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摘要

On Monday the government's much anticipated BIM level 2 implementation mandate finally comes into force. All firms wishing to bid for central government building contracts will have to be BIM level 2 compliant or else they will be frozen out of the procurement process and risk losing out on hundreds of major publicly funded projects. Next year the mandate will be extended to local authority construction procurement too. This is a watershed moment in the history of UK BIM adoption. BIM will cease to be a cultural choice and will become a statutory requirement. The move will also mark the UK as one of the first countries in the world to use legislation to encourage or tacitly enforce the use of BIM. The government aims to lead by example and hopes the private sector will eventually follow suit.