Trending Topics

We have a new iPhone, a new Revit version, and your favourite artist’s new album every year.

InBIM, we also have new terminology, concepts, standards, and topics for all new products.

It is essential to keep ourselves updated. So, it is not BIM anymore; it is just IM (Information Management). We no longer have BIM level 2; it is the UK BIM Framework. We don’t have BS 1192; we have ISO 19650. We have new actors and team concepts, etc.

However, there are three new trending topics: ‘Golden Thread’, ‘Digital Twins’ and ‘Net-Zero Targets’… Everyone is talking about them now. Still, after studying them, I do not know why they are new trending topics. Want to know more? You will find much more information about them at this event through the different speakers, and maybe you will see the reason.

It is not my intention to create conflict. Still, my conclusion is that either you have new problems and new solutions rising yearly, or the market needs to sell new products frequently, like any other market. New phones, software, or products keep the interest and find new ways to solve old problems. If you don’t have new items, people can lose interest quickly, and companies won’t sell their products. And maybe this is the reason why we have new

Trending Topics every year in this BIM World.

Relating to BIM, things haven’t been clear for many people since 2015, I would say, even for me. Although I am certified with eight years of experience in big projects as an Author, Coordinator, Manager or QA officer, I am still learning every day. But why are we making things more complicated annually with new concepts when the basics are still confusing and changing for most of the industry? I still see people using LOD300 (the American system) in the UK, or most projects are based on BS 1192.

My wish would be to keep everything about BIM as simple as possible. It will be a way of keeping people interested and adopting BIM. Now with the ISO 19650, we have the opportunity not to change things anymore and make BIM or IM easier, more attractive and accessible to everyone. With this idea in mind, I would make another wish to promote more certified and accessible BIM training. The self-learned or BIM Awareness professionals can become proper BIM certified experts so we all can speak the same language in meetings and projects. For that wish, courses and certification fees need to be cheaper, and the BIM certification should be a requirement in project assessments.

Somebody should redefine the BIM roles... to avoid the confusion we have now and create BTEC formation for BIM roles such as Modeller or Coordinator. For example, my TIM (Task Information Manager) certification is not recognisable for many professionals with BIM Coordinator or BIM manager roles when these roles are not indicated in the different training options.

To conclude, WE, as a community, should make BIM easier for professionals, companies and projects instead of creating new trending topics every year just for selling.