Building Information Modelling (BIM) and the Legal Issues that Hinder a Full Collaborative and Integration in the UK Construction Industry



Contents

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background1

Problem Statement2

Research Aims and Objectives3

Research Questions6

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW8

Building Information Modelling8

Traditional Method of Working in the UK Construction Industry11

Building Information Modelling Changes the Construction Process in UK13

What contract frameworks are in the Untied States and can the UK use similar solutions17

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY20

Research Design20

Research Instrument21

Sample Size22

Ethical Concerns22

Chapter 4: ANTICIPATED FINDINGS24

BIM Issues Faced by Organizations24

REFERENCES27

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Background

In UK construction is the industry that is labour demanding, this industry has not been changed in the last few years. Conventionally, the project of construction, consisting of specifications and drawings is delivered by engineers and architects to the clients/owners of the planned project, with the guarantee that that the proposed design is free from any defects and the design is complete also (Arensman, 2012). The owners after that place the project for the bidding amongst chosen contractor's list, the one with the amount of bid mainly get awarded with the ownership. At the time when the documents of construction are in the control of common contractor and construction starts, the association between common contractor, engineers and architectures begins also. This association tries to be mainly distant and limited. Any discrepancies and changes that take place in drawing are proper mainly by a longer paperwork's trail, for a time of period of contract per each information request. This might suppress the productivity on the site of job due to the trades that are waiting for relevant information, and it might reduce morale amongst members of crew, that in turn affects productivity (Arensman, 2012).

In the last few years, there have been several advances of technology for engineers, contractors and architects. In the UK construction industry engineers and architects are all the time updated with majority of the advanced programs of computer to assist in each and every aspect of their particular profession. Contractors have been dependant on larger equipments of construction in order to carry out their work and also on programs of computer in the scheduling and estimating construction process, both of which are essential in analysing whether or not the project of construction will be profitable and also that organization would stay longer in the business or not. There have been several advances of technology in the UK construction industry (Arensman, 2012). The information exchange method that has been used by the architects and contractors in UK is mainly done represented on the 2-Dimensional form and on the paper.

In the process of construction, there is an inherent issue that exists between the contractors and architects, this issue is related to the fact that architects makes an image in their mind that follows the three dimensional view, they makes it to the best of their skill and after that they relate that relevant information on the paper on the two dimensional form (Gopala, 2011). These drawings are then identified in the physical form by the common contractor, depending upon their skill to ...