Since 2009, Dodge Data & Analytics has been conducting quantitative research studies about the use and value of design and construction technologies around the world. As adoption has steadily expanded, so have users’ capabilities, expectations and creativity at applying digital technologies in innovative ways to derive the most value from the underlying data being captured, created and shared across the project lifecycle.
The report also reflects data from a range of global markets including North America, UK/Ireland, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Japan and Australia/New Zealand. Meaningful comparisons between regions are shown in order to highlight leadership in BIM and digital transformation, and to better understand the global variability of how BIM is implemented and its benefit. The findings demonstrate the connection between more intensive use of BIM and its related activities, and the critical benefits that strengthen companies and improve project performance. It highlights the pivotal role that BIM plays in digital transformation. Gathering the experiences of contractors, architects, civil engineers, MEP and structural engineers, it covers:
- Where they are in their process of digital transformation.
- How BIM is contributing value.
- How they are deploying BIM and in what ways they are leveraging the data from models and processes to improve decision-making and power integrated digital workflows among project team members.
While BIM is rapidly expanding around the globe, there are significant differences between construction companies’ experience with and business benefits from BIM within various regions. This report reveals the value that contractors find in their use of BIM in nine of the largest global construction markets: Australia/New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, U.S. and the U.K.
It offers insights, both overall and by market, into the profile of contractors using BIM, the benefits and ROI derived from BIM investments and the critical activities and practices where BIM is implemented. Snapshots of contractor responses by region also provide additional understanding of the current use and future potential of BIM globally.
In 2012, Dodge D&A published the first Business Value of BIM for Infrastructure “SmartMarket” Report. The conclusions of the report were twofold: BIM in infrastructure appeared to lag about three years behind the building sector, but there were many positive signs that its use was poised to become more widespread.
The findings of the 2017 update clearly demonstrate the fulfilment of that promise. It highlights the value BIM provides for owners, engineers and contractors in the infrastructure sector in the US, UK, France and Germany. It provides a comprehensive view of BIM for infrastructure through articles describing BIM use on specific road, airport and rail projects. This includes the use of BIM across and beyond the lifecycle of an asset, including creating models of existing assets for planning and using data from models for operations and asset management.
Data from the study of transportation infrastructure in the US, UK, France and Germany includes:
- The increasing rates of implementation among BIM users.
- The benefits of using BIM, the investments made to enhance those benefits and its perceived ROI.
- The perspective of non-users, including their attitudes toward BIM and factors that could drive adoption.
- Individual breakdowns of the top findings in the four countries featured.
With annual revenues of nearly $10 trillion, or about 6% of global GDP, the engineering and construction industry is the cornerstone of the world’s economy.
The industry is ripe for change: labour productivity in construction has been stagnating for decades and companies have been slow to adapt to new challenges and innovate. The whole industry is about to be transformed, however, by digital technologies, with BIM at their core.
Digital in Engineering and Construction: The Transformative Power of Building Information Modeling was produced to explain that individual companies that ignore digital transformation will struggle to survive. For the adopters, speed matters: there is only a narrow window of time during which a digital savvy outlook provides a significant competitive advantage over the average industry participant.
This report outlines the main technological advances that will soon transform the engineering and construction industry and highlights the crucial digital opportunities along the asset lifecycle. It assesses the overall impact of technological transformation through three case studies and explores the implications for stakeholders.
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BIM Forum Bolivia is a non-profit organisation that brings together professionals, companies and institutions in the construction sector related to BIM Its mission is to promote the national use of BIM and its implementation in private and state institutions for the benefit of the construction sector and society as a whole.
BIM Forum Bolivia is an active member of BIM Forum LATAM, forming part of a national network that promotes collaboration and associative work between BIM entities from different Latin American countries.
The Survey was compiled by independent companies and professionals in Bolivian construction. The information obtained allows evaluation of the current state of activity in the Bolivian construction sector in the field of digitalisation in general and of knowledge and adoption of BIM in particular. It provides general data such the size, age range and types of projects etc.; types of digital processes and technologies; learning and implementation of BIM and perceptions of BIM amongst non-users.
This document from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provides an example of a national-level BIM roadmap focussed specifically on highways and roads.
The objective of the Roadmap outlined in this document is to help state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) strategically develop a uniform, nationwide framework related to BIM for infrastructure, open data-exchange standards and methods for adopting those standards. BIM tools and a robust personnel training and upskilling programme are also included.
These state-led and FHWA-supported actions can then become the basis for planning and implementing BIM for infrastructure to better deliver projects and transportation services at the state’s DOT level. Adopting BIM for infrastructure with a coordinated approach will allow the greater highway industry to make investments with fewer concerns about differing requirements across the states.
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Technical standards are essential for the access of products and services in national and international contexts as they provide transparency. Standardisation activities focus on export, innovation, digitisation, training, corporate social responsibility, quality and regulatory compliance. The Spanish Association for Standardization (Asociación Española de Normalización, UNE) is the body for standardisation in Spain, designated by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism before the European Commission.
The incorporation of digital models to the lifecycle of buildings and infrastructure improves their performance and reduces economic and environmental costs, facilitating the collaboration between the different actors in the value chain. To enable this approach, It is necessary to normalise the interaction between these actors, including the management of processes and exchange formats. Therefore, it is important that organisations interested in digitisation of the construction industry know how standardisation works and consider the possibility of participating in the process, to contribute knowledge and experience and to keep up to date with state of the art in BIM.
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Every year, Spain sends a National Reform and a National Stability programme to the Council of Ministers of the European Union and the European Commission. This submission is made in compliance with European Union obligations, which request all Member States to submit their National Reform and Stability Programmes to the European Commission. The aim is to coordinate national economic policies and achieve the objectives set for the European Union as a whole.
The National Reform Programme (Programa Nacional De Reformas, PNR) 2019 explains the current and future state of the Spanish economy. It considers elements such as GDP and employment as well as more specific topics around Infrastructure development, in particular sustainability and digital transformation.
Part of an ongoing programme of research, summary descriptions, results presentations and key reports are published on subjects such as, for instance ‘identifying the investments required for the implementation of building information modelling (BIM)’ and ‘Evaluation of benefits from the use of BIM in construction projects and operation of buildings and collection of good practices in the use of BIM’.
Further research is planned to be published on subjects such as the cost of implementing BIM, construction classification systems for BIM projects and providing free common data environment solutions for public procurers.
The BICP’s (BIM Innovation Capability Programme) Irish BIM Study builds on the findings from the BICP’s Global BIM Study by providing an in-depth review of BIM in Ireland, with regards to key government publications, BIM champions, existing standards and procurement routes, BIM training programmes, current initiatives and maturity within public and private sector projects.
The study provides a snapshot of BIM in Ireland in 2017, demonstrating the interest it has gained in recent years and the remarkable progress that Ireland has made in building BIM capability. In recent years, the emergence of a BIM programme in the UK and other initiatives across the world have provided a focus for the Irish industry.
