{"id":62303,"date":"2019-08-29T12:38:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T11:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=62303"},"modified":"2019-08-29T12:38:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T11:38:49","slug":"collaborative-delivery-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/bim-news\/collaborative-delivery-framework\/62303\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaboration, challenges and making BIM \u201csexy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Institution of Civil Engineers President\u2019s Future Leader alumni and project manager and BIM lead for the Environment Agency, Ayo Sokale, shares how its new Collaborative Delivery Framework is adopting BIM as business as usual<\/h2>\n

My name is Ayo Sokale. I am project manager and the BIM lead for the Environment Agency\u2019s Collaborative Delivery Framework Eastern Hub.<\/p>\n

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My background is as a civil engineer and I took part in the Environment Agency\u2019s training scheme, undertaking internal and external placements to support my development. During this, I project managed the Abingdon Flood Alleviation Scheme, which delivered a flood wall that protected five properties from flooding, and was assistant project manager on Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme, where I led on assurance and approvals.<\/p>\n

I gained invaluable site experience in the role of ECC site supervisor for the Tull Way Flood Alleviation Scheme. I also managed and designed projects such as a bypass channel to improve fish migration and flood embankments. I worked on the UK government\u2019s top 40 national infrastructure projects and one of world\u2019s largest flood risk management programmes, the Thames Estuary Asset Management 2100.<\/p>\n

My BIM journey<\/h3>\n

My BIM journey started in 2016 when I was working on the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme delivering training to support the project team adhering to BIM Level 2, specifically file naming document uploaded to our common data environment.<\/p>\n

In my current role as BIM lead, I lead the project delivery team in adopting the BIM Level 2 changes, improving the organisational culture, creating a community of BIM champions to achieve this aim and measure BIM success.<\/p>\n

The Collaborative Delivery Framework<\/h3>\n

The Environment Agency\u2019s Collaborative Delivery Framework (CDF) is part of the Next Generation Supplier Arrangements (NGSA). The framework<\/a> allows the supplier and client to work collaboratively in long-term teams with the aim of increasing efficiency and value for money as we work to mitigate climate change and meet our target of protecting 300,000 homes from coastal erosion and flooding by 2021.<\/p>\n

BIM in a collaborative culture<\/h3>\n

In this new collaborative way of working, BIM is still at the heart of project delivery.<\/p>\n

We are using the BIM protocol, Employers Information Requirements and the Information Delivery Plan (IDP) as commercial tools. They set out the Environment Agency\u2019s data and Information Requirements to the supplier. During the framework contracting process, the suppliers respond with their organisation BIM Execution Plan (BEP). This is also produced by the suppliers on a project level and show how the supplier will manage data and information with BS and PAS 1192 standards.<\/p>\n

The application of BIM in a collaborative culture will make positive impact on \u201creal world\u201d project delivery in a number of ways:<\/p>\n