Bim in Uk
IBP suBscrIPtIon magazIne of the year 2011 for members of the CIob april 2012 www.construction-manager.co.uk
What memBershIP means aBroad do team-BuIldIng trIPs Work? cPd: the localIsm act InsIde: contact neWsletter
The Cabinet Office BIM team answers the industry’s questions
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construction manager | april 2012 | www.construction-manager.co.uk bim briefing
Denise Chevin kicks off our BIM briefing by talking to the man in charge of getting the industry ready for its adoption across all government contracts by 2016. Photos by Ed Tyler
Mark Bew, the Man responsible for making
government clients “Bim-enabled”, clearly likes to keep busy. early last year, Bew masterminded the Bim report that fed into last may’s government construction Strategy. this essentially said that all public sector contracts would be procured using building information modelling by 2016. At the same time he was still doing the day job as director of business information systems for engineering consultant urS Scott Wilson. meanwhile, Bew also started a phD at Salford university — in Bim, naturally, and also found time to chair Building Smart, the organisation developing much-needed universal Bim protocols and standards. “last year went by in a bit of a blur to be honest,” recalls Bew. “But lots of good things have come out of it and we’ve had much positive feedback on the strategy.” chairing the government’s Bim Work Stream Steering group has become his day job and he’s now based in the Department for Business, innovation and Skills, reporting to chief construction adviser paul morrell. But getting around 20 government departments and the supply-side industry to adopt Bim technology to bring about a more seamless, more efficient, and therefore less costly way of working requires an endless reserve of energy,
patience and a head for technical detail. that’s on display in abundance as he unfurls a giant
What memBershIP means aBroad do team-BuIldIng trIPs Work? cPd: the localIsm act InsIde: contact neWsletter
The Cabinet Office BIM team answers the industry’s questions
r coeso fo n u r m st rc cP an r e d .c a uc s v o. g t I uk er Io sI n t
construction manager | april 2012 | www.construction-manager.co.uk bim briefing
Denise Chevin kicks off our BIM briefing by talking to the man in charge of getting the industry ready for its adoption across all government contracts by 2016. Photos by Ed Tyler
Mark Bew, the Man responsible for making
government clients “Bim-enabled”, clearly likes to keep busy. early last year, Bew masterminded the Bim report that fed into last may’s government construction Strategy. this essentially said that all public sector contracts would be procured using building information modelling by 2016. At the same time he was still doing the day job as director of business information systems for engineering consultant urS Scott Wilson. meanwhile, Bew also started a phD at Salford university — in Bim, naturally, and also found time to chair Building Smart, the organisation developing much-needed universal Bim protocols and standards. “last year went by in a bit of a blur to be honest,” recalls Bew. “But lots of good things have come out of it and we’ve had much positive feedback on the strategy.” chairing the government’s Bim Work Stream Steering group has become his day job and he’s now based in the Department for Business, innovation and Skills, reporting to chief construction adviser paul morrell. But getting around 20 government departments and the supply-side industry to adopt Bim technology to bring about a more seamless, more efficient, and therefore less costly way of working requires an endless reserve of energy,
patience and a head for technical detail. that’s on display in abundance as he unfurls a giant