Citation:
Keith Snook, Cao Chunli. BIM-It's about the Planet. Journal of Information Technologyin Civil Engineering and Architecture,
2015, 7(3): 1-15.
2015, 7(3): 1-15.
BIM-It's about the Planet
BRE Group, Bucknalls Lane, Watford WD259XX, Hertfordshire, UK |
This paper is based on historical and current activities in the UK but does, where appropriate make reference to developments and parallells elsewhere. It starts with and acknowleges the realisation that we must do something about the depletion of our planet's resources and finishes with a suggestion that by joining the appropriate data together we stand a better chance of doing that. In terms of the construction industry, it starts with a quote from a leading architect of 90 years ago to a world where we are enveloped in data and undergoing an attitude change. The paper proposes that as much data as possible should be freely avaialbe to enrich social life and enterpise collaboration.The role of the built environment and particularly the construction industry that produces it is the main focus of the paper, tracing that industry's relative failings in communications, teamwork and adoption of technology. BIM is the current push and there are high expectations for its capacity to enable the necessary changes and the UK is taking this very seriously, so much that the eyes of the world are now turned towards it and by considered measures it is now generally regarded to be leading as it is highly likely that standards and guidance prepared for the UK market will become internationalised.It will be up to the industry to capitlaise in this situation.
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Brundtland is probably the most widely accepted formal definition. The first part of this is: "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. " |
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Main hypothesis of A Report for the Government Construction Client Group-BIM working strategy Client Group 2011. |
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A survey of 60, 000 UK IT budget holders undertaken by the Journal 'Computer Weekly' stated: "Large construction firms spend an average of ￡10, 285 per desktop each year on IT-more than 20% above the UK-wide business average of ￡8, 455. This differential is even more marked in small and medium sized construction firms, where the average spend is ￡5, 307 per desktop against an SME industry average of ￡3, 132. " |
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A PAS is a Publicly Available Specification-a type of document issued by BSI to serve a number of purposes; here to get an advance version of a 'standard' into the marketplace for use and development ahead of its permissible publication as a BS. In this case the document contains non-normative information so has to be in circulation as a PAS for around 18 months prior to being reissued as a BS. There are a number of documents under the "1192" nomenclature and it is likely that that once all of these are available for full BS publication they may be slightly reordered into a homogeneous set. |
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