Growth through BIM - Institution of Civil Engineers

Dixon Allerton Academy. Structuretools have safe curve and slope rules built in. Structural engineers willfind that early stage work increases with BIM use but that later stagesare much lighter. Specialist structural contractors may take more of thework also. Engineers’ spare capacities may well be called upon to leadBIM management in teams and multi-discipline firms. Engineers havebeen commercially aggressive in consolidating their businesses globallyand absorbing other disciplines into super consultancies to meet thehuge world demand for infrastructure in particular. These powerhousesare now rivals to Tier 1 contractors for the Integrator role across projectsand programmes. As BIM and programme management tools reducerisk so the professional style of leadership becomes an alternativeto the contracting style.ural forces became calculable and new materials could be used aftertheir properties were understood. Civil (as distinct from military) engineersare the leaders of infrastructure work whilst structural engineersprovide consultancy support to building design and construction. Manycontractors trained as C&S engineers. Computing has affected the twoprofessions substantially since its introduction, greatly reducing thecalculation task and allowing better analysis. BIM was taken up bystructural engineers very early as one can move directly from a designmodel to the fabricator cutting steel by numerically controlled machine,an approach that is still some way off for other specialisms. Civilengineers are later into BIM as it was initially aimed at building design.Technology and Innovation Centre, Strathclyde UniversityThey use Geographical Information Systems (GIS), a parallel digitalconcept for holding information about land and assets. Civil BIM isemerging fast however, blending previously separate analysis tools intoit. Artificial intelligence is already used: for example road alignment5.13. Building Services Engineers. The mechanical, public healthand electrical disciplines grew out of trades devoted to installation.There have always remained designer-constructors in the field andG r o w t h t h r o u g h B I M55