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BIM – starting the process Gemma Lennon, Business Development Manager BIM journey for a micro/medium SME Gemma Lennon, Business Development Manager for NU Construction
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BIM – starting the process
Gemma Lennon,
Business Development Manager BIM journey for a micro/medium SME
Gemma Lennon, Business Development Manager for NU Construction
who are we
Elland, Halifax West Yorkshire
SME main contractor
March 2003
Commercial, Industrial, Education, Retail, Health,
Listed, Leisure, Commercial Residential
100k > 4m, core workload
between 200k-2m Northern area i.e. M62 corridor and M1 South in the Northern area
New build, refurbishment, extension, alternations
19 staff, include MD and CD,
with 12 of the team on-site
Turnover £4m currently
BIM – can we?
Commercial Director and one estimator are
responsible for costing tenders
BIM – can we?
Most of the practices we work with have a team of
2-10 people with our sub trades having less
resource
How does an organisation like us or our supply chain afford to embrace BIM?
We originally saw our lack of resource as an
obstacle to BIM implementation
Media coverage was increasing
The deadline for the public sector
is 2016
Why did we look at BIM
It will affect us
Why did we look into BIM
Our supply chain contacts were
talking about it
Why did we look into BIM
Highlighted it to my Senior team
Asked questions....
Why did we look into BIM
Survey – BIM-Do you or will you use it?
With help of a local construction networking group to
reach a wider SME audience
Just like any other SME
For us to take time out to embrace
BIM through implementation, there
has to be gold at the end of the
rainbow.
We’re looking for a return on investment quite instantly, and for it to
improve our efficiency and make our job easier.
Up to us to find out so we did
We knew that we had nothing to lose by asking questions, find out more
Step by step by step
Live project – 12 unit industrial facility - £1m
Challenged software providers
“first steps on the ladder should be small and relatively inexpensive”
Robert Hicks, Synchro
Making it work for us
Improve our information
management
What’s next for us
Speak to software provider
Thirsk-12 industrial unit model
Supply chain collaboration
Ask questions
BIM Task Group website
(bimtaskgrouo.org)
Your local regional Hub
(look under BIM Partners > CIC BIM Regional Hubs)
BIM4SME – speak to us
Speak to your supply chain, contacts, everyone you work with – work together
Ask questions, we all have to start somewhere, don’t be put off
Small steps, big impact
Who?
• Individuals from SME companies that have a passion for BIM.
• Organisations with large memberships of SME’s
• BIM Task Group regional BIM Hub Champions
Who?
How?
Objectives
• Raise awareness of BIM to SMEs • Articulate the value proposition / business benefits to
the SME: Provide evidence & proof
• Make sure the SMEs understand the risks and
dangers of doing nothing!
• See that guidance is in simple English and
suitable to their business perspective / lens
• Provide a voice for the SME in reflecting their
concerns and interests back to
Government/Industry leaders.
Perceived cost
Perceived benefit
BIM
BIM
How?
@BIM4SMEs
www.bim4sme.org
How?
How?
The BIM4SME has a core group of energetic and committed
supporters – all voluntary
We meet and share information regularly, what you have seen
and the following is an indication of our current activity
following the April launch
Engagement with all relevant institutes/influencers
e.g. RICS /CIBSE/BIM4groups (BIM4Fitout!)/Regional Hubs
E learning training materials on line by the end of the year
How?
So what are we doing now?
bim4sme.org.uk
bimtaskgroup.org.uk
@BIM4SMEs
BIM4SMEs
BIM4SME is about you
