In 2011, the UK Government mandated that all construction projects (buildings and
infrastructure) that they procured would be undertaken within a 3-D BIM (Building
Information Model) environment by March 2016. This has caused both construction
procurers and providers to embark on a journey towards universal BIM adoption,
including the integration of BIM within a revised construction process. Offsite
construction has also seen significant development in the building sector in the past
decade; in infrastructure however, offsite exploitation has been more limited. This
paper presents research regarding how innovation initiatives such as BIM and offsite
can and need to be considered together, thus allowing leaner design, a greater
integration of lifetime project data and more novel technical solutions. The analysis
outlines the benefits of utilising offsite within a BIM environment, the challenges
currently facing the supply chain, and recommendations are made as to how best to
implement the emergent benefits.
History
School
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
VERNIKOS, V.K., GOODIER, C.I. and GIBB, A.G.F., 2013. Building Information Modelling and offsite construction in civil engineering. ARCOM Doctoral Workshop on BIM Management and Interoperability, Birmingham, UK, 20th June 2013, pp.1-10.