Sutter Medical Center Case
• The market is still in the innovating phase and is not ready
Many people believe the implementation of BIM is still in the innovation stages and is not ready for public use. Recent surveys do suggest this; for example, a survey carried out by The NFB BIM-readiness survey gathered information stating 74% of all contractors are not at all familiar, or only vaguely familiar, with the levels of BIM, 81% of SME contractors are no more than vaguely familiar with the levels of BIM, 42% of large contractors are no more than vaguely familiar with the levels of BIM. However, there are indicators that there is an increasing rate of projects adopting BIM as the table below indicates, contractors, engineers and architects in the US have all increased …show more content…
Many firms believe this brings with it a high increased cost of implementation and would prefer to carry the project out a different way. The main legal barriers are related to the responsibility and risk element.
Despite this, government agencies and private companies have overcome these barriers by creating a network that changes the way information is transferred within the project. This makes liability and risk more collaborative. An example of this is The Sutter Medical Centre.
In the Sutter Medical Centre project, project managers organised each task based on the progression of events, so each section and trade can complete their work with a timetable to abide to.
2.14 Where is the future of BIM heading in the construction industry, and for the Quantity Surveying profession?
“Government will require fully collaborative BIM (with all project and asset information, documentation and data being electronic) as a minimum by 2016. A staged plan will be published with mandated milestones showing measurable progress at the end of each …show more content…
Along with this, the history of BIM and the quantity surveyor was also considered. This was useful as it allowed the effects of BIM on a Quantity Surveyor to be analysed. This also fed in with the benefits and limitations of BIM, as well as the future of the software and its effects on the role of a Quantity Surveyor.
The first step in cost estimating is quantifying the items. This may be bricks, windows, foundations, or other components that make up the count. Computable information is now at the forefront of quantification, and BIM software such as Cost X makes this effortless. Cost X offers advantages over traditional drawing, paper based systems by limiting the amount of manual use one needs to commit to. Reducing quantification stages opens up more time and knowledge for the participant to spend concentrating on high estimating activities. Cost X allows early cost decisions, greater certainty of outcome, and savings in time, cost advice and better management, which are all benefits for the QS
Many people believe the implementation of BIM is still in the innovation stages and is not ready for public use. Recent surveys do suggest this; for example, a survey carried out by The NFB BIM-readiness survey gathered information stating 74% of all contractors are not at all familiar, or only vaguely familiar, with the levels of BIM, 81% of SME contractors are no more than vaguely familiar with the levels of BIM, 42% of large contractors are no more than vaguely familiar with the levels of BIM. However, there are indicators that there is an increasing rate of projects adopting BIM as the table below indicates, contractors, engineers and architects in the US have all increased …show more content…
Many firms believe this brings with it a high increased cost of implementation and would prefer to carry the project out a different way. The main legal barriers are related to the responsibility and risk element.
Despite this, government agencies and private companies have overcome these barriers by creating a network that changes the way information is transferred within the project. This makes liability and risk more collaborative. An example of this is The Sutter Medical Centre.
In the Sutter Medical Centre project, project managers organised each task based on the progression of events, so each section and trade can complete their work with a timetable to abide to.
2.14 Where is the future of BIM heading in the construction industry, and for the Quantity Surveying profession?
“Government will require fully collaborative BIM (with all project and asset information, documentation and data being electronic) as a minimum by 2016. A staged plan will be published with mandated milestones showing measurable progress at the end of each …show more content…
Along with this, the history of BIM and the quantity surveyor was also considered. This was useful as it allowed the effects of BIM on a Quantity Surveyor to be analysed. This also fed in with the benefits and limitations of BIM, as well as the future of the software and its effects on the role of a Quantity Surveyor.
The first step in cost estimating is quantifying the items. This may be bricks, windows, foundations, or other components that make up the count. Computable information is now at the forefront of quantification, and BIM software such as Cost X makes this effortless. Cost X offers advantages over traditional drawing, paper based systems by limiting the amount of manual use one needs to commit to. Reducing quantification stages opens up more time and knowledge for the participant to spend concentrating on high estimating activities. Cost X allows early cost decisions, greater certainty of outcome, and savings in time, cost advice and better management, which are all benefits for the QS