Tuesday 26 Feb 2019
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For businesses in the construction supply chain, the cost of errors is 7 times the value of profits. Ouch! That was one of the key findings of the Getting it Right Initiative, which published its guide for reducing the costs of errors in...
Thursday 13 Dec 2018
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Building information modelling (BIM) is all the rage. But does it work, or does an alternative approach provide better results? Are your current practices good enough? The recent application of ‘design thinking’, borrowed from the...
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Is BIM worth doing? A series of independent reports provide evidence that BIM is indeed worth implementing, and true to the idiom, is worth implementing well. Return on Investment (ROI) Clear evidence of this has been available for some...
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One of the ‘Big 4’ accounting firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) recently published its report on the benefits of BIM Level 2. The verdict: significant cost savings. PwC’s report, titled “BIM Level 2 Benefits...
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BIM provides obligations that can trump the terms and conditions of your contractual agreement. Do you know how, or where to look to find out? In a recent article we described the often-uncomfortable reaction of designers, contractors and...