Activities initiated to date since the creation of the group
60 people attended and the feedback was mostly that the format was useful and informative and made a change from usual conferences and briefings. The workshop also helped inform thinking in writing the PAS – which was also part of the objective.
1st March – RICS, Presentation by Anne Kemp
Re-run of “BIM isn’t geospatial – or is it?” – approximately 150 attendees with lively Q&A lasting 40 minutes.
Crossrail gave 3 presentations on how BIM and Geospatial help to deliver iM across the project. The Seminar finished with a Panel Q&A – of Paul Shillcock, Malcolm Taylor, Ilka May and Anne Kemp.
“BIM up north” Presentation by Anne Kemp and NBIM – 30 attendees.
21 May – Internal workshop to prepare for Live Debate on 19th July (see below)
20 participants using road, water, rail and civils projects in part to discuss current PAS approach (spatial coordination, file naming and BS1192) – but also to start debate on whether the approach needs to be re-spun and looked at within a wider context.
7th June
Phil Jackson IS Panel Chair gave a BIM presentation to the ICE Surrey South East Region. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is the latest buzz word in Civil Engineering. By 2016, all public projects will have to implement BIM. What will this mean for the way we design, construct and manage projects? In this seminar, Phil discusses:
- What BIM is, and what it is not?
- Why BIM is important to the industry?
- How BIM will integrate different project processes?
This excellent presentation is available to watch on the ICE CPD Lectures website.
Included Heikki Kulusjärvi online from Finland -Managing Director for Solibri, a software company whose business is totally based on open BIM. He had the following comments post the meeting: "The strong support from the government is a great starting point, but there is of course much more to be done. Singapore is a good example of this. They have a huge governmental support even subsidising 50% of BIM related training and BIM software purchases. In spite of this practioners (architects and engineers) are still hesitating as they need to see the benefit for themselves. In UK educating people to better understand the benefits for themselves is the key for success. I got the impression that ICE already is working actively on training etc which is great. Also successful BIM case stories are good. The discussion about COBie was also quite interesting."
A great example of BIM for overall management of the estate – illustrating full life cycle of information – through project and into asset management. Nigel Stroud will talk us through how BAA has organised its IM and engaged the supply chain to deliver projects which comply with BAA’s overall asset management requirements – and how this has been under-pinned by Heathrow Maps Live.
19th June
Presentation at ICES Bristol – a seminar for the initiated and uninitiated that delves into BIM and addresses the geospatial perspectives and other issues.
22nd June
IS BIM Action Group provide comments on behalf of ICE for the third draft of PAS1192-2:2012
4th July
James Brayshaw discusses the ICE Transport Panel BIM proposal and related BIM activity with Alan Hayes - ex Chair of Municipal Panel and current Transport Panel member.
17th July – Live Debate
“Infrastructure is just a building on its side” For – Mervyn Richards; Against – Phil Jackson.
28th August - The Construction Industry Council launches BIM Regional Hubs
Download the Construction Industry Council pdf to view the press release.
20th September
AGI Geocommunity BIM Stream - 3 papers and a BIM Open session, Nottingham University.
The BIM Action Group interviewed key speakers and members of the public at the event. Listen to Ilka May (Arup), Malcolm Taylor (Crossrail), Stepen Hamil (NBS), Mark Bew (Chair) and others. Simply click here to access the short video made by the Action Group.
If you have a question/suggestion or would like to be involved with the ICE BIM Action Group please contact Richard Armstrong:
e: richard.armstrong@ice.org.uk
t: +44 (0)207 665 2411