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Door hardware professionals
urged to prepare for BIM
with new GAI guide
The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) has released its largest
ever technical guide in a bid to ensure its members are ready for the
impact of mandatory Building Information Modelling (BIM).
»»BIM LEVEL 2 BECOMES
compulsory on all public sector
projects on the 4 April 2016, but
low levels of awareness may
be putting some architectural
ironmongery (AI) businesses at
risk, the GAI is warning.
The GAI Guide to BIM, which
Guild members can download
for free, outlines what BIM
obligations architectural
ironmongers and hardware
manufacturers will need to fulfil
to work on public sector projects
from April.
It also highlights key pitfalls they
can avoid, including expensive
and unnecessary investments, and
possible business opportunities.
Douglas Masterson, technical
manager of the GAI and the author
of the Guide, says he hopes the
technical briefing will provide a
wake-up call to the industry:
“At 21 pages the Guide to BIM
is our longest ever technical
briefing, which is a reflection of
how important understanding BIM
is to the architectural ironmongery
industry.
“Architectural ironmongers and
everyone involved in the door
hardware supply chain cannot
afford to be complacent and
assume that BIM is something
that only concerns the larger
parts of the construction
industry.
“At the same time, preparing
for BIM need not be a costly or
complicated process. The GAI
can arm you with the necessary
information to make your own
judgments about what’s best for
your business.”
BIM, hailed as ‘the digitisation
of construction’, involves creating
a single rich digital computer
model which contains all the data
relating to a building project in
one easily searchable place. The
UK Government is mandating
BIM at a specified minimum level
(Level 2) on all public sector
projects in order to increase
efficiency and cut costs.
From April 2016, architectural
ironmongers working on such
projects will be responsible for
the handover of the relevant
BIM documentation to the
main contractor. It will be their
responsibility to provide all BIM
material to the end-user on
project completion.
http://www.gai.org.uk/technical/
technical-briefings-137
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