BIM & CIOB
Professional Review
PM Africa Editor, Michelle Geel, attended the Cape
Town leg of the Introduction to BIM talks, hosted by
CIOB at the Belmont Square Conference Centre in
Rondebosch, Cape Town, on Monday 1 December 2014
to present BIM to Cape Town CIOB members.
The main focus of the afternoon was to introduce BIM to
Cape Town CIOB member, pertinent questions such as
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What is BIM
Software or Process, and how to tell the difference
How to get the most out of BIM
Virtual construction: A better way to deliver projects
Challenges and Government intervention
Value add proposition
Engaging the attending CIOB members in an enlightening
talk, Chris Allen, Director of A3D and CIOB board member,
provided real life senarios where BIM has been used
successfully and has added valuable insight to projects.
For details of membership of the
CIOB please contact: CIOB Africa
• PO BOX 896 • Rivonia 2128
• South AfricaTel: +27 11 234 7877
• Fax: +27 11 234 8354
• Email: [email protected]
• Web: www.ciob.co.za
Speaking afterwards, Michelle posed the some questions
to Chris:
“What is the relationship between BIM and CIOB?“
BIM is seen as a way to address issues in the construction
industry including the likes of low
productivity levels and high claims. The CIOB, as a member
organisation, is constantly identifying trends
that may be of most benefit in increasing the level of
professionalism within its membership and providing
alternative thinking to the industry. BIM therefore aligns
with both of these threads and is seen as elevating
the role of the professional construction manager within
the built environment professions, which will be of
benefit to both the CIOB and its membership.
“Why is BIM relevent to the modern contractor?"
Many projects in the built environment are carried out in
an adversarial environment due to poor information
flows, poor planning and lack of communication between
parties to the contract. This creates a situation
which leads to increased risk being apportioned to the
contractors employed to carry out the work and
inevitably, a delay in completion or overrun in the cost of
the project. Any means to reduce these factors
is viewed as being beneficial to the construction manager
either in the role as consultant or contractor.
BIM, as a tool, has the ability, when combined with
alternative delivery methodologies and contract types,
to bring far reaching benefits to all the participants to a
project contract, including the owner/developer
and professional team.