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Building control
David Chadwick previews the Construction Computing Seminar on Construction Management, which
takes place on 28th June 2018 at the Institution of Civil Engineers, London in association with IFS
The introduction of BIM has had a
profound effect on the construction
industry. It is now over ten years
since the Government launched its BIM
Mandate, requiring companies working on
public contracts to adhere to collaborative
and information sharing processes aimed
at improving efficiency, eliminating errors
and waste, and ultimately saving money.
I can remember the early days, and the
concerns about responsibilities and
liabilities and the effort it would take a
notoriously conservative industry to haul
itself into the 21st century. All water under
the bridge now, and BIM and the
collaborative working processes we have
adopted are second nature to most of us.
As for the savings achieved, well that is a
more nebulous figure, lost in the general
melee of evolving financial realities,
improved construction processes,
resource and material cost ups and
downs, and much besides.
There is no denying, though, that it has
become so much easier to share
information and building models across
technologies and disciplines, to integrate
building processes and to leverage the
vast amount of information we are
generating. We now start a project with a
view to not just how it looks like when it is
completed, but how it will be maintained,
how much it will cost to run it, and what
the environmental costs are throughout its
intended life cycle.
The usage and management of the
information we acquire about each
construction project is now of prime
concern, equal to the choice of building
materials, design and construction
technologies. So much so that we ran a
successful seminar at the end of last year
looking specifically at Information
Management, the way it is handled and
the tools available for extracting the
maximum benefit from the information we
have collected.
We are following this up in June with a
further seminar about the specific use of
BIM and the sharing and management of
information during the construction
phases of a project. This will look beyond
the design process and focus on the
practical issues that affect the smooth
running of a building project - the handling
of resources, the responses to design and
engineering changes - and the elimination
of risk and liabilities that threaten its
profitability and successful completion.
Information, again, is the key. BIM has
proved itself in its role as a facilitator of
that information with the development of
common data standards that enable every
member of a project, from the manager on
the building site to the clerk in the back
office, to work on the same, up to date,
validity checked and quality assured
information.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
The Building Control seminar, which will be
held in association with IFS, will cover all
aspects of the management of a building
project: the roles, responsibilities and
information requirements of different
teams and the development of strategies
to accomplish their aims. It will also look at
how this enables project managers to
respond when things don't go according
to plan and unforeseen engineering and
design changes occur, and the role of
construction and progress monitoring.
Who should attend? All those involved in
developing and utilising a building project
management strategy, project and site
managers, chief engineers, resource
managers and anybody else involved in a
management capacity on the building site.
The programme of events includes lunch
at the Institute and afternoon
presentations on the latest industry tools,
including the role of robots and drones in
the building process, followed by a Q and
A session where you will get the chance to
query the experts.
ALL CHANGE
A 'Stop Press' announcement. The BSI has
just announced dramatic changes to the
rules that underpin BIM, abandoning
further development of PAS1192 Parts 2
and 3 after the release of the latest
updates (to avoid confusion and cost), in
favour of traditional ISO certification. Will
this affect the way we have learned to do
things so far - and if so, how? More
specifically, will we still have to conform to
BIM Level 2 when we submit our projects?
It’s an announcement that's sure to make
waves at the seminar.
For more information on the seminar and
to reserve your place visit the official
website, below.
www.constructioncomputing.co.uk/seminars
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May/June 2018