Nearly a year after UK Government mandated Level 2 BIM for its projects, is it getting what it sought and are the efficiencies promised in building delivery and operations being achieved?

The ambition for L2 BIM was to progress from 3-D spatial models to ones that also provide all of the information on a building, its components, assemblies, costs, operation & performance that any player might need to know at any time in its life cycle. The L2 model was intended to be built progressively by many parties into an holistic, up-to-date and factual representation of the building for multiple life-long uses.

Elegant in concept, the devil was always going to be in the detail.
This debate explored Level 2 BIM’s progress so far, how it affects different stakeholders and what, if anything, is needed next.

Chair:
Dr Anne Kemp: Director, Atkins; Chair of UK BIM Alliance, Chair ICE BIM Action Group

Speakers:
Les Copeland: Technical Director, WSP, Chair of CIBSE BIM Steering Group
Helen Taylor: Practice Director, Scott Brownrigg, Edge Member.
Karen Alford: BIM & GSL Programme Manager, The Environment Agency
Dwight Wilson: Digital Engineering Manager, Imtech, Member of dotBuiltEnvironment

Venue: Institute of Physics, 80 Portland Place, London W1B 1NT

The debate was a joint venture between the Edge and CIBSE Home Counties North East Region.