A PREMIUM PROCESS?

摘要

The target for all central government contracts above £5m to use BIM level 2 by 2016 has galvanised uptake of this previously niche technology, and now companies across the construction industry are looking to see how they can use Building Information Modelling to drive efficiencies in design and construction processes. The promise of BIM is of design teams collaborating seamlessly over virtual models of structures before they've been built, detecting any clashes before construction starts, and recording who has done what and when. So it is natural that BIM has excited much interest around its implications for the cost of insurance: if the risks of projects running into problems can be reduced, and responsibility for mistakes can be pinpointed more quickly, then surely the adoption of BIM could reduce personal indemnity insurance premiums?