Increasing number of firms want to be part of ‘the BIM club’

By Hamish Champ2018-10-24T06:00:00

Benefits of the technology offset by worries about cost and use of staff time

Take-up of BIM across the UK construction sector has edged upwards but experts warn more needs to be done to convince doubters of the value of using the technology on jobs they are working on.

Building’s annual BIM poll reveals that nearly three-quarters of respondents (73%) have made use of BIM on one or more projects during the past year, up from 70% in 2017.

There was also an increase in the number of companies that used BIM to the Level 2 standard as described by the government – from 43% to 48% in 2018.

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