BIM related Strategic Ojectives

At the industry‟s leading edge, there are companies which have the capability of working in a fully collaborative 3D environment, so that all of those involved in a project are working on a shared platform with reduced transaction costs and less opportunity for error; but construction has generally lagged behind other industries in the adoption of the full potential offered by digital technology.

A lack of compatible systems, standards and protocols, and the differing requirements of clients and lead designers, have inhibited widespread adoption of a technology which has the capacity to ensure that all team members are working from the same data, and that: the implications of alternative design proposals can be evaluated with comparative ease; projects are modeled in three dimensions (eliminating coordination errors and subsequent expensive change); design data can be fed direct to machine tools, creating a link between designers and manufacturers and eliminating unnecessary intermediaries; there is a proper basis for asset management subsequent to construction.

The Cabinet Office will co-ordinate Government‟s drive to the development of standards enabling all members of the supply chain to work collaboratively through Building Information Modelling (BIM). This will be a phased process working closely with industry groups, in order to allow time for industry to prepare for the development of new standards and for training.

Government will require fully collaborative BIM level 2 (with all project and asset information, documentation and data being electronic) as a minimum by 2016. The staged plan will be published with mandated milestones showing measurable progress at the end of each year.

Progress to May 2011

A Client BIM Mobilisation and Implementation Group to drive the adoption of BIM across government has been established and met for the first time in May 2011, and a staged implementation plan will be published in June.

To download the full report: 
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/government-construction-strategy_0.pdf