Submitted by Angela Walters on Thu, 12/11/2020 - 10:57
The local authority (LA) sector is large and diverse with 343 councils in England who collectively spent around £25bn on capital expenditure in 2017/2018 and approx. £4bn on building maintenance and operation. Currently sector uptake of digital information management – known as Building Information Modelling - or BIM for short - is low and the report explores why this is and suggests outputs to address this.
Given their significant estates, approaching the planning and operation of an authority's assets through a data-led approach could have a significantly positive impact with every 1% efficiency on capital delivery yielding estimated savings of around £250m across the sector. Establishing a reliable and accessible data set will significantly speed up an organisation’s planning, risk assessments, action planning and reporting, as well as compliance assurance.
Next Steps
The BIM in Local Authorities working group report will be followed by a short video aimed at senior leaders and councillors in local authorities and an interactive digital roadmap which will guide LA property teams through the steps and demonstrate how tools can be adapted to suit their information needs and capabilities
To find out more about this work read the BLOG from Terry Stocks, and visit the Local Authorities Working Group page
People
Andy Boutle – UK BIM Alliance
Julia Bowman – MHCLG
Timothy Butterfield – CDBB
Charlotte Cordingley – Stockport Metropolitan
Borough Council
Jerry Dillion – West Sussex County Council
Paul Dodds – Scottish Futures Trust
Cllr Peter Fleming – Sevenoaks District Council
Keith Heard – Hampshire County Council
Michael McLornan – NI Gov Procurement
Tom Scholes – Oxfordshire County Council
Citation
BIM in Local Authorities - A paper discussing the issues surrounding the implementation and adoption of digital ways of working/BIM in local authority organisations. CDBB, 2020