One day you will be glad that you read this - Executive Director's official blog
Building Information Models (BIM). One day, and I don't know when, buildings will be developed in integrated Building Information Models iBIM and it will solve a lot of the industries ills.
We will get better designed buildings that are easier to build; life cycle costs will be an inherent part of the design; the client will get an as built model to run their maintenance and facilities management operations, and manage their occupancy, letting operations.
All this will be delivered under project insurance so we perhaps will also become the non-confrontational industry that we are supposed to be.
So what is BIM? The CIPC definition is:
Digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility creating a shared knowledge resource for information about it and forming a reliable basis for decisions its life cycle, from earliest conception to demolition'
BCIS are involved with the Construction Project Information Committee (CPIC) in looking at the classification and data issues involved in developing BIM and the RICS QS and Construction Business Group's IT committee has set up a working party to produce some guidance for surveyors.
I should stress that this will one day be part of your everyday work, it is not an IT thing its how we work with the tools available.
If you are interested in finding out more BSRIA and RIBA are running a conference 'Building Information Modelling - what is it really?' on 26th June at the RIBA. I am giving a short paper on data classification issues but I am really keen to find out more. Perhaps you should be too.
For more information see the BIM Conference PDF
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