler (UltraGrip) Viking Johnson 2 Scale Reference 3 15 250 DI Double Flanged 45° Bend 350 Electrosteel Castings Ltd BS EN 545 1 16 250 DI Double Flanged 90° Bend 350 Electrosteel Castings Ltd BS EN 545 3 20 10 4 0 tools and processes. used as a visualisation tool for allowing virtual 1.25m 2.50m 17 250 DI Double Socket 45 Degree Bend Electrosteel Castings Ltd 1 1:25 Existing 133.209 m 18 250 DI Double Socket 90° Bend 380 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 overflow 19 250 DI Double Spigot Pipe 1600 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 0 2.5m 5.0m connection 1:50 19 35 20 250 DI Double Spigot Pipe 3000 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 21 250 DI Double Spigot Pipe 5500 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 reality walk-throughs to clearly communicate Anchor 22 250 DI Flange Adaptor (Flexlock) 137 Viking Johnson 7 B 07/10/15 Coordinates added MM PM gaskets 23 250 DI Flange Adaptor (QuickFit) 137 Viking Johnson 2 A 05/10/15 Issued for Construction MM PM 18 Section Thro Diverted Overflow 24 250 DI Flange Spigot Pipe (c/w Thrust Flange) 690 Electrosteel Castings Ltd BS EN 545 1 Rev Date Description Chkd Appd E 437722.447 From commencement the scheme aimed 7 1 : 25 25 250 DI Flange Spigot Pipe (c/w Thrust Flange) 1100 Electrosteel Castings Ltd BS EN 545 1 N 401533.594 26 250 DI Flanged Spigot 350 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 issues and obtain project sign off. Outlet Upstream Connection 8 1 : 50 27 250 DI Flanged Spigot 500 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 2 1000 28 250 DI Flanged Spigot 850 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 29 250 DI Flanged Spigot 1000 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 Telephone - 0844 8481090 Livingstone House to maximise the use of a model-based 30 250 DI Flanged Spigot 2000 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 E-mail - [email protected] Chadwick Street 50 51 31 250 DI Flanged Spigot 2200 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 Website - www.mm-b.co.uk Leeds, LS10 1LJ 32 250 DI Flanged Spigot 2275 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 5 Stream: Reservoirs Batch No: SRED02 33 250 DI Flanged Spigot 5000 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 1 214 39 E 437766.415 36 34 250 DI Push Fit Pipe 1870 Electrosteel Castings Ltd BS EN 545 1 Client 15 22 N 401551.732 environment with a variety of targeted The federated approach also proved critical 38 35 250 DI Push Fit Pipe 5.5m 5500 Electrosteel Castings Ltd BS EN 545 4 Livingstone House 26 Chadwick Street 36 250 80 DI All Flanged Tee 700 Electrosteel Castings Ltd BS EN 545 2 Leeds, LS10 1LJ E 437765.458 14 E 437763.426 225Ø plastic to new 37 250 250 DI All Flanged Tee 700 Electrosteel Castings Ltd BS EN 545 3 N 401551.441 N 401550.755 connection (TBC). 38 500 DI Flange Adaptor (UltraGrip) 153 Viking Johnson 2 32 Connection location 39 500 250 DI Double Flanged Flat Taper 700 Electrosteel Castings Ltd. BS EN 545 2 See Detail on TBC by CCTV survey interventions throughout planning, design in managing the construction interface. Hydrant 2 65 Temp connection to Pipe Accessory Schedule (214-02) existing Title washout/overflow route Item No Bore Description Length Manufacturer Standards No Off Roebuck SRE No 2 21 Access Chamber (600Ø). 1a 80 FH2-CE Fire Hydrant Saint Gobain Ltd BS EN 1074-6 2004 2 and construction. Existing asset information Model information was exchanged with the Refer to MMB(L)-F3-SD-537 2a 250 Erhard RES Gate Valve 330 Erhard Valves Ltd 6 3a 250 MagMaster Electromagnetic Flow Meter 450 ABB Ltd BS6920 1 9 Outlet, Washout & Overflow Diversion Sheet 1 of 2 was captured in a point cloud, which was fabricator and cladding subcontractor who 1a E 437768.758 1a N 401547.909 Scheme Address : Roebuck Hill SRE, Roebuck Hill, Near Jump, Barnsley, South DAZ : Anchor Yorks S74 0LJ N/A gaskets 1 133.081 m 1 OS Ref : SE 377 015 Date Outputs Achieved: TBC essential to obtaining thorough and accurate augmented and enhanced the level of detail 132.695 m 132.869 m Designer. G Simpson Engineering Check. M McAree

CAD Technician. A Selby Lead Batch Designer Check. P Moon

Outlet Downstream Connection Specialist Check. N/A Design Manager Approval. N/A 2 1 : 50 survey information within the operational to construction status. Rebar was modelled Scale at A1 YWS Ref: RO874 MMB Ref: NR08 Status As indicated © Mott MacDonald Bentley Limited Detail on Hydrant 1 (Flowmeter) CAD File: PW \ NR08 \ 4.6 CON 4 1 : 25 Detail on Hydrant 2 This document should not be relied on or used in circumstances other than those for which it was originally prepared and for which Mott MacDonald Bentley Ltd was commissioned. 5 1 : 25 Drawing No Rev Mott MacDonald Bentley Ltd accepts no responsibility for this document to any other party other than the person by whom it was commissioned. OS Copyright License No. WU298581 C:\Users\sel72621\Documents\R0874_NR08-MMB-020-00-M3-C-0001_sel72621.rvt Panel Engineer. N/A NR08-214 B train shed and immediate proximity above in critical areas and the construction sequence the river. This was augmented and enhanced animated to communicate the design intent with record information and targeted surveys. and buildability to the site teams, and regular An asset model was created from the point health and safety workshops were held to cloud, which was used for gross coordination explain how elements were to be erected with the new build elements; detailed on the constrained river deck site.

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NBS BIM tools and content support your BIM workflow – individually effective and BIM Consultancy powerfully connected Our own journey has made us acutely aware Our portfolio of clients has grown markedly of the business process and technology since 2012, with opportunities coming the You can use our BIM tools individually. But use them collectively and change management BIM requires and the world over. Many want to ‘buy British’ as harness their full power and potential to deliver informed decisions, more benefits it brings. It is these direct experiences, they look at the leadership and best practice efficient processes and reduced risk across your Level 2 BIM projects. alongside our capability in delivering technical developed here with a view to applying it to projects with BIM, that has given rise to their respective organisations, assets and helping unlock targeted benefits for others. projects. Closer to home, the level of interest from local authorities and other public bodies We look beyond the simple convention of in particular has grown markedly this year in models as purely 3D representations of an the run-up to the April milestone. asset and instead focus on layering BIM BIM Management Standardised into existing business processes, optimising The current hunger for ‘BIM Level 2’ is at the & Classification BIM Objects them to deliver business plan targets that forefront of how clients home and abroad NBS BIM Toolkit provides NBS National BIM Library instigate positive behavioural change, articulate their burgeoning BIM aspirations, step-by-step guidance to define, is the UK’s fastest growing manage and validate responsibility resource of BIM objects and resulting in better information management. with the desired progression to Level 3 for information development home to the NBS BIM Our five step process - underpinned by a inevitable in the next ten years. We need to and delivery at each state Object Standard. strategy that acts as the guiding principle be ready and on hand to help make it happen. of the asset lifecycle. nationalBIMlibrary.com throughout - enables a measured approach theNBS.com/toolkit to implementation. There are many organisational drivers for BIM, though many of the main themes are common, enabling BIM Specification BIM Co-ordination us to share our best practice across a & Guidance with Geometry Model diverse range of clients. NBS Create is the leading UK NBS Plug-ins co-ordinate standard specification tool, built your specification and for BIM and linked to guidance CAD models, improving the Mott MacDonald’s from the Construction synchronisation of your five step approach Information Service. project information.

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Better performance and outcomes are achieved when assets are easy and enjoyable to use – workers are more productive, hospital patients heal faster, school children learn better, travellers get to their destination on time. Find out more about our suite of tools to support you BIM must be targeted to make this happen. throughout the BIM workflow at theNBS.com/BIMworkflow

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Introducing the Periodic Table of BIM

Taking inspiration from the traditional periodic table of elements, NBS recently launched a Strategy Foundations Collaboration visual guide to the key terms and concepts At the head of the table lies the STRATEGY Strategy in place, it’s time to implement BIM and collaborative working go hand in you’re likely to encounter along the road grouping, home to the BIM Strategy (Bs) the FOUNDATIONS – the bedrock of efficient hand, and the COLLABORATION grouping is towards BIM implementation. element. With strategy at the heart of systems for communication, information about developing better and more efficient In the Periodic Table of BIM, we document any successful BIM implementation exchange, and data transfer that allow ways of working. the stages necessary for closer collaboration it’s no surprise to find this at the very advanced BIM processes to be delivered. You’ll need to consider the digital tools (Di) (of process and people) by way of the top of our table. In order to develop strong foundations, that will allow you to collaborate effectively Stefan Mordue technology, standards and enabling tools Thinking about what you want to achieve you’ll also need to consider your approach (and how data might flow between them Architect and NBS that will underpin your efforts. from BIM and how and why you might to managing the production, distribution without loss), as well as people’s attitudes, Business Solutions implement a strategy (and, in turn, the and quality of construction information in a which may require cultural and behavioural Consultant, NBS The original table, published by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869, managed underpinning foundations, processes, common data environment (Cde), ensuring changes (Cu). Ensuring you can use the to organise 112 named elements (and technology, tools and people) is everyone can access the same data. outputs that someone else within the project acknowledge several unnamed ones) using fundamental to your success. team has produced by understanding Consider, too, the right procurement routes strict rules and hierarchy. Our version sticks Interoperability (St) will also be key. Your strategy is likely to be unique, heavily to set the best environment for collaboration to a few guiding principles but is a less rigid reliant on your own key drivers – whether – what approach will you take when it comes affair – broken down into nine groupings they are to improve decision-making or to model management, intellectual property with a number of elements in each. efficiency, deliver better coordinated rights and data management, responsibilities Process information, or simply to reduce paper for errors (given the reliance on supplied The table is designed to be a useful Understanding your current PROCESSES will usage. Drivers acknowledged, what will data), liabilities and ownership? reference, ideal to print out and stick on allow you to determine where improvements a wall or share digitally, and should prompt success look like? Assessing your current BIM capability and can be made. This grouping shows what a thinking about areas of BIM-readiness that capacity (Ca) will allow you to determine best-practice workflow might look like with may need your attention. your BIM-readiness status and work out information that is universally structured, regardless of author. You can find out more and download the what still needs to be done. Periodic Table of BIM at www.theNBS.com/ This ideal is achieved by understanding knowledge/periodic-table-of-bim. You’ll information requirements during the whole also find articles looking at particular project life cycle – from Assessment and table groupings. Need (As) and Delivery (De), through to Maintenance and use (Ma) – so that best value is achieved through the whole project timeline.

The Common Data Environment (Cde) is at the very centre, providing the means to collect, store and distribute information among the whole project team, ensuring everyone is working with the same information. Consider information exchange (In) – how, when and in what form is the client requesting it?

The table is designed to be a useful reference, ideal to print out and stick on a wall or share digitally, and should prompt thinking about areas of BIM-readiness that may need your attention.

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The Periodic Table of BIM

1 2 Bs Su BIM Strategy Surveys and Reports Strategy Process Standards

3 4 Foundations People Enabling Tools 5 6 7 8

Fr Cu Collaboration Technology Resources Bt Lod Loi Vi Framework Culture and BIM Toolkit Level of detail Level of Videos behaviour Information

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Co Po As Eir Cm In Sf Cd Cl Li Cs An Ev Common methods Process Assesment and Employers info Communication Investment Software Capital delivery Collaborative Library objects Classification Analysis tools Events need requirements phase business relationships

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Pr Fo Ex Bep So Ch Ha Op Po Pe Cafm Ct Fo Procurement route Forms of Execution BIM execution plan Soft skills Change process Hardware Operational phase Protocol Prequalification Computer-Aided Cost tools Forums and user procurement questionnaires Facilities Management groups

35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Ca Di De Midp Cp Sh Tr Fm Qu Bsdd Pg Ad Sc Capability and Digital tools Delivery Master information Cooperation Share success Training Facilities Quality management buildingSMART Programme tools Administration Social media capacity delivery plan management systems data dictionary tools

48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 St Ma Cde Ch Av Fi Dg De Ifc Au Mo Bl Standardisation and Maintenance Common data Champion Availability File storage Digital security Design managment Industry foundation Authoring tools Model viewers and Blog posts Interopability and use environment systems classes checkers

60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 Dpow In Su En In Br As Idm Sp Fl Bo Digital Plan Information Support Engage Infrastructure Briefing Asset management Information Specification tools File sharing and Books of Work exchange delivery manual collaboration

Digital Plan of Work stages

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24 25 National BIM Report 2016 1 2 Bs Su BIM Strategy Surveys and Reports Strategy Process Standards

3 4 Foundations People Enabling Tools 5 6 7 8

Collaboration Technology Resources People Technology Fr Enabling ToolsCu Element-ary: Bt Lod Loi Vi PEOPLE are often overlooked when it Ensure that you have the right TECHNOLOGY FrameConsiderwork the ENABLINGCultur TOOLSe and that will Your guide to the table’s BIM Toolkit Level of detail Level of Videos comes to BIM strategy. As with any process to support your BIM aims and objectives. help design, develop, behadeliverviour and maintain building blocks Information of change management, you need to provide While BIM is more than just cool technology, the built asset. You may require a number clear communication to your colleagues as to it is nevertheless an important factor for of different tools for specific tasks and why and how you intend to implement BIM. successful implementation. Alongside 9 functions as no one10 piece of software will 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 You’ll need support from senior management software and hardware deliberations, as you meet all your needs, so think carefully. Ensure and will likely benefit from a series of ‘BIM move into a digital environment, consider that the tools you use are interoperable and champions’ to help oil the wheels. how and where data is stored and the best Coallow you to exchange informationPo with As Eir Cm In Sf Cd Cl Li Cs An Ev way to share and publish information in existing or new systems and for information Ideally BIM should be embedded within a security-minded way. Commonto flowmethods from one partyProcess to another. Assesment and Employers info Communication Investment Software Capital delivery Collaborative Library objects Classification Analysis tools Events current workflows and not as a separate need requirements phase business relationships entity – given the impact on ‘business as usual’, your comms should be clear and Grouping: timely. You need to take care to understand Standards Resources 22 23 24 Process25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 the impact of any changes and not to Get to know the STANDARDS, procedures throw out the best bits of current process Before you make any investment, it is worth and supplementary documents available Atomic number: and procedure. considering what tools are available to you to you that will assist with your strategy Prfor free. Fo Ex 12 Bep So Ch Ha Op Po Pe Cafm Ct Fo and help achieve collaborative BIM. Make sure that you share success among Procurement route Forms of Execution BIM execution plan Soft skills Change process Hardware Operational phase Protocol Prequalification Computer-Aided Cost tools Forums and user the team and provide individuals with the The final grouping in the table acknowledges Element Symbol: Facilities Management An increasing number of countries are procurement questionnaires groups support and training that they may require, the RESOURCES that are available to you Eir. Two, three or four letters. embracing BIM – either as a top-down bearing in mind that some will require more and access to information. Complementing The original periodic table approach such as mandating BIM at a support and encouragement than others. paid-for Books (Bo) are free-to-access Blog uses one or two letter government level, or a bottom-up approach 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Lead by example, and give reassurances Posts (Bl), Video (Vi) content from file-sharing symbols. Many three and four such as a demand from the supply chain. and support to those that need it. sites such as YouTube, and also Surveys and letter acronyms are currently Elements in this grouping are supported CaReports (Su) such as theDi annual NBS National De wellMidp established within the Cp Sh Tr Fm Qu Bsdd Pg Ad Sc by robust supporting documents, standards, BIM Report. construction industry and frameworks and protocols, many of which Capability and Digital tools Delivery thereforeMaster information would have caused Cooperation Share success Training Facilities Quality management buildingSMART Programme tools Administration Social media The internet and social media have created the UK Government has made available in capacity confusiondelivery to shortenplan them, management systems data dictionary tools mandating BIM in the UK. a valuable online community of support. ‘BIM’ being a prime example There are many online forums and user of this. Try to start with the end result in mind and groups, all sharing48 helpful hints and guidance49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 have the needs of the client and Facilities as well as a range of face-to-face events. Element Name: Management (Fm) team to the fore. Employers info requirements The Briefing (Br) element considers St Ma Cde Ch Av Fi Dg De Ifc Au Mo Bl BS 8536-1:2015 and matters relating to Standardisation and Maintenance Common data Champion Availability File storage Digital security Design managment Industry foundation Authoring tools Model viewers and Blog posts projects for the delivery of assets/facilities Interopability and use environment systems classes checkers according to defined operational requirements. BS 1192:4 defines the methodology for transferring COBie information – for example, between the 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 various parties involved in a project. An increasing number of countriesDpow are embracingIn Su En In Br As Idm Sp Fl Bo BIM – either as a top-down Digitalapproach Plan suchInformation as mandating Support Engage Infrastructure Briefing Asset management Information Specification tools File sharing and Books BIM at a government level, orof Waork bottom-upexchange approach delivery manual collaboration such as a demand from the supply chain.

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BIM Survey: Summary of findings

Welcome to the sixth NBS National BIM We hope you enjoy reading the findings. Findings in this report are based on What is your main discipline? Report. It comes at a critical time for the We would like to take this opportunity just over 1,000 responses to the survey. UK construction industry; the survey was to thank all those who took the time to Architects are the most strongly 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

conducted shortly before UK Government complete the survey, without whom represented group. However, there is Architect 40% implemented its BIM mandate in April there would be no report. Thank you also significant representation from other Architectural 11% this year. to the professional bodies and institutes who groups. These include, among others, Technologist publicised the survey to their membership. Architectural Technologists, Building In this report, we examine the themes This helps makes sure that the findings Services Engineers, Building Surveyors, Other 7% of BIM adoption, BIM usage and people’s cover the breadth of the design community. Contractors, Project Managers and BIM Manager 7% Adrian Malleson attitudes towards BIM. We also take the As collaboration is at the heart of BIM it is Landscape Architects. The number of Head of Research, Building Services 5% opportunity to look more closely at the encouraging to see a broad range of bodies BIM Managers who took part is notable. Engineer Analysis and design community’s assessment of the coming together for this report, to provide Six years ago, when we first ran this Contractor 5% Forecasting, NBS UK Government BIM mandate and its a holistic view of BIM. survey, the role barely existed. The Project Manager 4% implementation. The mandate is coming, representation is indicative of how but does the industry welcome it, and embedded BIM has become. Quantity Surveyor 3% is it ready? Building Surveyor 2% For the first time we also asked about respondents’ geographical location; so, BIM Technician 2% Respondents by region for the first time, we are able to provide CAD Technician 2% analysis of BIM adoption by the nations Civil Engineer 2% 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20% and regions. Landscape 2% Scotland 6% As in previous years, we need to apply Architect Wales 4% a little caution to the findings. As different Structural 2% people come to participate in the survey, Engineer Northern Ireland 3% and as roles change within the industry, Manufacturer 1% North East 4% England our sample varies. Response to the survey Engineer - Other 1% is, naturally, voluntary. Therefore, we North West 9% Property 1% England ought to remember that the findings Developer are indicative rather than definitive. Yorkshire and 7% Chartered 1% Humberside Nevertheless, this survey is the most Surveyor comprehensive analysis of the state of East Midlands 5% Interior Designer 1% BIM within the UK construction sector. West Midlands 7% Indeed, running this survey over six years, Facilities Manager 1%

East of England 6% with a set of core questions that remain Building Engineer 0% consistent, allows us to present a unique London 19% year-on-year comparison. South/South 14% East England

South West 9% England

Outside the UK 9%

The number of BIM Managers who took part is notable. Six years ago, when we first ran this survey, the role barely existed. The representation is indicative of how embedded BIM has become.

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BIM usage and awareness ‘‘BIM is the future. It is the way the Projection of BIM usage among those aware of BIM coming generation will work. It will Firstly, let us turn to the headline figures radically change the way we would 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% of BIM adoption and usage within the UK. go about doing our roles. Every effort Last year we saw a slight, and unexpected, We currently 58% must be made to implement it.” use BIM dip in BIM usage. This year we see that a Asking people’s work place location In one year’s 86% majority of participants are using BIM. time we will allows us to give a geographical breakdown use BIM Fifty-four percent of those who took of BIM adoption. For some regions, the In three years’ 95% part in the survey tell us that they are number of respondents was relatively time we will currently using BIM in some of their small, so the graph below needs to be use BIM projects. Forty-two percent are aware taken as just indicative. It suggests In five years’ 97% of BIM, though are not using it. A mere time we will that BIM is prevalent in London and the use BIM 4% are unaware of BIM. This is significant. North East, as well as Northern Ireland BIM has become a routine way of and Wales. The area with the lowest designing and constructing buildings. rate of BIM adoption seems to be the When we look back to 2011, only 13% East of England. of people were using BIM, 45% were just BIM adoption by nation/region

aware of it, and 43% did not know what 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% it was. Whilst the rate of adoption has Aware and currently using BIM 54%

moderated, we have come a long way. Just aware of BIM 42% Northern Ireland 72%

Neither aware nor using 4% North East 69% We went on to ask what those who were England aware of BIM (whether using it or not) Wales 69% would do over the coming years. London 66% We can see that BIM adoption is set to Yorkshire and 64% increase. Within one year, 86% of people Humberside expect to be using BIM on at least some East Midlands 56% of their projects. Within three years, North West 54% 95% expect to be using BIM. Within five, England that number increases to 97%. Should these projections be realised, then BIM West Midlands 53% will have become near universal and routine. Scotland 49%

The UK construction industry will have South/South 48% been transformed, in this respect at least. East England

Again, we might wish to apply a little South West 45% caution to these projections; intentions England

are not always realised. But it is clear East of England 38% which way it is going.

We can see that BIM adoption is set to increase. Within one year, 86% of people expect to be using BIM on at least some of their projects.

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Finding out about BIM Use of standards Agreement that ‘BIM is not sufficiently standardised yet’ “More work is needed in helping companies where they were likely to turn in order to find “The current standards and documentation 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% adopt BIM methods.” out about BIM. As we have seen in previous are a fantastic set of resources.” 65% 22% 13% years, the most likely source of information BIM requires new ways of working and, Collaboration is at the heart of BIM. Effective is the one that’s most readily available: often, the adoption of new technology. collaboration requires the adoption and use Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree professional colleagues. Seventy-one percent Those looking to adopt BIM need to acquire of a shared set of standards; they provide of people are likely to turn to immediate the skills and knowledge to do so. We asked the common environment within which colleagues, while 57% turn to other about people’s knowledge and skills in BIM. collaboration can take place. They also professionals outside their organisation. It is a mixed picture. Whilst almost half (48%) protect against the anecdotal ‘BIM wash’. Which of the following standards/publications does your Professional collaboration in action. tell us that they are ‘very’ or ‘quite’ confident Saying something ‘is BIM’, whether a project, organisation use? in their knowledge and skills in BIM, there is a model or an object isn’t sufficient for it At NBS, we are pleased that 65% of people 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% still a majority who are not. Nearly a quarter are likely to turn to us for information about to be BIM. Adherence to relevant standards, (23%) describe themselves as ‘in between’, BIM. This report forms just a small part of the on the other hand, is. The new unified 40% whilst 28% tell us that they are either ‘not range of tools and information we provide to plan of work “The continued development of formal stages* very’ or ‘not at all’ confident in BIM. assist with BIM adoption and usage. standards (BS / EN / ISO) should be PAS 1192-2:2013 29% People need reliable and readily available Other notable sources of information include the driven forward.” BS 1192:2007 25% sources of information to acquire BIM BIM Task Group and the RIBA. BIM consultants The industry is not yet convinced that BIM PAS 1192-3:2014 23% knowledge and skills. We asked participants and vendors also feature, but less markedly. is sufficiently standardised. Sixty-five percent of respondents agree with the statement Uniclass 2015 20% ‘BIM is not sufficiently standardised yet’. CIC BIM Protocol 18% How confident are you in your knowledge and skills in BIM? Twenty-two percent ‘neither agree nor BS 1192-4 17% disagree’ and only 13% disagreed. 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% The NBS Level 16% of Information 18% 30% 23% 16% 12% Whilst much work has been done on definitions within the creation and implementation of new the BIM Toolkit

Very confident Quite confident In between Not very confident Not at all confident standards, there is clearly more work to do. The NBS Level of 15% The data does not tell us if the perceived Detail definitions within the BIM lack of standardisation is due to: Toolkit

– a lack of adoption of existing standards PAS 1192-5 15% How likely are you to turn to the following sources of information about BIM? – existing standards not being fit for purpose The NBS BIM 12% Object standard 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% – our needing new standards to cover Government 11% Soft Landings/ My colleagues 71% unstandardised areas BSRIA Soft Landings NBS 65% We asked about the standards being used. The BS 8541 9% Other 57% Forty percent use the new unified plan of series professionals work, such as the RIBA Plan of Work 2013. I know outside my organisation Twenty-nine percent use PAS 1192-2:2013, *eg. the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 which gives the requirements for achieving The BIM 54% Task Group BIM Level 2. Twenty-three percent use

RIBA 46% PAS 1192-3:2014, which describes using BIM for the operational management of A BIM 43% consultant buildings. Twenty-five percent use BS 1192:2007, a standard for the collaborative buildingSMART 33% production of architectural, engineering A CAD vendor 33% and construction information. People are

A CAD reseller 25% using standards, but fewer use the range of standards than have adopted BIM. Other 21%

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BIM practice A minority (37%) use models from the start When producing drawings, which of the following tools do of a project to the very end of the project, you mainly use? In this section, we look at how people As BIM is a collaborative process, it is good to suggesting that, for most, using BIM is 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% are carrying out their design practice. see that almost three quarters of people have restricted to the design stages. Thirty We wanted to get a sense of the methods adopted collaborative techniques in the last percent produce a model that is software 31% people use to create designs. The graph year. This collaboration extends to sharing independent. Only 16% pass on the (Architecture/ Structures/MEP) below shows that both newer and more models: 56% of people share them with the model to those who are responsible for established techniques have their place. design team members outside their organisation the management of a building. We hope 19% ArchiCAD Nearly 80% of people produce 2D models, and 45% share across different disciplines. to see growth here; in principle BIM makes though almost as many (70%) produce significant savings in the whole life costs 15% “Enhance collaboration as a principle within the 3D models. These figures are very similar of buildings possible through better, construction industry; reduce adversarialism.” to last year. more clearly described maintenance Autodesk 12% AutoCAD LT and replacement schedules. Autodesk 12% When producing drawings, Autodesk AutoCAD Thinking about the projects you were involved in last year, did you... Revit is the most popular tool, followed by Other 5%

ArchiCAD, then Vectorworks. The range Bentley 3% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% of tools used shows the need for a Microstation standardised non-proprietary format, Produce 2D 79% Trimble Sketchup* 1% digital drawings and we look at this later. Bentley Building 1% Work 74% Suite collaboratively We also wanted to get a sense of what kind on design of buildings people design, and whether BIM Nemetschek 0% Allplan Produce 3D 70% is being used in some project types more digital models than others. *Formally Google Sketchup

Share models 56% with design The graph on the right needs to be read Please tell us about BIM and the project types you were involved in team members carefully. We asked BIM users what kinds outside your over the last 12 months organisation of project they were involved in. We can see, 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Use 3D 48% for example, that 55% of BIM users were information involved in private housing, 26% in public models, but Private housing 55% not ones that housing and 48% in education. We then 78% included all went on to ask those involved in such the building Private offices 43% information projects whether they used BIM in them. 79% So, to take private housing as an example, Share models 45% inside your 55% of people were involved in private housing Private leisure 30% organisation 76% across last year and, of those, 78% used BIM. disciplines Other private 44% Taking the graph as a whole, we can see sector projects 88% Use a model 37% from the very that people are generally more likely to use start to the very BIM in public sector projects, such as health, Historic 30% end of a project conservation 56% education and public housing. However, BIM Produce a model 30% is not restricted to the public sector. We see Public housing 26% that didn’t rely 77% on one piece of significant BIM adoption in private housing, software private offices and private leisure, as well as Health 31% Pass on 16% other private sector projects. Even among 84% the model to those who are those using BIM, it is not used in every Education 48% responsible for project but it is used widely. 90% the continued management of the building The government strategy of a BIM mandate Other public 31% sector projects for publicly-funded work that will go on to 88% influence work in the private sector seems % Worked on Of those, % used BIM to be working.

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Attitudes towards BIM Earlier in this report, we spoke about those Attitudes towards BIM: who had adopted BIM and those who had A comparison of those who use it and those who don’t Since 2011 we have been monitoring with less than a third saying they trust what not done so but were aware of it. We asked 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% people’s attitudes towards BIM; whether they hear about BIM. A significant minority these two groups a similar set of questions they have adopted BIM or whether they (though it is a minority) feel that BIM is just to find out whether there is a difference Adopting BIM 92% intend to. People have been, and remain, for larger organisations. in their attitudes towards BIM. requires changes 91% positive towards BIM. Nearly three quarters in our workflow, “BIM is great and it forces engineers and practices and We found near universal agreement that the procedures see it as the future of project information. design teams to communicate properly.” adoption of BIM requires significant changes That said, within the free text comments BIM increases 77% we do also consistently find that there are We have moved a long way from the time in how design is carried out; more than 90% coordination 71% when BIM was often, and incorrectly, seen of construction a relatively small number of people who are of both users and non-users of BIM agree documents resistant to BIM and do not see its benefits. as being synonymous with software; 76% of that it requires changes in workflow practices people disagree that ‘BIM is a synonym for 3D and procedure. Adopting BIM is not an easy BIM improves 80% visualisation 57% “Designers just keep getting more complexity CAD drawings’ and 62% disagree that ‘it’s all thing. But the rewards are evident. BIM pushed upon us. There needs to be clarity about software’. BIM tools are essential improves the coordination of construction Clients will 69% increasingly 34% and value in the adoption of BIM for medium to successful BIM implementation though. documents and project visualisation, a clear insist on us adopting BIM to small projects.” majority tell us. One set of tools the industry seems to lack Adopting BIM 52% There is some ambivalence about how is manufacturers’ BIM objects. Seventy-one When we look at the graph in a little more brings cost 38% efficiencies trustworthy information about BIM is, percent want manufacturers to provide them. detail we can see a striking feature; those who have adopted BIM are more likely to Adopting BIM 59% has/would 38% be positive towards it than those who have improve client Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? yet to. The majority of BIM users feel that it outcomes brings cost efficiencies and improves client Adopting BIM 44% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% increases our 27% outcomes. Indeed, 69% of those who profitability

BIM is the future of 73% 17% 10% adopted BIM tell us clients will ‘increasingly BIM increases 48% project information insist’ upon it. This contrasts with those speed of delivery 34% I trust what I hear 26% 45% 29 % who have yet to adopt BIM; here we can see about BIM that it is a minority, albeit a significant one, BIM is needed 45% for international 38% working BIM is just for larger 25% 16% 59 % who feel BIM delivers these things. organisations More striking yet is the mere 6% of those I wish we hadn’t/ 6% would rather not 27% Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree who have adopted BIM and tell us that they have adopted BIM wish they hadn’t; once people have been through the BIM adoption process, they do Agree user Agree non-user Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? not want to turn back. But those who have not used BIM are more cautious; 27% of 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% those who have yet to adopt BIM tell us they would ‘rather not’. We need manufacturers 71% 20% 9% to provide us with BIM objects

Unless specifications 41% 32% 28 % are linked to the digital model, it’s not BIM

BIM is all about 21% 17% 62% software

Information models 20% 26% 54% only work in the software they were made on

BIM is just a synonym 14% 11% 76% for 3D CAD drawings The majority of BIM users feel that it brings cost efficiencies and improves client outcomes. Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree

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BIM experience BIM and government policy The Government has described there being different levels of BIM. Are you aware of For BIM to flourish, its advantages need “Small businesses are very worried about “This is a crucial moment for BIM as the these different levels? to translate into business benefit for being able to afford BIM.” number of full BIM Level 2 projects will design practice. Non-users see they will start to increase with the government On the other hand, those who have adopted be ‘left behind’ if they don’t adopt BIM, mandate coming into force very soon.” BIM tend to feel that they have done so but the capital investment in software, successfully, and nearly two thirds feel that The survey was conducted at an important training and changes in business process, it gives them a competitive advantage. time - shortly before the UK Government leave a significant number feeling it is mandate for BIM Level 2 to be used on all ‘too expensive’. publicly funded buildings came into force. We took the opportunity to look at people’s assessment of the government policy Do you agree with these statements? Non-users and its implementation.

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Firstly, let us look at the different levels of BIM. If BIM Level 2 is mandated, we If we don’t 55% might hope there is a wide understanding adopt BIM, we’ll get left behind of what it means. Our first question was whether people were aware of these BIM is too 50% expensive for us different levels. We found that over three to consider at quarters were. Of those who were aware, the moment we went on to ask the highest level their organisation had reached on any project Yes 77% in the last year. Thirty percent had reached No 23% Level 1, and 65% Level 2. Do you agree with these statements? BIM users Very few said they had reached Level 3. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% BIM may come to deliver great benefits

We have 67% at Level 3, but for now it is, at best, adopted BIM imprecisely defined. For those aware of the different levels of BIM, what level would you successfully say is the highest level your organisation has reached on a project? Adopting BIM 64% There is clearly still a need for learning has given us 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% a competitive about the defined BIM levels and what advantage they entail, but we might read these 22% 4% findings, overall, as good news for the 65% government strategy. If three quarters 30% 1% of those who are aware of the BIM levels have already reached Level 2, the industry was already in a good starting position Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 before the mandate came into force.

There is clearly still a need for learning about the defined BIM levels and what they entail, but we might read these findings, overall, as good news for the government strategy.

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BIM is collaborative. The file format that Of the small number who do use COBie, two We also wanted an assessment of the How useful did you find COBie for delivering supports collaborative working, independent thirds find it useful. The slow rate of adoption Government’s role in BIM adoption. information about the management of of software vendors, is IFC (Industry may be more a reflection of BIM models not the facility? Foundation Classes). As collaboration takes being used through the life of a building and Overall we can see that people are clear place between broader groups within and being restricted to the design stages. that the Government is committed to BIM. among different organisations (perhaps Three quarters of people believe that the geographically dispersed), an open, “BIM has to be taken forward into the 21st Government will make people use BIM non-proprietary data environment becomes century by everyone. Not just the designers, for public sector work. Almost two thirds more important. We have seen strong growth but the builders, users and maintainers. There believe that the Government will require of IFC use this year. In 2014 50% used IFC; is a real lack of skill set across the board as to 3D BIM on its projects by 2016. Nearly now it’s 63%. people who know what to do with a COBie half (48%) think the Government is on spreadsheet.” the right track with BIM. COBie, however, remains less well used. In the last report we noted that if BIM is to deliver “We have not yet been asked to use COBie - “The Government’s plan for BIM Level 2 efficiencies throughout the life of a building, most clients (even government departments) on all projects was an ambitious target, and not just in the design stages, we need to are barely up to speed with CAD drawings let and I feel the industry is slightly behind see a higher adoption rate. We wondered alone COBie.” the curve.” whether this was because COBie, when used, However all’s not rosy. Forty-one percent was not proving useful. This is not the case. tell us that they’re not clear on what they have to do to comply with the BIM mandate, and only 10% tell us the construction industry is now ready to deliver on the Do you use IFC on projects you’ve been Do you generate COBie output for projects Government’s requirement. Whilst many Useful 66% involved with? you’ve been involved with? governments, practices and individuals Not useful 34% are looking from across the world for UK guidance on national BIM implementation, we do not see ourselves as world leaders. Just over one in five see the UK as a world Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? leader in BIM, and over a quarter don’t; half neither agree nor disagree. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

So the assessment is mixed. The industry The Government will 75% 18% 8% is clear that the Government will see through make people use BIM for public sector work on its mandate, but perhaps the construction industry is not entirely ready for it. I believe the 62% 23% 15% Government will require collaborative 3D BIM on its projects by 2016

I think the Government 48% 31% 21% is on the right track with BIM

It’s still not clear what 41% 23% 35% I have to do to comply with the Government’s 2016 mandate

The UK is the world 21% 50% 28% Yes 63% Yes 27% leader in BIM

No 20% No 54% The construction 10% 21% 69% industry is now Don’t know 16% Don’t know 19% ready to deliver on the Government’s 2016 BIM requirement

Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree

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Let us now turn to the specifics of the Fewer (39%) believe that BIM will help government construction strategy. achieve a 50% reduction in greenhouse At its heart are four important targets: gas emissions in the built environment, and less than a third believe that BIM will – Lower costs; help create a reduction in the trade gap – Faster delivery; between total exports and total imports for construction products. – Lower emissions; and – Improvement in exports. But the overall picture is clear. Very few believe BIM will hinder the realisation of We asked whether people feel that BIM will the government strategy; BIM will help. help in our reaching these targets. A majority believe that BIM will for two of them: End note – Lower costs: 63% tell us BIM will help For the last six years we have seen that bring about a 33% reduction in the initial people see BIM as the future of design cost of construction and the whole life practice. As we see increasing use of BIM, cost of built assets and as we move close to the implementation – Faster delivery: 57% tell us BIM will help of the BIM mandate, we increasingly see bring about a 50% reduction in the overall the future now. time, from inception to completion, for newbuild and refurbished assets 2016 will be a pivotal year for BIM, not just for the UK, but for other parts of the world too, as they monitor our BIM journey. I look forward to next year’s report, when we will be able to assess the mandate’s success.

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Building on BIM, diversity and change

Looking ahead to a positively shaped future within the construction industry Contributions As we move into the future it is important to try to understand how our industry will begin to evolve, learn and create opportunities for ourselves and our businesses. BIM has become a critical component in facilitating this growth and will continue to do so. Not only have we seen incredible force move through our industry in terms of adoption due to an aggressive Kath Fontana Rebecca government mandate, but we’ve also seen a community and culture adopt a change worth Managing Director, Hodgson-Jones discussing. The BIM debate no longer exists; it is rather a discussion on how organisations are Technical Services, Head of BIM, Sir embedding BIM-related activities within their current practice, rather than ‘starting from scratch’, ISS Rebecca De Cicco and implementing how this will be achieved. Robert McAlpine Director, Digital Node Many supply chain members are already on A diverse and openly-engaged workforce, board, yet the need for the client to fully focused on technology and innovation, will understand how BIM can provide positive see a positive increase in terms of skills and results in regard to the way they manage their knowledge in regard to BIM. It is critical that assets is still a critical area of importance and the younger generation are engaged, and one to be addressed. This is becoming more that our schools and universities approach Historically, many Facilities Managers The progression I have witnessed in the important via adoption of the Level 2 BIM this in a way that allows this growth to flourish. have been distant from the early stages of construction industry during 2015-2016 has process and the need for the intelligent client We must be promoting a diverse work culture a construction project, mirrored with minimal been even more staggering than previous representative, which forms an important part within the UK and globally, not only to create designer and involvement years, and having returned from maternity of the role requirements in regard to BIM. It is opportunities for future professionals but also post-handover. BIM (including Soft Landings) leave in November 2015, I am perhaps better critical that this role, or roles, will help support to promote the UK stance on diversity and has the potential to finally achieve the placed than many to comment on the change. the client during all stages of a project and into engagement with minority groups. Groups long-held aspirations of many working in occupation, whilst the need for management such as Women in BIM and BIM2050 will help the Built Environment, including Facilities Perhaps the most prominent development of information and the BIM process must to sustain and grow this area and promote Managers. It offers the tantalising opportunity I have observed is actually from our clients. continue to be monitored at all times. change, all of which I am very passionate to completely integrate FM with Construction. Employer’s Information Requirements have about being involved with and supporting. The benefits of the new way of working are now become commonplace and conversations There are many areas we need to address that now being demonstrated in real projects. have shifted to focus on organisational may not be at a point where industry is able 2011 and the delivery of the Government Fundamentally, though, there is still a need requirements rather than solely about to work within a BIM environment. Not only Construction Strategy was some time ago, for the Facilities Manager to be accepted de-risking at project level. are these areas focused on our current skills and the result of the subsequent released as a key part of the team. To enable this, shortages but also on the need for an industry reports, standards, research and network of I’ve always seen BIM as an opportunity to our next steps have to be to put in place focused on the future, and 2025, as well as individuals created in the last five years has deliver improved surety of cost and programme, new procurement models and invest in the ambitions of the industrial strategy and seen a very positive change in the way we and provide safer, more sustainable projects skills development, to enable us to reap our future workplace. 2025 is only nine years previously approached BIM and digital (irrespective of phase), but it is exciting to think the full benefits of digital operational away and to ensure we have a smart industry, construction. As a result, a diverse, capable we are now starting to move past that to see management enabled by BIM. engaged with technology and fuelled by and technology-fuelled workforce is just how the data we develop during the project young people passionate to drive it, we around the corner. can enable more efficient, safer and more won’t succeed. It should be seen as the sustainable organisations. responsibility of every individual involved in construction to drive this approach.

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Fiona Moore BIM Consultant, Cirrus Jill Guthrie Alison Watson Consultant Services/ David Shepherd BIM Manager, Managing Director Client Engagement Lead Construction Willmott Dixon and Founder, Class Leader, BIM Task Consultant, Autodesk Construction Limited of your Own Group Core Team

Perhaps the most significant indicator We have seen a huge increase in BIM adoption Young people – that’s those that are still in When I started my BIM journey I had the of full technology adoption is when its from consultants over the past couple of school – possess all the attributes to make advantage of a client who understood acronyms become a part of everyday years, and in terms of meeting the Level 2 Level 2 BIM a huge success. Most have a ‘can the value they wanted from BIM: not only speech. For instance, even without detailed requirements it’s really encouraging to see. do’ attitude, technology is child’s play, and project de-risking through improved design understanding, while most people can’t decode We have found that consultants are using collaboration comes naturally – they do it coordination, but also data that could be the abbreviations, they generally know what technology which isn’t traditionally associated every day on Snapchat and Instagram. used to better inform and help manage their PCs are used for, what IT Managers do and with the construction industry to realise decision-making process, throughout both that 500MB of data is not nearly enough the benefits of BIM. And get this: contrary to popular belief, Capital and Operational stages of their asset’s for their monthly phone usage. there is no skills gap; the children I work life cycle. As a result I quickly moved away The main areas where we are finding the with already possess a heap of transferable from an architectural designer’s point of By comparison, the general public remains shortfalls are with both the supply chain skills that makes them good to go with BIM. view, understanding the wider context of blissfully unaware of what BIM is, or of the and public sector clients. The supply chain Our big problem is that they don’t aspire coordinated/assured information and the UK Government’s mandate for its adoption have the desire to integrate BIM into their to join us because they don’t know this potential value of this to all involved in the in 2016. This suggests that, despite our business; however, there are still fundamental spectacular 21st century industry exists. construction process. admirable leadership here in implementing knowledge gaps which need addressing, and And no wonder. Whilst the Government’s viable national standards for capital works with lack of funding this has fallen to industry drive towards Digital Built Britain is impressive, As a BIM Consultant I still come across information management through BIM, now groups to take the lead on. the rope around its neck is an education organisations that believe BIM is something is not the time to relax into complacency. system where Construction is represented that can be bought from external experts. BIM impacts and benefits all aspects of the by the spade rather than the mouse, and Although it’s true that an expert will be Before we can declare ‘mission accomplished’, building life cycle and we have found that where good brains are still directed towards needed to help with strategic implementation, we must remain on our charted course; all the with many public sector clients, CAPX and traditional academic destinations. provision of technical/IT solutions, training etc., way through to Level 3 and beyond. We also OPEX are approached separately. For the full the best way forward is to aim to eventually need to harness our best and brightest in a benefits of BIM to be realised, the asset life The full potential of BIM can only be realised embed BIM in everything that we do, so that collaborative drive which so realises the full cycle from engagement through to operational if there is a next generation to continue ultimately it becomes ‘business as usual’. benefits of unifying model-derived data as to use need to be considered as one. the good work that has already been done. This requires good change management and make ordinary citizens sit up and take notice. There is still a long way to go, and until an understanding of which benefits are key As an industry, we’ve made fantastic progress there is a consistent, corresponding effort to an organisation’s success. in our BIM journey but we need to keep the to educate the educators – resulting in an momentum going to address these issues. education fit for the 21st century – this will The use of digital construction methods be the industry’s greater challenge. and the resulting assured data will be very disruptive to our industry; the improvement and value that this offers us all is what excites me.

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Jennifer Macdonald Lecturer in Construction Project Management, UTS and BIM Specialist Richard Lane Dale Sinclair at Professional Director and Lead Consultant, Director of Technical Construction Strategies Creonova Consulting, Practice, AECOM Group (PCSG) a KnowledgePoint Brand

It is great to see the Level 2 tools solidifying, BIM, to me, really means adopting best I believe that we have a once-in-a-lifetime So, as we look to the future, the success of being brought into use, facilitating a tentative practice information management in opportunity to transform the whole construction BIM so far has given us a unique opportunity start of the transition to a digital built construction. Many companies and project industry – and that BIM will have a key part to drive change by working towards these environment industry. When I see comments teams seem to lose sight of the need to to play in that transformation. The challenges common objectives and ways of working that and observations on the Level 2 suite of develop proper strategies for managing their that BIM addresses are far from new. Many improve efficiency, that support health and documents, or browse the agendas for information, aligned to their key business of the problems identified by The Simon safety and that give value for money and many BIM conferences, I realise that the goals. We want to work smarter by harnessing Report of 1944: from the tendency of better outcomes for all stakeholders. single biggest challenge for our industry is digital technologies and processes effectively, clients ‘to simply accept the cheapest price’ communicating the breadth and scale of but for the industry to do that we need people to consequent issues with quality, to the change that will occur. Many people frame with the right skills. These include the ability need for ‘a more collaborative approach’ BIM as a transition from CAD whereas the to work effectively within multi-disciplinary have remained stubbornly the same reality is significantly different. Emerging collaborative teams, as well as more technical, ever since. digital environments enable a profoundly software and discipline-specific skills. different way for project teams to work. Today, however, for the first time for over More intelligent geometric models linked So far, education providers (and particularly 70 years, the chance to achieve genuine to many different forms of data sources that Universities) have been struggling to catch change is within our grasp. BIM has created will give the designers access to rich data via up with the needs of industry in this area. the momentum. The technology to support cost, programme, health and safety or other We continue to educate our different it is largely in place. Standards have been set ‘real time‘ dashboards with links to big data, professional disciplines in silos, when instead to drive consistency of adoption. Critically, and data analytics will inform and drive we should be aiming for T-shaped graduates too, government is committed to working profoundly different new evidence-based (those who have breadth of knowledge across with industry to drive the change agenda. design processes. The gap in perception the other disciplines, together with in-depth We are seeing that in the UK but also more against the realities and possibilities knowledge of their own discipline). The UK broadly across Europe and the wider world. underlines the communication challenge BIM mandate has sometimes been referred The newly-formed EU BIM Task Group, for during this period of substantial change, to as a sort of ‘Trojan Horse’ that is triggering example, is focused on aligning working and the importance of developing new a huge shake-up in the way our traditionally practices across Europe and developing whole-life learning environments that conservative industry works. While this has a project environment where clients are will enable us all to engage with this somewhat negative connotations, I think defining clear requirements based on their exciting new world. that the need to meet industry demands for business needs and outcomes and where graduates in this area provides our educational there is clarity of roles and responsibilities institutions with a great opportunity to rethink and the process of managing information. how we educate our future construction professionals. As they say, the future belongs to the integrators!

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BIM and the manufacturer

Embracing the future with BIM

Vicky Evans Managing Director, Twinfix

Canopy in situ at a school In-house manufacturing

My first thoughts on hearing about BIM Our BIM journey began with the BIM day in So we embraced the concept and (Building Information Modelling) were: Manchester and embracing the BIM challenge. commissioned NBS to author our canopy how is this going to work? A great concept I embarked on the two-day conference products. They worked with one of our in theory, but how will the practicalities work with mixed feelings. However, it was soon in-house designers to construct our rather and will it help drive efficiencies, or will it just apparent that BIM was exciting and, although complex models, understanding how our be more work? We all work in high-pressure challenging, was fundamentally an efficient canopies worked. Once completed, I went environments where time is money, and and forward-thinking way of constructing a into the webinar where NBS demonstrated we must look at which activities add value building. I began to feel excited by this new our products with bated breath, concerned and which do not. Certainly for a relatively and challenging prospect. about how they would look. I need not small manufacturer like ourselves, we need have worried as they worked better than to be careful when deciding what we sign So, as I began to learn about this new concept, anticipated. In fact, the result was a up to, so my initial thoughts on BIM were terms like COBie (Construction Operations good-looking, rather clever object that somewhat reserved. Building Information Exchange) began to make was easy to understand and manipulate. sense. I quickly started to understand how BIM The idea of a model showing every detail of could benefit us, both at specification stage I believe we are the first canopy manufacturer a building which can be manipulated seemed and throughout the whole design process. to have these objects and I’m very proud that very science fiction. It led me to wonder I felt assured that the upfront work needed Twinfix took this bold step. how it would work in practice and whether for BIM would have long-term gains. Preparing specifiers and the industry will actually the objects that contain the information you The future is here. We have BIM. We have 3D Printer use it. need means less rework, less duplication a 3D printer. And most importantly, we are and a much smarter way of working. As we a British manufacturing company embracing all know, working smarter is the sensible the future… How exciting! The science fiction I quickly started to understand way forward. that I believed BIM to be is now very much a reality. how BIM could benefit us, both at specification stage and throughout the whole design process.

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Our route to BIM Process Looking to the future Bruynzeel’s Craig Rumbold explains: “I created To date, we have only created BIM objects for a 2D autoCAD drawing of all standard sizes a selection of our mainstream products. They applicable to the models – for five of our lack a large number of accessories and some most popular products – and a walk-through of our specific options, plus unique products of our approach to configuring a system like our racking and double decker systems from scratch. In essence this included the are yet to be added to the NBS National BIM length of the base, the height, and then the Library. So we’re a long way away from offering Andy Duck additional details such as number of loaded BIM objects on our complete range. “Our BIM Marketing and levels and bay types.” These details were endgame would be to have every element Communications sent to NBS, who then began work on of every product as a BIM object, provided Manager, Bruynzeel transforming our guidelines into the computer processing speeds can continue to finished BIM objects. improve to enable any large-scale architectural Storage Systems plans that result to be sufficiently portable Bruynzeel products are not simple, discrete and managable...” said Rumbold. objects. Originally we were talking about patching the complex object together from Overall our BIM objects provide a level of its component parts. However, during the detail that was previously unavailable in 2D process NBS suggested we could have one autoCAD ‘blocks’. The new objects contain configurable model which included all the stoppage distances between mobile shelving, essential variables for a complete object. for example. This speeded up the process of object creation, and meant our financial and “When an architect or designer uses our BIM time investment at early stages was kept objects, the result is a much greater level of Compactus Mobile Shelving SHADE by Jacob Jensen - one of five Bruynzeel products available as BIM objects - to a very manageable level. accuracy at early design stage,” said Rumbold. installed at Coventry University, September 2015. Photo: Simon Hadley “This undoubtedly corresponds with increased Bruynzeel systems are pretty much bespoke. efficiency of process – one of the outcomes We can offer almost limitless configurations, BIM has always hoped to achieve.” Bruynzeel Storage Systems is a Dutch externally for the expertise to provide BIM-ready so by condensing – or consolidating – the

manufacturing company with sales offices models that met the relevant object standards. objects a few sacrifices had to be made. in nine European countries, and more than For example, in our BIM objects shelves are 30 dealerships worldwide. In the UK we wanted to make the design always equidistant within a bay and do not and configuration of our systems more contain individual configurable clearances. Although a relatively small part of Bruynzeel’s accessible for architectural practices and global operations, when it comes to BIM other third parties. We believe BIM objects “The idea was to have accessible ‘placeholder’ development, the UK office is leading the way. are a good route for practices to configure models for architects to use in existing This is not so surprising. Our largest markets systems within our current product standard project plans that are Level 2 BIM compliant,” in mainland Europe – Germany, France and specifications. Our thinking in the UK office said Rumbold. “Although our models carry Scandinavia – are a couple of years behind is that by investing in BIM now – testing the necessary information for creating NBS us in terms of BIM adoption. They do not have the waters with a few products – we can tender specifications, ultimately a designer the same imperatives that the UK construction help to influence the Bruynzeel Group and or architect will still need to contact Bruynzeel industry is facing thanks to the deadlines gradually draw the company towards fully for finalising specifications and pricing.” In the UK we wanted to make the design and structural imperatives imposed by the integrating BIM into Bruynzeel’s systems We chose to keep the models ‘white’ in order and configuration of our systems more Government’s BIM task force. over the next few years. Ultimately, we see to keep them as ‘light’ as possible for end BIM as having a significant impact on internal accessible for architectural practices and users adding them into larger project files. Bruynzeel’s existing processes for creating processes in the medium term. other third parties. We believe BIM objects specifications and drawings are set centrally Keeping the models white also means and rolled out to all territories. We use an It was against this background that we designers have the option to select colours are a good route for practices to configure integrated system for drawing, specification approached NBS in the latter part of 2014 and designs from our standard colour charts systems within our current product and billing. Altering this system was not to begin the process of creating our first or add specialised finishes in keeping with practical in the short term to create BIM BIM objects for five of our most popular their overall project concept. standard specifications. models in Revit, so Bruynzeel looked shelving products.

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Ecoprod Technique

Edward Rose BIM Project Leader, Ecoprod

URIMAT Waterless Urinals as specified by McDonald’s Miscea CLASSIC 3 in 1 touch-free sensor tap with two Ecoprod went live with 30 BIM objects in December 2015 including miscea LIGHT 2 in 1 touch-free sensor tap with integral Restaurants Ltd integral dispensers - available as a BIM object on NBS soap dispenser National BIM Library

Towards the end of 2014 and into early 2015, the UK Government’s mandate. Given the their design software to find and include NBS carried out the bulk of the work including the team here at Ecoprod became increasingly fact that we were representing the leading our products. Also, they weren’t just selling the 2D and 3D representation of the products aware of the ‘BIM Movement‘, as I like to call it, brands of URIMAT and Miscea within the UK, me a product for the sake of a sale, as they as objects, but I did need to check and fill in primarily through our contact with architects we decided that if we expected those products were somewhat impartial in their following missing data. Because BIM includes data that and specifiers but also other influencers such to be specified for all types of projects going of the Government’s objective and their BIM will go through to the Facilities Management as M&E consultants and contractors. forward, and not just within the UK, we needed standard is widely being adopted globally. company that manages a building after the to be on the platform before the train arrived! The development of the free-to-use NBS initial build project, I was also concerned to Although there was, is and continues to National BIM Library and the BETA and then include enough data to make their job easier. be much discussion around BIM, we quickly Therefore, I was tasked with researching final release version of the BIM Toolkit that It could be that O&M manuals become a thing realised that we needed to take this change ‘all things BIM’ and given a target of being came along during 2015 showed that they of the past with data so I wanted to make sure seriously, as it was being driven by a clear ‘BIM-ready’ for all the main products before were committed to a movement and change that every necessary detail was included. mandate from the UK Government in relation the end of 2015. This included both the that was bigger than NBS themselves. This is why I am so enthusiastic about BIM. to public sector projects from 2016. The creation of BIM objects, the datasets that Unlike CAD it is more than just the initial government mandate was a deciding factor go along with them and the hosting of The other deciding factor was that, because build project. The ongoing life cycle of any for us, regardless of what others were saying these for public and professional use. NBS were setting the standard, they also product is better managed and the Facilities about BIM; plus subsequently the May 2015 knew how products should be represented Management role has got to be far easier! elections proved that this was unlikely to Having researched a number of options to meet that standard. I didn’t have time to change, at least until 2020. A lot of specification it became clear that NBS were leading the oversee the creation of objects and datasets Ecoprod went live with 30 products in the of products would happen within this period! field with their NBS BIM Object Standard that met what architects and specifiers NBS National BIM Library on 2nd December Change was clearly happening or about and appeared to be the most closely aligned were expecting to find. I also wasn’t prepared 2015. “Initial mission accomplished but the to happen in the specification of products with what the Government was trying to to entrust someone with creating those BIM movement doesn’t stop – get onboard!” and we needed to align ourselves with it achieve. This was an easy decision for me objects and datasets if they didn’t know or our products were unlikely to be included as I had already worked with RIBA Insight/NBS how they should be presented for all to use. in live projects. for the inclusion of our products in the RIBA Product Selector, NBS Plus and NBS Create. We also realised that this would become This may have been why the BIM project was the standard for all projects, both public and delegated to me too! Although there was, is and continues to be much private sector, as the benefits of BIM are the discussion around BIM, we quickly realised that we same, no matter who the end client is or I liked the way NBS products worked together who they are employing. As an importer and not only for us as a manufacturer, but more needed to take this change seriously, as it was being distributor, we come under the classification importantly for the end user. This included driven by a clear mandate from the UK Government of a ‘Product Manufacturer’. The UK was clearly the plugins for software platforms so that leading the field globally as a direct result of specifiers and designers didn’t have to exit in relation to public sector projects from 2016.

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BIM Technology makes specification simple for ideal standard

Lee Jones Ideal Standard

Since May 2015, leading UK provider of Ideal Standard has committed to hosting All manufacturers, of course, already have The process of submitting the finished innovative and design-driven bathroom 3,000 products within the library, which extensive data. The challenge is structuring object is also ultra-simple: Ideal Standard solutions, Ideal Standard International, is the primary source of BIM content in this in a way which is BIM-compliant, as simply submits the object which is checked has partnered with NBS to host its Building the UK. Before submitting its initial objects different amounts of information are needed against relevant criteria by the NBS and Information Modelling (BIM) objects on for cataloguing, Ideal Standard conducted at each stage of a project. Ideal Standard awarded a pass or fail. Clear feedback is also the NBS National BIM Library. extensive research into the key points uses COBie to cover the main brand and provided so that corrections can be easily needed in order to successfully create product-specific data, while IFC is used to and efficiently made. This means that Ideal Standard, Armitage BIM objects. It found that structured data outline the most basic data. NBS Create, Shanks and Sottini brands all have a complete and geometry in the simplest form possible which will eventually supersede the current Ideal Standard has found that working with portfolio of BIM products available for were the main priorities, along with keeping building specification system, is incorporated BIM has provided a high reward for a relatively commercial and residential housebuilder file sizes small. for specification purposes. small investment; an ideal scenario for any projects. From April 2016 all government- business when working with planning funded construction projects will need Products are rarely manufactured based Since Ideal Standard first worked with and specification. to incorporate BIM in their plans. on BIM models, so there is no need for them BIM, the process of structuring data and to be as detailed as production models, in geometry has been improved immeasurably With its long history and extensive most instances. The object is used only by the support offered by NBS, including experience, the company is keen to invest for the client to aid specification, layout the provision of free downloads and criteria, All manufacturers, of course, already have in advanced technology to help improve planning and operation through the data such as The NBS BIM Object Standard, the building and planning process. it holds. Ideal Standard has used Revit which outlines every requirement needed extensive data. The challenge is structuring and Inventor as its software options for to achieve Level 2 BIM compliance. this in a way which is BIM-compliant. geometric perfection.

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