COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE CENTRAL AND REGIONAL WORKSHOP The following observations have been made as a result from the cross referencing of answers from the Central and Regional Industry Consultation Workshops: •
Both workshops demonstrated concerns with Clients and their understanding of the BIM process. Both sets of attendees agreed that if the Client is to fully embrace BIM they need to see specific savings that can be tracked through relevant metrics.
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The larger contractors both centrally and regionally have shown strong BIM maturity but prevalent concerns are still in place for SMEs. While SMEs generally have shown a reluctance towards BIM it would seem that this is more evident regionally.
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A number of awareness programmes to upskill Clients, such as workshops are primarily centrally located but significant efforts have been made regionally to promote BIM.
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From a legal standing the CIC BIM protocol and EIR are both proving key documents in providing a legal context for the execution of BIM services both centrally and regionally. The Client as reported in both workshops need assistance in completing these documents.
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A number of pathfinders were suggested in the workshops which provides further evidence of the maturity of the sector. There was more BIM projects discussed in the central workshop compared to the regional one due to the high levels of construction activity in Dublin. The SFT pilot programme was referred to in both workshops as a good template
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The PAS suite of documents were strongly endorsed throughout both workshops as the most suitable standards due to their impeding ISO accreditation.
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The singular message for education coming from both workshops is that there must be a collaborative approach between industry and academia to ensure the students receive an understanding of both BIM software and processes.
It was evident that similar results were encountered both centrally and regionally. While more BIM activity has been recorded centrally a lack of Client understanding is prevalent in all areas with further upskilling required. The SMEs regionally have yet to embrace BIM while centrally concerns remain on their capability to work within a BIM environment. The PAS suite of documents is being adopted throughout, with the CIC BIM protocol providing a valid legal starting point. A number of educational models were suggested which could provide a valuable tool to promote HEI collaboration. Despite the recorded concerns a strong appetite and capability has been demonstrated both centrally and regionally for BIM processes.
BICP Consultation Workshop
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