THE INSIDE STORY

摘要

Compulsory use of Building Information Modelling on all public sector projects could help save the industry from itself. Using design information collaboratively has been shown to produce cost savings of up to 10%. These savings could make the difference between surviving and going bust in today's tough environment - yet BIM is still a minority activity. Chief construction adviser Paul Morrell aims to change all that with his proposal to make BIM compulsory on public sector projects - an idea that is being backed by the government, as a recent working group report showed minimum savings of 5%. The savings come from sharing design information, which saves each team member from drawing up designs from scratch. Holding data in common means design information is consistent and coordinated, eliminating expensive clashes once projects get to site.