Last week I talked about the five vital behaviors needed for BIM Level 1. Teams that adopt these ways of working will have taken the first big step towards being ready for BIM Level 2 when the specifications for this are published at the end of 2014.
Teams that create and follow BIM Execution Plans (BEPs) together: More work needed
Many projects already have BEPs. However often Project Managers see these as only being of concern to the CAD team and do not engage. I am really looking forward to rolling out our training for PMs to help them understand the issues around the key documents that PAS1192-2 requires clients and teams to use. EIRs. BEPs. MIDPs. Plenty of new acronyms that a PM needs to understand, drive within their teams and assist clients with.
Using WIP, Shared, Published and Archived data storage areas in a Common Data Environment (CDE): Easy win
From the show of hands at our recent BIM champions meeting this has been quietly happening across our UK teams already. However, usually only the CAD team know about it, and I found one PM who didn't realise it was already embedded in his project! The concept of the CDE and the progression of data storage defined by PAS1192-2 needs to become the language of the team, and must be used for all data, not just drawings - reports and calculations for instance.
Correctly named data with a defined purpose and status: Easy win
Again our BIM champions have already implemented our standard naming conventions across most of our projects. However, as for the previous behaviour, we need to extend this across all our documents and make it the language of the team. We need to look at our standards to make sure everything is in place to allow them to apply this to everything!
Only properly checked data getting Shared and Published: More work needed
A team of us are working at updating the review procedures in our BMS (Business Management System) to bring advice right up to date with both BIM requirements and the Atkins Design Principles. Collaboration requires the sharing of data that everyone can trust it for the defined purpose so, as ever, review is extremely important. In particular the whole of our industry needs to better understand what checking a model entails!
Delivering the defined Level of Detail for Stages Zero to 7: BIM's big challenge
This is the area where the UK's construction industry needs to do most work. Each discipline needs a clear definition of what delivery to Level 2 means. When you working at Stage 3, say, exactly what should be in your model and what exactly can clients and other team members use that data for? Over delivery at the early stages of projects, both real and perceived, is a problem we are seeing already, especially in the MEP disciplines. For instance, ducts are now looking so realistic at scheme design, shown complete with flanges and hangers, that some contractors are believing they can construct straight from these drawings. The reality is that no one has 'designed' that information - they are just pictures.
I hear that defined levels of detail as part of a digital plan of work will be published in the UK at the end of 2014. We can't wait that long, and are defining the contents and uses of our models stage by stage. If a client requires something extra we can of course agree to do more, but that will be agreed in conversations based around a clear starting point - true collaborative working!
Of the five behaviours some are, of course, more difficult than others. Here is my view of the level of challenge each of them poses. Two are 'easy wins', two are 'more work needed' and one is 'BIM's big problem'.
Teams that create and follow BIM Execution Plans (BEPs) together: More work needed
Many projects already have BEPs. However often Project Managers see these as only being of concern to the CAD team and do not engage. I am really looking forward to rolling out our training for PMs to help them understand the issues around the key documents that PAS1192-2 requires clients and teams to use. EIRs. BEPs. MIDPs. Plenty of new acronyms that a PM needs to understand, drive within their teams and assist clients with.
Using WIP, Shared, Published and Archived data storage areas in a Common Data Environment (CDE): Easy win
From the show of hands at our recent BIM champions meeting this has been quietly happening across our UK teams already. However, usually only the CAD team know about it, and I found one PM who didn't realise it was already embedded in his project! The concept of the CDE and the progression of data storage defined by PAS1192-2 needs to become the language of the team, and must be used for all data, not just drawings - reports and calculations for instance.
Correctly named data with a defined purpose and status: Easy win
Again our BIM champions have already implemented our standard naming conventions across most of our projects. However, as for the previous behaviour, we need to extend this across all our documents and make it the language of the team. We need to look at our standards to make sure everything is in place to allow them to apply this to everything!
Only properly checked data getting Shared and Published: More work needed
A team of us are working at updating the review procedures in our BMS (Business Management System) to bring advice right up to date with both BIM requirements and the Atkins Design Principles. Collaboration requires the sharing of data that everyone can trust it for the defined purpose so, as ever, review is extremely important. In particular the whole of our industry needs to better understand what checking a model entails!
Delivering the defined Level of Detail for Stages Zero to 7: BIM's big challenge
This is the area where the UK's construction industry needs to do most work. Each discipline needs a clear definition of what delivery to Level 2 means. When you working at Stage 3, say, exactly what should be in your model and what exactly can clients and other team members use that data for? Over delivery at the early stages of projects, both real and perceived, is a problem we are seeing already, especially in the MEP disciplines. For instance, ducts are now looking so realistic at scheme design, shown complete with flanges and hangers, that some contractors are believing they can construct straight from these drawings. The reality is that no one has 'designed' that information - they are just pictures.
I hear that defined levels of detail as part of a digital plan of work will be published in the UK at the end of 2014. We can't wait that long, and are defining the contents and uses of our models stage by stage. If a client requires something extra we can of course agree to do more, but that will be agreed in conversations based around a clear starting point - true collaborative working!
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