Rics 2011 BIM Survey Report

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RICS 2011

BuildingInformationModelling Survey

Report

Prepared by BCISBuilding Cost Information ServiceRoyal Institution of Chartered SurveyorsParliament Square, London SW1P 3ADW www.bcis.co.uk T +44 (0)20 7695 1500 F +44 (0)20 7695 1501


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RICS July 2011 2

Foreword

The Governments BIM Strategy paper was published inJune 2011 and sets out its intention to require collaborativeBIM working on projects by 2016.

There were a couple of salient statements in the paper aimed at quantity surveyors andproject managers:

The effective adoption of BIM technologies by cost consultants and planners hasbeen slow to date, and should this situation remain, then cost and programmeservices will notbenefit from the productivity and speed of response that asettled BIM process can offer. This is not to say that the adoption of BIM will notbe without its challenges, but that the professions cannot afford to be outsideof the BIM loop.

Clients should expect QSs and Project Managers to be familiar with BIM andactively develop ways in which processes can be made more cost effectiveand value adding.

This survey, carried out in April 2011 by BCIS for the RICS BIM Steering Group, couldnot be more timely.

The survey confirms the lack of awareness among members and highlights that manymembers would value BIM guidance and training. RICS is gearing up to provide thisvery soon.

While the majority of respondents are aware that BIM is a process and not primarilyabout technology, many respondents cite the need for improved application interfacesto support integrated working. These will require standards and guidance on theirintelligent application, and training in the supporting information technology. They alsoreinforce a need for ongoing consultation and discussions.

This report is an excellent starting point for further consultation if you do not agreewith its findings, RICS would very much like to know what you think. It establishes abenchmark for the profession as we look to assess the impact and development of anew way of working.

RICS is grateful to all those members who responded to the survey.

It is now clear that BIM is here to stay and we are determined to play a leading part inits development, so that the services that the profession provides willbenefit from theproductivity and speed of response that the BIM process can offer.

David BucknallChairman of Rider Levett Bucknall and theRICS Quantity Surveying & Construction professional group


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Tables

1. BIM use as characterised by 71 Quantity Surveyors ....................................................................... 7

2. BIM use as characterised by 37 Building Surveyors........................................................................7

3. Frequencies of different BIM activities by Quantity Surveyors.........................................................84: Frequencies of different BIM activities by Building Surveyors .........................................................9

5. Percentages of respondents citing BIM use .................................................................................. 10

6. Distribution of projects where BIM was used in last 12 months..................................................... 10

7. Calculated numbers of projects where BIM was used in last 12 months....................................... 10

8. Use of BIMs at successive project stages...................................................................................... 11

9. Percentages of BIM projects undertaken for different client sectors .............................................11

10. Clients asking for BIM use and intending to use BIM data ............................................................12

11. Use of different forms of contract on BIM projects.........................................................................13

12. BIM neutrality of current forms of contracts: Current forms of contract are BIM neutral ............... 13

13. Quantity Surveyors scoring of relative importance of barriers to take up of BIM.......................... 1414. Building Surveyors scoring of relative importance of barriers to take up of BIM........................... 14

15. Quantity Surveyors scoring of relative financial benefit of BIM.....................................................15

16. Building Surveyors scoring of relative financial benefit of BIM .....................................................15

17. Quantity Surveyors agreement with statements about BIM: All & BIM involved........................... 16

18. Building Surveyors agreement with statements about BIM: All & BIM involved ........................... 19

19. Comparison of agreement with statements by Quantity Surveyors and Building Surveyorsfrom firms with recent BIM involvement ......................................................................................... 22

20. All respondents support for possible RICS BIM actions................................................................23

21. Quantity Surveyors support for possible RICS BIM actions.......................................................... 23

22. Building Surveyors support for possible RICS BIM actions ..........................................................23

23. Interest in training by professional group and for all respondents .................................................24

24. Familiarity with BSi Investors Report.............................................................................................25

25. Breakdown of UK responses by primary firm types .......................................................................26

26. Tabulation of primary firm types and secondary activities for UK respondents ............................. 26

27. Types and sizes of firms ................................................................................................................ 27

28. UK Respondents positions ............................................................................................................ 28

29. Response by RICS Professional Group......................................................................................... 28

30. Cross-tabulation of responses to firm type/activity and professional group questions ................. 28


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Figures

1. Quantity Surveyors BIM use............................................................................................................7

2. Building Surveyors BIM use ............................................................................................................ 7

Agreement with BIM statements by Quantity Surveyors: All & BIM involved ........................................17

3. Building Information Modelling is the process of generating and managing informationabout a building during its entire life cycle ..................................................................................... 17

4. Clients will drive the adoption of BIM ............................................................................................. 17

5. Adopting BIM entails a substantial investment in training.............................................................. 17

6. Projects may involve multiple BIMs like overlapping venn diagrams with data sharing at theoverlaps..........................................................................................................................................17

7. A BIM that does not contain specification and cost data falls well short of the mark .................... 18

8. A BIM that does not include a repository for shared data is not a BIM.......................................... 18

9. A project extranet is a BIM ............................................................................................................. 18

10. A BIM that does not support ongoing facilities management is not a BIM..................................... 18

Agreement with BIM statements by Building Surveyors: All & BIM involved......................................... 20

11. Building Information Modelling is the process of generating and managing informationabout a building during its entire life cycle ..................................................................................... 20

12. Clients will drive the adoption of BIM ............................................................................................. 20

13. Adopting BIM entails a substantial investment in training.............................................................. 20

14. Projects may involve multiple BIMs like overlapping venn diagrams with data sharing at theoverlaps ......................................................................................................................................... 20

15. A BIM that does not contain specification and cost data falls well short of the mark .................... 21

16. A BIM that does not include a repository for shared data is not a BIM.......................................... 21

17. A project extranet is a BIM ............................................................................................................. 2118. A BIM that does not support ongoing facilities management is not a BIM..................................... 21

19. Quantity Surveyors interest in BIM training ................................................................................... 24

20. Building Surveyors interest in BIM training ................................................................................... 24

21. All respondents interest in BIM training......................................................................................... 24

22. Breakdown of UK responses by primary firm types .......................................................................26

23. Breakdown by numbers of staff ..................................................................................................... 27

24. Types and sizes of firms ................................................................................................................ 27

25. UK Respondents positions ............................................................................................................ 28

26. Response by RICS Professional Group......................................................................................... 28


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Executive summary

In April 2011, BCIS undertook a Building Information Modelling Survey of RICS members in the UKand United States on behalf of the RICS BIM Steering Group and the QS & Construction IT BusinessGroup.

The survey was sent to 8500 RICS members asking about their firms engagement with BIM.Responses were received from 298. BCIS also received 21 emails from surveyors who didnt feel theycould usefully answer the questions.

This report analyses the responses from 156 members of the Quantity Surveying and ConstructionProfessional Group (QSs) and 96 members of the Building Surveying Professional Group (BSs).

Ten percent (10%) of QSs and three percent (3%) of BSs said they were using BIM regularly, a further29% of both QSs and BSs have had some limited engagement with BIM.

For QSs that use BIM, the most frequent use is for construction scheduling (14%), followed byextracting quantities and facilities/asset management (both 8%).

15% of BSs using BIM regularly cite linking specification clauses to graphic elements as its most

common use, followed by 10% for both construction scheduling and 3D modelling for drawingproduction.

Four percent (4%) of QSs and 1% of BSs invest regularly in BIM training.

Ten percent (10%) of QSs and 6% BSs are actively assessing BIM tools with a view to adopting BIM.

Just over 20% of respondents said they had worked on projects where BIM was used within the last12 months.

Those who had worked on BIM projects felt using BIM would have been appropriate on 2.5 times asmany projects.

For the QSs, the majority of BIM use was in the design and construction phases, while BSs were aslikely to use BIM in facilities management as construction.

On over half of BIM projects, the client requested its use, and a third of the clients intended to use BIMafter handover.

For QSs, the biggest barriers to the take-up of BIM are lack of client demand, lack of training, lack ofapplication interfaces and lack of standards.

The responses for the BSs were similar, but they also identified lack of IT infrastructure andprofessional indemnity insurance terms as barriers.

The respondents felt that most participants benefit financially from BIM, and respondents with BIMexperience are more positive about the benefits.

Seventy-five percent (75%) of all respondents and 85% of those that have worked on BIM projectsagreed with the statement: Building Information Modelling is the process of generating and managing

information about a building during its entire life cycle.

Respondents felt the RICS should provide BIM guidance and training.

Eleven percent (11%) of respondents were familiar with the BSI Investors Report, and those that readthe report were generally positive.


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3. Frequency of BIM activitiesSurvey question 6 asked: Please indicate the frequency at which your firm engages in the followingactivities?Tables 3 and 4 show the percentages of Quantity Surveyors and Building Surveyors statingdifferent frequencies of BIM use by their firms for different activities. The All columns containpercentages of the all the Quantity Surveyors or Building Surveyors that ticked each activity/frequencycombination in the question matrix. The BIM columns contain only the percentages for respondents fromfirms that were involved in one or more BIM projects in the last 12 months. Where an All % is greaterthan a corresponding BIM %, BCIS assumes the answer reflects earlier activity.

3.1 Frequencies of BIM activities reported by Quantity Surveyors

Table 3 shows the percentages of Quantity Surveyors citing different frequencies of BIM use for differentactivities. The table is sorted on the sums of the Very often and Often BIM percentage columns. TheNr columns show the numbers of responses to which the All and BIM percentages relate.

Table 3. Frequencies of different BIM activities by Quantity Surveyors

Frequency Very often Often Sometimes Rarely Never Response

Respondents

BIM Activity

All

%

BIM

%

All

%

BIM

%

All

%

BIM

%

All

%

BIM

%

All

%

BIM

%

All

Nr

BIM

NrLinking construction scheduledata to a BIM

- - 5 14 15 32 19 30 61 24 152 37

Extracting quantities from a BIM 1 - 5 8 16 36 22 33 57 22 151 36

Using a BIM for facilities/assetmanagement

- - 4 8 9 14 20 35 68 43 152 37

Linking specification clauses tographic elements in a BIM

1 3 3 3 9 19 25 46 63 30 152 37

Building a 3D BIM model for 2Ddrawing production purposes

- - - - 7 8 12 24 81 68 151 37

BIM Awareness/Training

Checking on the development of

BIM tools and processes with aview to adopting BIM working 3 5 7 11 17 32 26 41 47 11 152 37

Investing in BIM training 1 3 3 5 15 32 23 32 58 27 151 37

The sums of the Very often and Often percentages suggest that no more than 6%, and generally 4%, ofthe all the responding firms make frequent use of BIM for any of the activities. The corresponding figuresfrom respondents with recent involvement in BIM projects are substantially higher.


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3.2 Frequencies of firms BIM activities reported by Building Surveyors

Table 4 shows the percentages of Building Surveyors citing different frequencies of BIM use for differentactivities by their firms. The table is sorted on the sums of the Very often and Often BIM % columns,but if these are equal, the Sometimes column figure decided the relative ranking. The All Nr and BIMNr columns again show the numbers of respondents responding to an activity question.

Table 4. Frequencies of different BIM activities by Building Surveyors

Frequency Very often Often Sometimes Rarely Never Response

RespondentsBIM Activity

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

AllNr

BIMNr

Linking specification clauses tographic elements in a BIM

1 5 3 10 9 35 21 30 66 20 92 20

Linking construction scheduledata to a BIM

- - 3 10 14 40 20 35 63 15 94 20

Building a 3D BIM model for 2Ddrawing production purposes

1 5 1 5 5 15 19 40 73 35 94 20

Using a BIM for facilities/assetmanagement

- - 1 5 12 40 22 40 65 15 94 20

Extracting quantities from a BIM 1 - 2 5 5 20 21 45 70 30 94 20BIM Awareness/Training

Checking on the development ofBIM tools and processes with aview to adopting BIM working

3 10 3 5 13 35 24 35 57 15 93 20

Investing in BIM training - - 1 5 14 45 17 30 68 20 93 20

The sums of the Very often and Often percentages suggest that no more than 4% and generally lessthan 3% of all the responding firms make frequent use of BIM for any of the activities. The correspondingfigures for BIM activities of firms with recent involvement in BIM projects are substantially higher, rangingfrom 5% to 15% depending on activity.


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4. Work on BIM projectsSurvey question 7 asked: Over the last 12 months, approximately how many projects has your firmworked on where: BIM was used? Using a BIM might have been appropriate?

Table 5 shows the numbers and percentages of respondents from each RICS professional group thatsaid their firms had worked on one or more BIM project projects over the last 12 months.

Table 5. Percentages of respondents citing BIM use

RICS Professional Groups surveyed Nr of respondents Nr where BIM used % where BIM used

Quantity Surveying & Construction 156 37 24

Building Surveying 96 20 21

Project Management 11 4 36

Facilities Management 3 2 66

Twenty-four percent (24%) of the Quantity Surveyors and 21% of the Building Surveyors said their firmshad worked on projects where BIM was used. The percentages seem quite high, even considering thatthe question is not necessarily identifying firms that participated directly to building a BIM.

Table 6 shows the numbers and percentages of firms that worked on different numbers of projects whereBIM was used within the last 12 months. The Nr (number) and % (percentage) figures highlighted forQuantity Surveyors indicate 119 respondents (or 76% of the 156 that answered the question) said theirfirms were not involved in a project where BIM was used in the last 12 months. The equivalent numberand percentage for the Quantity Surveyors is 76 respondents or 79% of the sample.

Table 6. Distribution of projects where BIM was usedin last 12 months

Numbers of BIM projects undertaken by respondent firms

RICS ProfessionalGroups surveyed 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 50 300 Sum

Nr 119 10 9 5 1 3 1 3 - 1 3 1 - 156Quantity Surveying &

Construction % 76 6 6 3 1 2 1 2 - 1 2 1 - 100Nr 76 3 5 3 - 3 2 1 1 - 2 - - 96

Building Surveying% 79 3 5 3 - 3 2 1 1 - 2 - - 100

Nr 7 1 - - - - - 1 1 - - - 1 11Project Management

% 64 9 - - - - - 9 9 - - - 9 100

Nr 1 - 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - 3Facilities Management

% 33 - 33 - - - - 33 - - - - - 100

Table 7 shows the products of multiplying the numbers of respondents in Table 6 by the differentnumbers of projects where BIM was used in the past 12 months. Together, the BIM using firms accountfor 669 projects, but a single project management firm accounts for 300 of them.

Table 7. Calculated numbers of projects where BIM was usedin last 12 monthsPrimary RICSProfessional Group 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 50 300 Sum

Quantity Surveying &Construction PNr - 10 18 15 4 15 6 30 - 15 60 50 - 223

Building Surveying PNr - 3 10 9 - 15 12 10 12 - 40 - - 111

Project Management PNr - 1 - - - - - 10 12 - - - 300 323

Facilities Management PNr - - 2 - - - - 10 - - - - - 12

Total - 14 30 24 4 30 18 60 24 15 100 50 300 669

Note: PNr = Number of projects

If a similar calculation is applied to the data on the numbers of projects for which the same set of

respondents said Using BIM might have been appropriate the number of projects would be 1612,roughly 2.4 times as many.


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8. Use of different forms of contract on BIM projectsSurvey question 11 asked: Which of the forms of building contracts were used on the above BIMprojects?Table 11 tabulates the responses by RICS professional group. The percentages do not sum to100% because respondents cited multiple contracts.

Table 11. Use of different forms of contract on BIM projects

Contract JCT NEC OtherOthersmentioned? Responses*

RICS Professional Group Nr % Nr % Nr % Nr

Quantity Surveying & Construction 23 68 11 32 7 21 34

Building Surveying 15 83 2 11 3 17 Yes, see text below 18

Project Management 4 100 2 50 - - Yes, see text below 4

* The number of responses refers only to those that mentioned a contract of some type.

Quantity Surveyors 24 Quantity Surveyors mentioned use of JCT forms on at least 124 projects. NECforms were used by 10 firms: 5 of these used NEC forms on a total of 11 projects. Other contracts formscited included: two mentions of FIDIC, one mention of using a Bespoke Client Contract on 50 projects,

one mention of using a PPP/PPC 2000 contract on 15 projects, and one mention of a single use of aBespoke EPCM Oil & Gas contract prepared by the Client.

Building Surveyors 15 Building Surveyors mentioned the use of JCT forms on at least 71 projects. NECforms were used by two firms on a total of 14 projects (2+12). Other contracts forms used on BIM projectsincluded FIDIC and GC Works.

Where building information modelling is concerned, the form of construction contract used does notappear to be a major issue, but choice of procurement method (e.g. design and build) may be significant.

9. BIM neutrality of current forms of contractTable 12 tabulates as percentages the responses received from members of different RICS professionalgroups to survey question 12. To what extent do you agree that: Current forms of contract are BIMneutral?

The All percentages again refer to all members of a group; the BIM percentages refer to subsets of onlythose respondents whose firms had been involved in a BIM project within the last 12 months.

Table 12. BIM neutrality of current forms of contracts: Current forms of contract are BIM neutral

Response optionsAgreestrongly orAgree

NeitherAgree norDisagree

Disagreestrongly orDisagree Balances Responses

RICS Professional Groups All% BIM% All% BIM% All% BIM% All% BIM% AllNr BIMNr

Quantity Surveying & Construction 28 29 58 57 14 14 14 14 136 35

Building Surveying 26 22 54 67 19 11 7 11 72 18

Project Management 45 75 36 25 18 - 27 75 11 4

Facilities Management - - 67 100 33 - -33 - 3 2

The figures for facilities managers should be ignored on the basis that there are too few responses andthe majority neither agree nor disagree. BCIS found it of interest that the balance for project managers isso positive. In general, the figures indicate a high level of uncertainty, but the balance of opinion is thatcurrent forms of contract are BIM neutral.


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10. Barriers to take up of BIMTables 13 and 14 tabulate the responses received from Quantity Surveyors and Building Surveyors tosurvey question 13: How important are the following as barriers to the wider take up of BIM? The tablesare both sorted on the BIM % balances, but the All % balances probably give a better indication ofprevailing sentiment.

Table 13. Quantity Surveyors scoring of relative importance of barriers to take up of BIM

Response optionsVery

important orimportant

RelevantLittle or noimportance

Balances Response

Potential barriersAll%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

AllNr

BIMNr

Lack of client demand 74 68 24 32 2 - 72 68 140 37

Lack of application interfacesbetween BIM systems and 3rdparty applications of choice

57 61 35 33 8 6 49 55 134 36

Lack of training/education 70 59 25 35 5 5 65 54 139 37

Lack of standards 53 58 34 22 14 19 39 39 133 36

Uncertainties over ownership ofdata and responsibilities

50 51 34 35 16 14 34 37 135 37

Current conditions ofengagement

50 39 32 36 18 25 32 14 137 36

Lack of governmentlead/direction

43 41 35 30 22 30 21 11 137 37

Lack of IT infrastructure 48 32 34 43 18 24 30 8 138 37

Current professional indemnityinsurance terms

27 17 41 47 32 36 (-5) (-19) 135 36

Lack of new and/or amendedforms of construction contracts

24 16 36 27 41 57 (-17) (-41) 135 37

Table 14. Building Surveyors scoring of relative importance of barriers to take up of BIM

Response optionsVery

important orimportant

RelevantLittle or noimportance

Balances Response

Potential barriersAll%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

AllNr

BIMNr

Lack of application interfacesbetween BIM systems and 3rdparty applications of choice

65 63 29 21 4 16 61 47 69 18

Lack of IT infrastructure 45 47 42 47 9 5 36 42 71 20

Lack of standards 41 53 37 37 15 11 26 42 70 20

Lack of client demand 63 38 35 62 1 - 62 38 71 13

Current professional indemnityinsurance terms

50 37 37 42 9 21 41 16 70 19

Lack of governmentlead/direction

46 42 26 32 20 26 26 16 70 19

Current conditions ofengagement

38 47 32 42 21 11 17 16 71 20

Lack of new and/or amendedforms of construction contracts

42 32 45 47 9 21 33 11 69 20

Uncertainties over ownership ofdata and responsibilities

42 32 41 47 12 21 30 11 69 19

Lack of training/education 29 32 44 47 18 21 11 11 68 19


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11. Benefiting financially from BIMTables 15 and 16 show the scoring by Quantity Surveyors and Building Surveyors of the levels offinancial benefit in response to survey question 14:How much will the following benefit financially fromBIM? The BIM columns again show only the scoring from surveyors whose firms were involved in one ormore BIM projects in the last 12 months. The tables are sorted on the BIM % balances.

Table 15.Quantity Surveyors scoring of relative financial benefit of BIM

Benefit level1 Greatly or2 (More than

average)3 Average

4 (Little) or5 Not at all Balances Responses

Group RespondentsAll%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All BIM

Clients 62 75 25 22 13 3 49 72 135 36

Facilities Managers 72 80 19 9 9 11 63 69 134 35

Software Vendors 67 72 18 14 15 14 52 58 134 36

Consultants 52 58 26 28 22 14 30 44 133 36

Tier 1 Contractors 42 61 36 19 22 19 20 42 132 36

Building Users/Occupants 50 58 25 22 25 19 25 39 134 36

Specialist Contractors 38 53 35 25 27 22 11 31 132 36

Suppliers 25 36 37 36 37 28 -12 8 131 36

Table 16. Building Surveyors scoring of relative financial benefit of BIM

Benefit level1 Greatly or2 (More than

average)3 Average

4 (Little) or5 Not at all Balances Responses

Group RespondentsAll%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All BIM

Facilities Managers 64 89 5 5 5 5 59 84 69 19

Specialist Contractors 55 71 29 29 - - 55 71 64 17

Software Vendors 69 79 11 11 11 11 59 68 68 19

Suppliers 49 79 11 11 11 11 38 68 68 19

Clients 45 58 37 37 5 5 40 53 69 19

Consultants 36 50 44 44 6 6 30 44 67 18

Tier 1 Contractors 24 50 33 33 17 17 8 33 66 18

Building Users/Occupants 32 44 39 39 17 17 16 28 65 18

The average scoring of benefit levels by firms that participated in BIM projects in the last year areconsistently higher than the scoring based on all the responding Quantity and Building Surveyors.

QS BIM users score the financial benefits obtained by clients higher than those for software vendors.

More respondents scored facilities managers as benefiting 1 Greatly or 2 (More than average) than anyother type of firm. This view was shared by the entire survey sample.


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12. Opinions on BIM (responses to statements about BIM)Survey question 5 asked: To what extent do you Agree or Disagree with the following statements aboutBIM?(Agree strongly, Agree, Neither Agree nor Disagree, Disagree, Disagree strongly) Any comments?The answers are reported in Tables 17 and 18.

12.1 Quantity Surveyors opinions on BIMTable 17 shows the responses from all Quantity Surveyors, together with the corresponding subsets ofanswers from firms that were involved in a BIM project within the last 12 months, highlighted in blue.

Table 17. Quantity Surveyors agreement with statements about BIM: All & BIM involved

Agreestrongly or

Agree

NeitherAgree norDisagree

Disagreeor

Disagreestrongly

Do notknow

Balance Response

RespondentsStatement

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

AllNr

BIMNr

Building Information Modelling is theprocess of generating and managinginformation about a building during itsentire life cycle.

73 84 13 11 3 5 12 - 70 78 154 37

Clients will drive the adoption of BIM 40 49 34 32 17 19 9 - 23 30 154 37

Adopting BIM entails a substantialinvestment in training

61 62 21 22 5 16 12 - 56 46 155 37

Projects may involve multiple BIMs likeoverlapping venn diagrams with datasharing at the overlaps

39 43 32 38 8 14 21 5 30 30 155 37

A BIM that does not containspecification and cost data falls wellshort of the mark

76 81 10 8 3 11 11 - 73 69 154 36

A BIM that does not include a repository

for shared data is not a BIM49 65 23 11 8 16 20 8 41 49 155 37

A project extranet is a BIM 12 16 22 16 46 65 20 3 -34 -49 155 37

A BIM that does not support ongoingfacilities management is not a BIM

56 62 18 19 12 16 15 3 44 46 154 37


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Agreement with BIM statements by Quantity Surveyors: All & BIM involvedFigures 3 through 10 illustrate Table 17 and contrast the responses received from all Quantity Surveyorsto statements about BIM with those from firms involved in one or more BIM projects in the last 12 months.The figures are keyed as follows:

Agree strongly or Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree or Disagree strongly Do not know

All Quantity SurveyorsOnly Quantity Surveyors with BIM

involvement

13

3 12

73

11

84

5

Figure 3a All QSs Figure 3b BIM QSs

Figure 3. Building Information Modelling is the process of generating and managing informationabout a building during its entire life cycle

The responses where firms were involved in a BIM project exhibit 11% greater agreement; there ispredictably more certainty in that the Do not knows have disappeared, but also 2% less neither agreenor disagree with the statement derived from the BSiInvestors Report. Arguably the statement is bland,but does refer to building modelling as a process over a buildings lifecycle.

34

17

940

19

32

49


Figure 4. Clients will drive the adoption of BIM The respondents from firms with BIM involvement are again more certain when compared to all theQuantity Surveying respondents, but the percentages that Neither agree nor disagree are about thesame and only 9% more BIM users agree with the statement.

21

512

61

22

16 0

62


Figure 5. Adopting BIM entails a substantial investment in training

With the respondents from firms with BIM involvement the percentage disagreeing that BIM involves asubstantial training investment increases by 11%, but the majority in agreement is almost the same.

21

32

8

39

14

38

543


Figure 6. Projects may involve multiple BIMs like overlapping venn diagrams with data sharingat the overlaps

A marginally higher percentage of respondents from firms with recent BIM project involvement agree withthe statement, but the percentage that neither agree nor disagree is also higher, and the percentage that

disagree is substantially higher.


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Agreement with statements by Quantity Surveyors: All & BIM involved (contd)Agree strongly or Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree or Disagree strongly Do not know

All Quantity SurveyorsOnly Quantity Surveyors with BIM

involvement

103

11

76

8

11

81


Figure 7. A BIM that does not contain specification and cost data falls well short of the mark

There is general agreement that a BIM should include specification and cost data amongst both thesample as a whole and BIM involved only respondents. The levels of agreement are higher than those ofBuilding Surveyors. The percentage disagreeing is higher amongst respondents from firms withexperience of BIM projects.

23

8

20 49

11

16 8

65


Figure 8. A BIM that does not include a repository for shared data is not a BIM

Sixteen percent more Quantity Surveyors from firms with recent BIM project involvement firms agree withthe statement, but the percentage that disagrees is also higher, while the percentage of respondents thatneither agree nor disagree with the statement is 12% less.

22

46

20 12

16

3

65

16


Figure 9. A project extranet is a BIM QS views

With the respondents from firms with recent BIM project experience Do not know is largely replaced bydisagreement with the statement, which increases by 19%.

18

1512 56

19

3

62

16

Figure 10a All QSs Figure BIM QSs

Figure 10. A BIM that does not support ongoing facilities management is not a BIM QS views

With the respondents from firms with recent BIM project experience the Do not know percentage is 12%lower, agreement increases by 6%, but disagreement increases by 4%.


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12.2 Building Surveyors opinions on BIM

Table 18 shows the responses from all Building Surveyors together with the corresponding shadedsubsets of answers from firms that were involved in a BIM project within the last 12 months.

Table 18. Building Surveyors agreement with statements about BIM: All & BIM involved

Agreestronglyor Agree

NeitherAgree

norDisagree

Disagreeor

Disagreestrongly

Do notknow

Balance Response


All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

All%

BIM%

AllNr

BIMNr

Building Information Modelling is theprocess of generating and managinginformation about a building during itsentire life cycle.

75 85 10 15 4 - 8 - 71 85 94 20

Clients will drive the adoption of BIM 33 40 29 40 20 20 15 - 14 20 93 20

Adopting BIM entails a substantial

investment in training 55 85 26 10 4 5 11 - 51 80 93 20

Projects may involve multiple BIMslike overlapping venn diagrams withdata sharing at the overlaps

30 50 30 35 15 15 22 - 16 35 93 20


65 70 15 15 7 15 11 - 57 55 94 20

A BIM that does not include arepository for shared data is not aBIM

43 60 21 20 10 15 22 5 32 45 92 20


A BIM that does not support ongoingfacilities management is not a BIM 49 60 20 35 7 0 21 5 42 60 93 20


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Agreement with BIM statements by Building Surveyors: All & BIM involved

Figures 11 through 18 illustrate Table 18 and contrast the responses received from all Building Surveyorsto statements about BIM with those from firms involved in one or more BIM projects in the last 12 months.The figures are keyed as follows:


All Building SurveyorsOnly Building Surveyors with BIM

involvement

10

4 8

75

15

85

Figure 11a All BSs Figure 11b BIM BSs

Figure 11. Building Information Modelling is the process of generating and managinginformation about a building during its entire life cycle

The respondents where firms were involved in a BIM project exhibit 10% greater agreement; there is

more certainty in that the Do not knows have disappeared, but also 5% more neither agree nor disagreewith the statement derived from the BSiInvestors Report.

29

20

1533

20

40

40


Figure 12. Clients will drive the adoption of BIM

The respondents from firms with BIM involvement are more certain when compared to all the BuildingSurveying respondents, but 11% more Neither agree nor disagree and only 7% more agree with the

statement perhaps reflecting sentiment that clients in general may not be driving the adoption of BIM.

26

4 11

55

10 5 85


Figure 13. Adopting BIM entails a substantial investment in training

The respondents from firms with BIM involvement clearly feel that BIM does involve a substantialinvestment in training 30% more agree with the statement.

30

15

22 30

15

15

70


Figure 14. Projects may involve multiple BIMs like overlapping venn diagrams with data sharingat the overlaps

The respondents from firms with BIM involvement seemingly understood the statement better, there areno Do not knows, and 40% more agreed that projects may involve multiple BIMs. However, 15% of bothsample groups disagree which may reflect the sentiment that a building information model should be

held in a single integrated repository.


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Agreement with statements by Building Surveyors: All & BIM involved (contd)


All Building SurveyorsOnly Building Surveyors with BIM

involvement

15

7

11

65

15

15

70


Figure 15. A BIM that does not contain specification and cost data falls well short of the mark BS views

There is general agreement that a BIM should include specification and cost data amongst both thesample as a whole and BIM involved only respondents, but the balance in agreement falls from 58% (65-7) to 55% (70-15), with a higher percentage of respondents from firms with BIM involvement disagreeingwith the statement

21

10

22 43

20

15 5

60


Figure 16. A BIM that does not include a repository for shared data is not a BIM BS views

A substantial majority of Building Surveyors from BIM involved firms agree with the statement, but thepercentage that disagrees is also higher, while the percentages of respondents that neither agreed nordisagreed with the statement is roughly the same in both groups. There may be uncertainty about whatconstitutes a repository for shared data.

39

23

25 10

30

45

5 20


Figure 17. A project extranet is a BIM - BS views BCIS expected most respondents to disagree, and the percentages of respondents in agreement are thesmallest for any of the statements offered. However, the high percentages for Neither agree nordisagree or Do not know (64% of the full sample of Building Surveyors and 35% of those from firms withrecent BIM project involvement) suggest that many respondents are not familiar with BIM or extranets.

20

21

7

49

35

5

60


Figure 18. A BIM that does not support ongoing facilities management is not a BIM BS views

One could argue that respondents should agree with the statement if they agree with the previousstatement: Building Information Modelling is the process of generating and managing information about abuilding during its entire life cycle. However, 10% less of the total sample, and 25% less of respondentsfrom firms with recent BIM project involvement agreed. The responses may indicate knowledge ofbuilding information models that are commonly used only during design and construction.


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12.3 Comparisons of Quantity Surveyors and Building Surveyors opinionson BIM

Table 19 offers direct comparison of the sentiments of the Quantity Surveyors and Building Surveyorsthat responded from firms with recent involvement in BIM projects. The balances shown providemeasures of how strongly opinions are held. The greatest difference in opinion relates to whetheradopting BIM entails a substantial investment in training; the smallest difference relates to the statement:A BIM that does not include a repository for shared data is not a BIM.

Table 19. Comparison of agreement with statements by Quantity Surveyors and BuildingSurveyors from firms with recent BIM involvement

Agreestrongly or

Agree

Neitheragree nordisagree

Disagreeor

Disagreestrongly

Do notknow Balance Response


QSBIM%

BSBIM%

QSBIM%

BSBIM%

QSBIM%

BSBIM%

QSBIM%

BSBIM%

QSBIM%

BSBIM%

QSNr

BSNr

Building Information Modelling is the

process of generating and managinginformation about a building during itsentire life cycle

84 85 11 15 5 - - 12 78 85 37 20

Clients will drive the adoption of BIM 49 40 32 40 19 20 - 9 30 20 37 20

Adopting BIM entails a substantialinvestment in training

62 85 22 10 16 5 - 12 46 80 37 20

Projects may involve multiple BIMs likeoverlapping venn diagrams with datasharing at the overlaps

43 50 38 35 14 15 5 21 30 35 37 20


81 70 8 15 11 15 - 11 69 55 36 20

A BIM that does not include a repositoryfor shared data is not a BIM 65 60 11 20 16 15 8 20 49 45 37 20


A BIM that does not support ongoingfacilities management is not a BIM

62 60 19 35 16 - 3 15 46 60 37 20


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13. Support for RICS actions on BIMSurvey question 16 asked: What should the RICS do to support BIM working? (The response optionswere Yes or No.) Tables 20, 21 and 22 report the percentages of respondents that answered Yes for allrespondents, Quantity Surveyors, and then Building Surveyors. The shaded columns again report thepercentages for the corresponding answers from only those respondents that work for firms that havebeen involved in BIM projects in the last 12 months. The figures in brackets following column headingsare the numbers of respondents that answered the question from the group.

Irrespective of the possible action, respondents from firms with recent BIM project experience tend toanswer Yes more often. Providing guidance on the use BIM and providing training score highly.

Table 20. All respondents support for possible RICS BIM actions

Possible RICS actions

AllRespondents(291)

All withrecent projectBIMExperience(65)

Provide guidance on the use of BIM 67 85

Provide training 46 48Support data exchange standards development 37 55

Influence BIM input/output requirements 36 52

Define levels of BIM working for reference in professional servicesagreements 36 49

Influence/lead on new forms of contract 34 45

Table 21. Quantity Surveyors support for possible RICS BIM actions


All QS &ConstructionGroupMembers(155)

QS &Constructionwith recentBIM projectexperience(36)


Provide training 49 42

Support data exchange standards development 45 56


Define levels of BIM working for reference in professional servicesagreements

37 39


Table 22. Building Surveyors support for possible RICS BIM actions


All BuildingSurveying PGmemberrespondents(96)

Building

Surveyingwith recentBIM projectexperience(20)


Provide training 42 55

Define levels of BIM working for reference in professional servicesagreements 36 60



Support data exchange standards development 26 50


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14. Interest in BIM trainingTable 23 shows a breakdown of responses by professional group to survey question 17: Would yourorganisation be interested in BIM training? Irrespective of professional group, at least 46% and generallymore than 50% of respondents said their firms would be interested in BIM training. In most cases,respondents from firms that were involved in BIM projects within the last 12 months were substantiallymore interested in BIM training.

Table 23. Interest in training by professional group and for all respondents

All Yes All No BIM Yes BIM No Responses

RICS Professional Group Nr % Nr % Nr % Nr % All BIM

Quantity Surveying & Construction 79 54 67 46 18 50 18 50 146 36

Building Surveying 36 46 42 54 15 79 4 21 78 19

Project Management 7 64 4 36 3 75 1 25 11 4

Facilities Management 2 67 1 33 1 50 1 50 3 2

Other 5 28 13 72 - - 9 100 18 9

All respondents (of any group) 129 50 127 50 37 61 24 39 256 61

5446

50 50

Figure 19a All QS (146) Figure 19b BIM QS (36)

Figure 19. Quantity Surveyors interest in BIM trainingSeventy-nine (54%) of 146 members of the responding Quantity Surveying & Construction professionalgroup members said their firms would be interested in BIM training. The percentage falls slightly (to 50%)when only the answers from 36 firms that were involved in BIM projects within the last 12 months areconsidered.

4654

79

21

Figure 20a All BSs (78) Figure 20b BIM BSs (19)

Figure 20. Building Surveyors interest in BIM trainingForty-six (46%) of 78 members of the responding Building Surveying professional group members saidtheir firms would be interested in BIM training. The percentage rises markedly (to 79%) when only theanswers from 19 firms that were involved in BIM projects within the last 12 months are considered.

50 50

6139

Figure 21a All respondents (256) Figure 21b All BIM respondents (61)

Figure 21. All respondents interest in BIM training

One hundred and twenty-nine (50%) of all 256 surveyors that answered the question said their firmswould be interested in BIM training. The percentage rises (to 61%) when only the answers from 61 firmsthat were involved in BIM projects within the last 12 months are considered.


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15. Willingness to provide a case studyEighteen respondents (6% of the total survey sample) answered: Yes in response to survey question 18:If you have had experience of using BIM, would you be interested in providing a case study?

16. Familiarity with the BSi Investors Report

There were 261 responses to survey question 20: Are you familiar with the BSi Investors Report?

Table 25 shows the response from All respondents, Quantity Surveyors, Building Surveyors and ProjectManagers.

Table 24. Familiarity with BSi Investors Report

Yes, Familiar No, Not Familiar Answers

Yes Nr. % Nr. % Nr

All respondents 28 11 233 89 261

Quantity Surveyors 18 12 128 88 146

Building Surveyors 6 7 76 92 82

Project Managers 2 18 9 82 11


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Appendix A. Analysis of survey sample

Breakdown of the UK response by firm types

Table 25 and Figure 22 show the breakdown of the 290 UK responses to Question 1: What type of firmdo you represent? Two respondents did specify their firm type. Question 1 also requested respondents to:

Select one primary and as many other secondary activities that apply. Forty-four respondents selectedmultiple primary activities. In tabulating the results, BCIS classified these responses as being from Multi-disciplinary surveying firms.

Table 25 & Figure 22. Breakdown of UK responses by primary firm types

* The 14 Other primary activities cited by firms (followed by the number of firms citing them in parentheses) included: ApprovedInspector (1), Architects (1), Architecture (1), Engineering & Project Management (1), Capital Allowance Claims (1), Consultancy/Corporate Finance/Audit/Tax (1), Consulting Engineering, particularly energy sector based (Oil and Gas) (1), Geomatics (2), LossAdjusting (1), Multi-disciplinary Design (1), DEA & CEA (1), Party Wall Specialists (1), CDM Coordinators and Project Managers (1),Software Development (1) and Training Courses Provider (1)

Table 26 tabulates the UK responses by primary firm type and secondary activities. Again, the responseis for 290 firms as two respondents did not give firm types. The number of surveying firms acting as publicclients is notable.

Table 26. Tabulation of primary firm types and secondary activities for UK respondents

Secondary Activities

PublicClient

PrivateClient

BuildingSurveyor

QuantitySurveyor

Project

Management

Facilities

Management

CivilEngineering/

Infrastructure

Multi-disciplinary

Surveying

Tier1Contractor

Specialist

Contractor

Other

Primary Activities Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr

Public Client 3 - - - - - - - - - - -

Private Client 14 - - 7 3 3 4 1 2 - - 1

Building Surveyor 58 2 7 - 8 15 4 2 5 1 - 2

Quantity Surveyor 101 - 3 11 - 61 8 1 4 - 1 9

Project Management 13 - 1 4 7 - - - 1 - 1 1

Multi-disciplinary Surveying 82 22 47 51 43 56 16 7 - 3 2 5

Tier 1 Contractor 2 - - - - - 1 1 - - 1 -

Specialist Contractor 2 - - 1 1 - - - - - - -

Other 15 - - 2 6 3 - 2 2 - - -

Totals 290 24 58 76 68 138 33 14 14 4 5 18

Primary Activity Nr %

Public Client 3 1

Private Client 14 5

Building Surveyor 58 20

Quantity Surveyor 101 35

Project Management 13 4

Multi-disciplinary Surveying 82 28

Tier 1 Contractor 2 1Specialist Contractor 2 1

Other* 15 5

Total 290 100

20%

35%

4%

28%

1% 5%1%1%

5%

Figure 22. Breakdown of UK responsesby primary firm types


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4%

9%

60%9%

11%

7%

1-10 11-50 51-100

101-250 251-1000 1000+

Breakdown of UK responses by numbersof staff employed

Figure 23 shows the percentage breakdown of the 292UK respondents answers to survey Question 2:Howmany staff does your firm employ? Sixty percent of thefirms employ 10 staff members or less. This percentageis lower than BCIS would anticipate and suggests thesurvey sample is skewed toward larger firms. TheConstruction Industry Council Survey of UKConstruction Professionals 2005/2006 found 89% ofsurveying firms employing 10 staff or less.

Cross tabulation of UK responses by types and sizes

Table 27 cross tabulates the responses to survey Questions 1 and 2 and shows the numbers andpercentages of firms of different sizes and primary types. Figure 24 presents the same data as a barchart.

Table 27. Types and sizes of firms

Staff number ranges 1-10 11-50 51-100 101-250 251-1000 1000+

Primary Firm Activity Nr % Nr % Nr % Nr % Nr % Nr %

Public Client - - - - - - - - 2 1 1


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9%

88%

2% 1%

Positions of respondents

Survey Question 3 asked: What is your position? Table 28 and Figure 25 show the breakdown ofrespondents by position for all 292 UK respondents. The great majority of respondents arePartners/Directors/Principals as they were selected when compiling the survey mailing list.

Table 28. UK Respondents positions

Position Nr %Partner/Director/Principal 256 87

Senior/Managing Surveyor 25 9

Surveyor 7 2

Other* 4 1

* The four others were: Consultants (2),,a Project Controls Specialist and a Technical Specialist

Breakdown of UK responses by primary RICS Professional Group

Table 29 and Figure 26 show the breakdown of the UK based respondents by the RICS ProfessionalGroup membership declared by 292 respondents in response to Question 4. The largest group at 53% is

Quantity Surveying & Construction followed by Building Surveying at 33%.

Table 29. Response by RICS Professional Group

* The 26 Other professional groups cited by firms (followed by the number of firms citing them in parentheses) include: Agency and

management surveyor (1), Building Control (3), Dispute Resolution (1), Energy Assessment (1), General Practice (5), GeneralPractice (Rural) or Rural (2), Geomatics (2), Minerals surveyor (1), Planning & Development (1), Property Management (1),Residential, or Residential Survey and/or Valuation (4), Valuation (3) and Not stated (1).

Cross tabulation of UK responses by RICS Professional Group and firm types

Table 30 presents a cross tabulation of the responses by primary firm type and secondary activitiesentered in response to Question 1: What type of firm do you represent?, and Professional Groupmembership from Question 4: As a RICS member, what is your primary RICS Professional Group?

Table 30. Cross-tabulation of responses to firm type/activity and professional group questions

RICS Professional GroupBuildingSurveying

FacilitiesManagement

ProjectManagement

Quantity Surveying& Construction Sums

PFT SA PFT SA PFT SA PFT SA PFT SA

Primary Firm Type Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr

Public Client 1 13 - - 1 - - 10 2 23

Private Client 2 28 1 1 1 2 3 20 7 51

Building Surveying 54 35 - 2 - 4 3 28 57 69

Quantity Surveying - 13 - 1 1 4 100 48 101 66

Project Management 3 38 - 2 3 7 7 90 13 137

Facilities Management - 11 - 3 - 2 - 16 - 32

Civil Engineering/Infrastructure - 5 - - - 2 - 5 - 12

Multi-disciplinary Surveying 32 5 2 - 5 1 36 7 75 13

Tier 1 Contractor - 3 - - - - 1 1 1 4

Specialist Contractor1 2 - - - 1 1 2 2 5

Other 3 4 - - - 2 5 11 8 17

Professional Group Nr %

Quantity Surveying & Construction 156 53

Building Surveying 96 33

Project Management 11 4

Facilities Management 3 1

Other 26 9

292 100

Figure 25. UK Respondents positions

Figure 26. Response by RICSProfessional Group


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Appendix B. BIM survey questionsThe Web survey form asked for confirmation of the respondents details and posed the questions belowwith the response options offered following in parentheses, and sub-questions proceeded by hyphens ().

1. What type of firm do you represent?Please select one primary and as many other secondary activities that apply) (Yes, No)- Public Client- Private Client- Building Surveying- Quantity Surveying- Project Management- Facilities Management- Civil Engineering/Infrastructure- Multi-disciplinary Surveying- Tier 1 Contractor- Specialist Contractor- Other: please specify

2. How many staff does your firm employ? (1-10, 11-50, 51-100, 101-250, 251-1000, 1000+)

3. What is your position?- Partner/Director- Senior/Managing Surveyor- Surveyor- Other: please specify

4. As a RICS member, what is your primary RICS Professional Group? (Yes, No)- Building Surveying- Facilities Management- Project Management- Quantity Surveying & Construction

- Other: please specify

5. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about BIM?(Agree strongly, Agree, Neither agree nor disagree, Disagree, Disagree strongly)- A BIM that does not include a repository for shared data is not a BIM.- A BIM that does not contain specification and cost data falls well short of the mark.- A project extranet is a BIM.- Building Information Modelling is the process of generating and managing information about abuilding during its entire life cycle.- Clients will drive the adoption of BIM.- Adopting BIM entails a substantial investment in training.- Projects may involve multiple BIMs like overlapping venn diagrams with data sharing at theoverlaps.

- A BIM that does not support ongoing facilities management is not a BIM.

6. Please indicate the frequency at which your firm engages in the following activities?(Very often, Often, Sometime, Rarely, Never)- Checking on the development of BIM tools and processes with a view to adopting BIM working?- Using a BIM for facilities/asset management?- Linking construction schedule data to a BIM?- Building a 3D BIM model for 2D drawing production purposes?- Extracting quantities from a BIM?- Investing in BIM training?- Linking specification clauses to graphic elements in a BIM?

How would you characterise your firms use of BIM?


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7. Over the last 12 months, approximately how many projects has your firm worked on where:- BIM was used?- Using a BIM might have been appropriate?

8. For the above BIM projects, on what percentage of the projects was or will the BIMs be used in the

following project stages:- Design- Construction- Operation and Maintenance/FM

9. What percentage of the above BIM projects were undertaken for each client of the followingsectors/types:- Commercial- Residential- Education- Health- Retail

- Infrastructure- Petro-Chemical- Oil & Gas- Other: (please enter Sector, then %)

10. On the projects where a BIM was used, what percentage of the clients:- Asked that BIM be used- Intend to use BIM (inhouse) after handover(If you don't know, please type X in box right)

11. Which of the following forms of building contract were used on the above BIM projects?- JCT

- NEC- Not Applicable- Other: please specify

12. To what extent do you agree that: 'Current forms of contract are BIM neutral?(Agree strongly, Agree, Neither agree or disagree, Disagree, Disagree strongly)

13. How important are the following as barriers to the wider take up of BIM?(Very important, Important, Relevant, Little importance, Not important)- Current conditions of engagement- Lack of client demand- Lack of application interfaces between BIM systems and 3rd party applications of choice

- Lack of IT infrastructure- Lack of new and/or amended forms of construction contracts- Uncertainties over ownership of data and responsibilities- Lack of government lead/direction- Lack of training/education- Current professional indemnity insurance terms- Lack of Standards- Other?


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