BIM
Digitising British Construction
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THE NEXT PHASE OF THE UK’ S Internationally-recognised Building Information Modelling( BIM) Task Group programme was announced in October last year at the Institution of Civil Engineers BIM 2016 conference by Mark Bew MBE, chair of the BIM Task Group and the newly formed Digital Built Britain programme.
Innovate UK and the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy have formed a partnership to deliver through Digital Built Britain, the next phase of digitisation in the construction sector.
Digital Built Britain, first announced in the 2016 budget, will deliver reductions in whole-life costs and carbon emissions, whilst improving productivity and capacity by using intelligent building information models, sensing technology and secure data and information infrastructure. Digital Built Britain will also continue the work of the globally recognised BIMTask Group programme, set up in 2011 to deliver up to 20 % savings on costs of major projects.
In reducing the cost of projects, the BIMTask Group has been working with the product manufacturing industry. The BIM task Group authored the Product Data Definition, providing a consistent approach to describing product information in plain language terms, and easing data and information exchange and translation through the lifecycle of an asset. The Construction Products Association is now leading its implementation as LEXiCON, and already have the support of over 70 % of construction product trade associations to ensure those with the expertise identify what information should be shared.
The BIM Level 2 Guidance: UK edition was published at the end of November last year. Central to the creation of this guide is the need to help construction industry professionals, clients and asset owner / operators clearly understand the main concepts underpinning Level 2 BIM. The guide is designed to assist the UK industry understand how BIM Level 2 can drive greater performance from its asset delivery and operations teams and so derive greater value from across the lifecycle of assets.
Simon Hart, BIM Task Group, Innovate UK said:“ The use of the UK developed BIM standards is transforming the $ 10 trillion global construction sector towards improved productivity, competitiveness and efficiency and providing growth for UK small businesses at the forefront of this technology.”
Source: Innovate UK
JOINING THE NATIONAL BIM LIBRARY
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AS ONE OF THE TOP THREE PVCU extrusion systems’ companies in the world, Deceuninck is a market leader in the design and manufacture of innovative, high performance PVCu windows and doors. Over 2,000,000 products are made from Deceuninck profile every year and many of these go into public sector, commercial new build and refurbishment projects. That’ s why the company has been working hard to ensure its entire product portfolio is now available for download from the National BIM library, enabling specifiers and architects instant access to the technical data of 81 Deceuninck products.
Trafford House Development, Basildon
Deceuninck’ s Rob McGlennon comments:“ BIM is changing the way that buildings, infrastructure and utilities are planned, designed, built and managed during their lifetime. Implemented in 2016, primarily to save 20 % on public sector construction costs, BIM should also eliminate inaccurate or ambiguous information that can‘ lost in translation’ during the procurement process. The collaborative approach is one where architects, contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers and clients are required to work from one model that integrates multiple data sources into one place.
“ From April 2016, all centrally procured government contracts must use BIM level 2 for specification. By joining the UK’ s fastest growing technical library, our products are placed directly in front of specifiers working on Level 2 BIM projects. The NBS National BIM Library is free to use and is the only BIM object library which links directly to NBS specification software and to the NBS BIM Toolkit- an essential requirement for Level 2 BIM. All our objects are authored to meet the
Imperial College, London
requirements of the internationally recognised NBS BIM Object Standard. Our library of BIM objects will be regularly updated as we continue to develop innovative new products.
“ With a heritage spanning eight decades, Deceuninck has been at the forefront of many flagship products in the commercial sector. This most recent investment into our presence on the national BIM library will ensure the brand remains top of mind for architects and specifiers, and ultimately continue to help our commercial fabricator and installer partners succeed in this demanding sector.”
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