{"id":137646,"date":"2024-03-05T08:30:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T08:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=137646"},"modified":"2024-03-01T15:43:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:43:27","slug":"evolution-bim-design-focus-whole-life-information-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/bim-news\/evolution-bim-design-focus-whole-life-information-management\/137646\/","title":{"rendered":"The evolution of BIM: From design focus to whole-life information management"},"content":{"rendered":"

Too often misconceived as being just about project delivery, BIM \u2013 better information management \u2013 is a catalyst for achieving better whole-life outcomes, says Paul Wilkinson, vice-chair of nima \u2013 formerly the UK BIM Alliance<\/h2>\n

In 2010, the UK government set out its BIM vision and it later mandated BIM adoption by 2016 across construction projects procured by central government departments, a demand also echoed by many private sector organisations.<\/p>\n

This stimulated a significant digital transformation<\/a> for many players in the industry \u2013 particularly those engaged in designing and constructing new projects \u2013 as they looked to deliver new buildings and other infrastructure assets using BIM processes and tools.<\/p>\n

Perhaps inevitably, this led many people to associate BIM only with clients\u2019 new build projects (the capital phase) and to think of it as something that was mainly the preserve of architects, engineers, contractors and their supply chains. It also created a common misconception that BIM was mainly about design or 3D modelling. To some extent, this perhaps reflected the early focus of UK implementation UK BIM processes were detailed in prototype documents that became the basis for Parts 1 and 2 of the international ISO 19650 standard, published in late 2018.<\/p>\n

These were augmented in the UK in 2019 by the UK BIM Framework,<\/a> a set of guides and resources aimed at making BIM business as usual. The framework is today
\nmaintained by nima (formerly the UK BIM Alliance) and
\nBritish Standards Institute (BSI), and endorsed by the UK
\ngovernment\u2019s Construction Playbook<\/a> and the Transforming Infrastructure Performance Roadmap to 2030.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

While Part 1 of ISO 19650 was about whole life, it wasn\u2019t until the summer of 2020 that the set of standards explicitly extended to the post-construction phase. ISO 19650 Part 3 was published to enable asset owner-operators to establish their information requirements for the operational phase of an asset. Part 3 is aimed at:<\/p>\n