BIM: roles and responsibilities

Wednesday 9 October 2013

Frank Newbery

Government Construction Strategy, May 2011:

2.32 “Government will require fully collaborative 3D BIM (with all project and asset information, documentation and data being electronic) as a minimum by 2016.”

BIM Working Party Strategy Paper, March 2011:

5.1 “…It is a key recommendation that all public procurement should be carried out at Level 2 or higher by the conclusion of the five year strategy…”

BIM “LEVEL 2” BIM “LEVEL 3”

Designer 1 Designer 2 Designer 3

Each designer produces a separate model

Designer 1 Designer 2 Designer 3

All designers work on the same single model

Separate responsibilities for the model’s characteristics are harder to define & trace

The models can be federated and separated

Federated model

Single model

CIC BIM PROTOCOL

Contract 4

Contract 3

Contract 2

Contract 1

Appendix 1: Model Production & Delivery Table

Appendix 2: Information

Requirements

The protocol is to be annexed in identical form to all of the project’s building & professional appointment contracts.

Outline Scope of Services for the Role of Information Management

PAS 1192-2: 2013 Specification for information management for the capital/delivery phase of construction projects using BIM.

How to use BIM with NEC3 Contracts

Best Practice Guide for Professional Indemnity Insurance when Using Building Information Models

Employer’s Information Requirements - Core Content and Guidance Notes

BIM Protocol Appendix 1 Model Production & Delivery Table (MPDT)

PAS 1192-2 Bim Task Group Guidance - includes Level of

Definition criteria

Employer’s Information Requirements - Core Content and Guidance Notes

BIM Protocol Appendix 2 Information Requirements

Government Soft Landings Guidance April 2013:

“Government Soft Landings (GSL) is a key element of the design and construction process maintaining the ‘golden thread’ of the building purpose through to delivery and operation, with early engagement of the end user and inclusion of a GSL champion on the project team, and commitment to aftercare post construction.”

EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION?! BIM’s need for early and full project coordination will tend to:- 1. Normalise early involvement of main contractors, e.g. by two-stage

tendering or full design/build. 2. Encourage further integration between building and professional

appointment contracts and/or more prevalent use of “partnering” contracts such as ACA’s PPC2000 and JCT’s Constructing Excellence.

3. Motivate the formation of multi-disciplinary design practices. 4. Require earlier/greater concern from designers for buildability. 5. Require professionals to review fee structuring to reflect higher proportion

of earlier work.

EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION?! Increasing BIM engagement with post-occupancy requirements and feedback will tend to:- 1. Require more detailed and effective liaison between designers and end

users. 2. Require earlier/greater concern from designers for operational performance

issues such as durability, running costs, replaceability and accessibility. 3. Inject current BIM practices with methods and techniques already

established in Facilities Management. Cobie data format may have to evolve.