{"id":28740,"date":"2016-11-18T12:14:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T12:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=28740"},"modified":"2022-10-19T16:05:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T15:05:01","slug":"uk-bim-alliance-time-digital-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/bim-news\/uk-bim-alliance-time-digital-transformation\/28740\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK BIM Alliance \u2013 time for digital transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK BIM Alliance will help, encourage and support industry to adopt BIM Level 2 and provide the digital transformation that is required for a modern built environment. BIM Today outlines how this will be achieved<\/h2>\n

The UK BIM Task Group has been responsible for the delivery of the government\u2019s BIM Level 2 programme which started with what is referred to as \u201cthe mandate\u201d, which translates into the requirement set by government for collaborative 3D BIM and digital data exchange on public sector projects. In spring 2016, the government called for the wider industry to adopt BIM Level 2, saying that it should be their responsibility to lead the transition to BIM Level 2 as \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d \u2013 not just for centrally procured public sector projects. The call is now answered in the form of the UK BIM Alliance which officially launched in October.<\/p>\n

The UK BIM Alliance<\/a> will provide the leadership for implementation of BIM Level 2 across UK industry, leaving the BIM Task Group to concentrate its efforts within government departments on the implementation of BIM Level 3<\/a> and Digital Built Britain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anne Kemp, Atkins Fellow and Director, Executive Vice-Chair of BuildingSmart UK and part of the Global BIM Strategy team is leading the formation of the UK BIM Alliance as its Chair. At the ICE BIM 2016<\/a> conference in October, she outlined the focus and aims of the group highlighting that we are at the end of one phase and the beginning of another. She warned that we are:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn danger of thinking we need to race to compete to achieve BIM Level 3, and leaving behind all the good work that’s been done with BIM Level 2 \u2013 those foundations which are going to differentiate us in the market and on the global stage. We\u2019ve got to change our behaviours.\u201d<\/p>\n

The industry is in transition and needs to step up to facilitate and ensure the implementation of BIM Level 2 across the whole of the industry. Kemp said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIndustry also needs to work in close cooperation with government to take on board the standards and the guidance which is going to be available through the BSI website.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UK BIM Alliance\u2019s Strategic Plan<\/a> puts forward its current collection of key strategic documents:\u00a0 Manifesto, Vision, Mission and Values, Strategic Plan, Road Map and Measurement & Metrics. This document needs to be read in conjunction with the prior document \u201cBIM in the\u00a0 UK: Past, Present & Future\u201d,\u00a0 which sets out the context for the Alliance.\u00a0 In explaining what the Alliance will be, Kemp outlined that:<\/p>\n

\u201c[The Alliance] needs to be a vehicle for bringing the industry together into an environment where we can trust each other and collaborate. This is going to be tough. We need to open; we need to be transparent, but we need to challenge ourselves. I hope that\u2019s what you will expect of the Alliance \u2013 that\u2019s what we will expect of you when you\u2019re in the Alliance environment. And we can achieve this together.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Alliance will not be receiving money from government; that will be for our partner organisations. We\u2019ll be there to organise, to facilitate, to identify gaps, to support you on this journey, but we will be looking for support from industry in time and funding priority projects. It\u2019s most likely it will be our member organisations who will be leading on those.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow are we organised? This is important. The strategy we will really be focusing on is increasing awareness, both in the supply and the demand chain, educating, being able to help everybody get through the myriad of different courses that are available including certification and accreditation.<\/p>\n

\u201cCase studies: absolutely celebrating them, but also challenging where perhaps it would be healthier to share our worries; the things that would hurt us, the things which aren\u2019t going right. How can we help each other tell those stories? Because that\u2019s where we\u2019re really going to learn. It\u2019s no good just showing the glossy stuff.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe business case. Every priority project that we identify, for instance, will have a justification for the why and the resources needed for funding the programme. We really need to be pushing the business case for why are we digitally transforming. Why do we need BIM Level 2? We have to be able to convey the experience of implementing BIM Level 2 and why we should do it. What does it give us?<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then the optimisation. How can we be innovative whilst doing BIM Level 2? I\u2019m a geospatial person \u2013 I do laser scanning and drones and data analysis. We can do that in BIM Level 2. We can be looking at the business outcomes, it just needs to very clearly express these are the outcomes we need to achieve to integrate it in the structure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fostering collaboration and culture change, innovation and interoperability is a key strategy for the Alliance, working to:<\/p>\n