With the Government’s April 2016 mandate been and gone, the NBS has provided those in the industry with a chance to reflect on how building information modelling is changing the industry and working life, with its seventh National BIM Survey.
The 2016 survey found adoption of BIM was at 54%, up from 48% the year before and by now, 86% of respondents intended to have adopted BIM and 97% within the next five years.
Richard Waterhouse, chief executive of the NBS, said: “Like BIM, the future is collaborative and digital.
“Since we began charting the rise in the use and awareness of BIM back in 2011, the UK industry has made great strides forward with BIM Level 2. This way of working must continue to be embedded into projects across the country so we build on the position that the UK finds itself in, as a world leader in digital construction.”
You can complete this year’s NBS National BIM Survey which is open until February 28, and have your say by visiting www.theNBS.com/nbsbimsurvey2017
A pre-release report is sent to all participants, so by taking part you’ll be among the first to have access to the findings.
In 2014/15, the Government saved £855m on existing schemes, allowing for investment in new ones, and the UK is leading in providing standards and descriptions of BIM, and other countries are using these as a template for best practice BIM.
The NBS BIM Toolkit, the NBS National BIM Library and NBS Create are all designed to support best design practice using BIM.
