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ARE YOU READY FOR THE GATEWAYS?

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ARE YOU READY FOR THE GATEWAYS?

BIM4Housing at Digital Construction Week May 18th

What does the digital record need to include?

What information is needed from each discipline?

How can Better Information Management (BIM) help?

The culmination of a series of online roundtables, including hundreds of experts from across the stakeholder spectrum, will be a ‘live’ in-person session bringing together our findings for evaluation and improvement. That will be at Digital Construction week on May 18th.

If you’d like to come along or get involved with those online roundtable discussions, please message me.

Background thinking:

The lack of clear direction from the Regulator means landlords, developers and contractors are unclear about what they should have in place. The new Regulatory regime requires “accountable people” to demonstrate that they have measures in place that keep tenants safe.

How do they check handover information contains everything they need, in a format that they can keep updated and share with key stakeholders?

On new-build, Gateways 2 and 3 reviews could delay or stop projects from progressing, so how can Better Information reduce that risk – and how should we manage that information?

BIM4Housing’s community of Developers, Designers, Contractors, Manufacturers, Operators and Advisors have spent the last couple of years digging deep into what information each party needs and how it might be gathered. Our contribution to the Golden Thread Initiative is ongoing, with Tier 1 contractors reconsidering how specialists can be engaged earlier, to complete the design by Gateway 2.

We now need to apply what we have learned to redesign some established processes, add different information to the software we are using and produce different information. Some firms will have much of this sorted, but many are just starting the journey. Just as designing and delivering a building is a collaborative endeavour, no single vendor has the complete Golden Thread solution. Each project will have dozens, even hundreds, of Golden Threads that must be weaved together to deliver what we need to deliver safer, more sustainable, homes for people.

@www.bim4housing
Register to attend DCW here:
Digital Construction Week | Innovation in the Built Environment

LEVELLING-UP ADVISOR AT BIM4HOUSING

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LEVELLING-UP ADVISOR AT BIM4HOUSING

LEVELLING-UP ADVISOR AT BIM4HOUSING

@Chris Waterman delivered an overview of his publication, The Plain Guide to the Building Safety Act. He’d explained the Act to MPs who voted on it and was now explaining it to us. Needless to say, this was quite a challenge. But Chris clarified a number of issues which, inevitably, raised others, which BIM4Housing will be looking to resolve- with Chris’s input- over the coming months.

@George Stevenson and @Will Perkins later explained BIM4Housing’s latest moves at that resolution, in the form of dedicated Workstreams looking at standardising inspections for fire-related assets. Anyone with the relevant knowledge and experience would be very welcome to join this effort.

A recording and highpoint notes of the meeting will be available shortly at https://bim4housing.com/
If you’d like to order a copy of Chris’s publication, The Plain Guide to the Building Safety Act, just drop me a line.

FIRE AND BUILDING SAFETY ACTS EXPERT AT BIM4HOUSING SOON

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FIRE AND BUILDING SAFETY ACTS EXPERT AT BIM4HOUSING SOON

On February 9th at 11 am Government Advisor, Chris Waterman, will host an exclusive online meeting with us at BIM4Housing to bring you the inside track on this legislation. Invites have already gone out- check your spam box- If you haven’t received and would like to attend, please message me with your email address and we’ll arrange an invitation.

Regularly a thorn in the side of Government and Opposition, both, Chris pulls no punches and we are guaranteed a few tasty snippets, we’ll have to delete from the video we publish after!

Advisor to the Levelling Up Department, Chris taught MPs the meaning and implications of the Fire Safety Act and the Building Safety Act- now you learn from a man who knows.

BIM4Housing meets Ukrainian Government

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BIM4Housing meets Ukrainian Government

Great meeting with @Valeriya Ionan and @Andrii Remizov leading digitization and Entrepreneurship in Ukraine. We at BIM4Housing are looking at ways we can assist in construction and digitization. Plus, Richard Freer’s IceFire will be helping new Ukrainian businesses with free web sites and marketing support.

@George Stevenson and @Richard Freer will be holding further meetings in the coming weeks.
More details to follow.

Government Advisor Returns to BIM4Housing

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Government Advisor Returns to BIM4Housing

After his scintillating performance at last month’s BIM4Housing meeting, @Chris Waterman returns to bring you the inside track on the Building Safety Act. Regularly a thorn in the side of Government and Opposition, both, Chris pulls no punches and we are guaranteed a few tasty snippets, we’ll have to delete from the video we publish after.

Thursday February 9th 11 am.

BIM4Housing regulars will receive an invite, any one else please message me and we’ll arrange an invitation.

Chris taught MPs the meaning and implications of the Fire Safety Act and the Building Safety Act- now you learn from a man who knows.

GOVERNMENT ADVISOR AT BIM4HOUSING MEETING

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GOVERNMENT ADVISOR AT BIM4HOUSING MEETING

Special Guest at our meeting last week was @Chris Waterman. Advisor- and sometimes thorn in the side- to Government Ministers and MPs, Chris distilled and explained the Fire Safety Act and the Building Safety Act to MPs and even the Levelling Up Department’s Ministers and luminaries. With decades of experience inside the corridors of power, Chris had many helpful insights from the other side of the fence- along with a rapier wit, which livened-up matters considerably!

Ably assisted by @Matt Hodges-Long and @George Stevenson, and chaired by @Richard Freer

We’ll be looking to hold regular meetings with Special Guest spots in the New Year.

See a recording and notes of the meeting here from next week. https://bim4housing.com/fire-safety/

SPECIAL GUEST AT OUR NOV 30th BIM4HOUSING MEETING

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SPECIAL GUEST AT OUR NOV 30th BIM4HOUSING MEETING

Special Guest at our meeting last week was @Chris Waterman. Advisor- and sometimes thorn in the side- to Government Ministers and MPs, Chris distilled and explained the Fire Safety Act and the Building Safety Act to MPs and even the Levelling Up Department’s Ministers and luminaries. With decades of experience inside the corridors of power, Chris had many helpful insights from the other side of the fence- along with a rapier wit, which livened-up matters considerably!

Ably assisted by @Matt Hodges-Long and @George Stevenson, and chaired by @Richard Freer

We’ll be looking to hold regular meetings with Special Guest spots in the New Year.

See a recording and notes of the meeting here from next week. https://bim4housing.com/fire-safety/

BIM4Housing CONTRACTUAL WORKSTREAM November 7th

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BIM4Housing CONTRACTUAL WORKSTREAM November 7th

Our most recent Contractual Workstream meeting looked at competence on a 3-dimensional basis.
As defined by and attendee:
‘’1 Organisational competence, which is effectively the quality management environment that you operate in, it’s the compliance environment, it’s what people are aware of. Do people know how to..? Is your organisation communicating effectively and supervising effectively?.
2 Occupational competences, which is the things that basically you’d be expected to do if you’re a surveyor or dry liner etc.
3 Functional competences, which is the nuance of your own particular role, so within every organisation it’s slightly different what that person might be expected to do.’’
The meeting was chaired by @Martin Adie
The subject of this meeting was Electric Strikes and Security Entrance Systems.
A video and High Points of the meeting are available on https://bim4housing.com/iq-contractual/

BIM4Housing FIRE SAFETY GUIDANCE

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BIM4Housing FIRE SAFETY GUIDANCE

Just to remind you, our ongoing efforts can be found on https://bim4housing.com/ at the bottom of the Home page.
We worked on an initial 2 phases.  Phase 1 defined the over-arching questions that need to be answered, for 12 fire-critical asset types, to deliver the BIM-plus solution necessary to the effective functioning of the Golden Thread in terms of Fire Safety.
The questions defined are:

  • What risks does the asset mitigate?
  • To what risks is the asset, itself, susceptible?
  • What information is needed about an asset, to ensure it performs as required?
  • What tasks/method statements/procedures are required to ensure the asset is installed, commissioned, inspected, and maintained properly?
  • What level of competency/training needs to be in place?
  • How should product changes be recorded?

Phase 2 sought to answer those questions, offering a definitive guide to the delivery of The Golden Thread through the effective management of required information.
The work is ongoing- we’d appreciate your help.