The Department for Business Innovation and Skills suggest that over 98% of UK construction contracting businesses are SMEs, so clearly the AEC industry and the UK Government have a responsibility to ensure that the benefits of BIM are clearly seen for small and medium practices. Not just for the larger players There is a misconception that BIM is only for large practices, aligned to the view that it is useful for larger, more complex projects but not for less complex ones. Th

State of the nation With UK Government mandate for Level 2 BIM implemented on all centrally-procured infrastructure projects already enforced from April 2016, the rail industry is at a crossroads with BIM. UK rail receives massive annual investment by UK plc and BIM is seen as an essential capability to deliver that safely and efficiently. Whilst there is talk of BIM among Network Rail and TfL - two of the most recognised entities in UK rail, there is still a lot more efficie

What’s the big issue for Asset Owners? Asset owners and clients are asking about BIM’s cost benefits for facilities management and if will it make the operation and management of buildings safer, more efficient? There is a general consensus that clients are not seeing a lot of the cost benefits of BIM per se as they seem to apply at design and construction stages. BIM’s role in asset management After construction, the model, known as the Asset Information Model (AIM), will go

The scenario public sector face Thanks to the mandate set by the UK Government in their Construction Strategy 2011, from April 2016 all centrally procured public sector projects require the implementation of BIM at Level 2 - essentially, all project and asset information, documentation and data in electronic format. Yet why in 2017 are nearly 38% of public sector authorities well behind the Government mandated standard when delivering capital projects? Risk of failure? Survey