Getting to Grips with BIM : A Guide for Small and Medium-Sized Architecture, Engineering and Construction Firms

With the UK government‘s BIM threshold approaching in 2016, a practical guidance on interpreting, filtering and applying BIM protocols and standards is urgently required. The majority of small contractors, architects, and engineers who operate in the UK construction industry are unsure how they can comply with Level 2 BIM. Developed in consultation with SMEs who are ahead of the curve, this is the ideal practical guide to managing this transition.

With the UK government‘s 2016 BIM threshold approaching, support for small organisations on interpreting, filtering and applying BIM protocols and standards is urgently required. Many small UK construction industry supply chain firms are uncertain about what Level 2 BIM involves and are unsure about taking first steps towards having BIM capability. As digitisation, increasingly impacts on work practices, Getting to Grips with BIM offers an insight into an industry in change supplemented by practical guidance on managing the transition towards more widespread and integrated use of digital tools to manage the design, construction and whole life use of buildings.