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2016 reminds me of 1989…
Why?
• Canary Wharf & Channel Tunnel
• £1400 p/w tunnel face workers
• £1000 p/w steel workers
• Superheated economy
Recognise this?
It’s happening again today
• Price increase 6% in flat economy
• Clients nervous of cost increases
UK Construction Stats
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• Approx. £120 billion per annum (50/50)
• 7% of GDP
• London 2nd most expensive city in the world to
build in (see table)
• UK 22nd in global productivity league
Waste Safety
• Labour only 50% efficient • 48 deaths on construction sites 2013/14
(skills)
• Over 50% of deaths due to scaffolding on housing
• Waste in materials & design sites
30%
• Why do we still use scaffolding?
Mega Projects - £500 Billion by 2020
9 7
Thames Tideway
E5+ Explore
Hinkley (22m)
3
Sizewell SIG Insulshell Explore 2
Bradwell L&G Homes Skanska (OMS) Mott
(£50m/550,000 MacDonald
Oldbury ft2) Costain
Arup
Crossrail 2 Elements
Europe
hs2
WElink (8000
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Brand X
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Management School ‘’The Tipping
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ExCeL Point’’
• 2016 – 1st Buildoffsite Awards
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costs
33% 50%
Lower Improvement Sustainable
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50% 50% Growth
Leadership
Innovation Priorities
CLC
What does the future look
like?
Car manufacturers
2 million
options
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BMW 7 series
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Bentley SUV
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Common
Skoda Fabia
platforms
80%
Where is construction in the picture?
1989-1994
Analogue or
digital?
This is how we could build
£286m
50 storey
80% offsite
Manufactured at EXPLORE
Great Irish in Great Britain
122 Leadenhall Street (The

Cheesegrater building)
6 months earlier
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Process
Transfer knowledge
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Executive Group
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intelligence shared
interchange
problems
Joint Demonstratio
procurement n/trial sites
‘Why make a
project out of a BIM libraries
product?’
Car parks
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• Generic offsite/LEAN solutions

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• Use benchmark models/costs
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Anna Winstanley – Education Funding Agency (ex Laing O’Rourke)
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Tim Carey – Willmot Dixon
Kevin Jones – Yorkon SUNESIS
Alan Clucas – Laing O’Rourke (explo’re)
Paul Lang – Elliott
Steered by: Richard Ogden & Nigel Fraser – Buildoffsite
Utilities exemplar
• Offsite
Library of
• DG2 booster pump components
• Standardisation
• Cost reduction
• Improved performance
• Repeatability
30%↓
Custodial Examples
BIM library
component
s www.buildoffsite.com
Education Hub
Product &
Process
New build &

refurbishment
Warranty &
Accreditation
It’s too risky!
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Owners Approved providers Supporters

Summary of achievements 2014-5
‘Coalition of the willing’

Unique (not a trade association)
120+ members/companies/organisations
The whole construction industry
Public, private sectors, homes to
infrastructure
Clients, contractors, manufacturers, You get out what
consultants, lenders, academics you put in!
RICS, RIBA, ICE, ISTRUCTE
Inspiring and changing perceptions
B2B member organisation
Focus on the case of offsite
Independent & collegiate
Event Calendar 2015
January April August
12th- Housing Hub Meeting 16th - Water Hub Meeting 25th - Buildoffsite Member Business
21st - ICE with Mott MacDonald Event 20th&21st - Discovering Offsite Visit Dinner
Northern Ireland 26th - Buildoffsite Direction Meeting,
28th - BOPAS Breakfast Briefing, Telford
February
London
4th - Discovering Offsite Visit Laing
O’Rourke
28th - Buildoffsite Member Business September
Dinner, Pizza Express, Mayfair, 9th – Housing Hub Meeting
10th - Retail Hub Meeting
London 6th - Water Hub Meeting
15th - Water Hub Meeting
17th - LHC Event, London (Uxbridge) 29th - Buildoffsite Direction Meeting, RICS Event TBC
19th - LHC event, Bristol Golf Club Saint Gobain Innovation Centre,
24th - LHC Event Edinburgh Napier London October
University 14th &15th - Offsite construction show,
24th - Buildoffsite Member Business May Excel London
Dinner, Liverpool 5th - Spring Member to Member 26th - Buildoffsite Member Business
25th - Buildoffsite Direction Meeting, Conference, London Dinner, Witney
Modularize, Liverpool 27th - Buildoffsite Direction Meeting,
26th - LHC Event, Manchester Emirates June Stewart Milne, Witney
Old Trafford 10th - Retail Hub Meeting, London
11th - Discovering Offsite visit November
IQHomes, Netherlands 11th – Housing Hub
March
23rd -25th – Offsite Housing Village, 11th – Refurbishment Hub Meeting
24th - Offsite management school,
CIH Manchester 18th &19th – Offsite Housing Village,
Crystal Building, Siemens
23rd - Buildoffsite Member Business Homes 2015, Olympia
31st - Housing Hub Meeting
Dinner
24th - Buildoffsite Direction Meeting, December
Kingspan
3rd – Discovering Offsite Visit Heathrow
& Costain
July 16th - Buildoffsite Direction Meeting &
8th - Housing Hub Meeting Christmas Lunch, London
23rd – Discovering Offsite Visit
Siemens
Event Calendar 2016
February April August

4th– Jaguar Land Rover Solihull 26th Mott MacDonald 23rd - Direction Group Dinner
Factory Tour 1pm Infrastructure 24th - Direction Group Meeting
23rd - Direction Group Dinner
24th - Direction Group Meeting
October
May 12th & 13th – Offsite
March 11th– Pro Drive Factory Tour, Construction Show
2nd - BOPAS Breakfast Briefing, Banbury 25th - Direction Group Dinner
Birmingham 26th - Direction Group Meeting
10th - Water Hub: Anglia
Water, Bedfordshire June
8th – Arup Member to
December
Member Event, Solihull 15th - Direction Group Meeting
14th - Direction Group Dinner & Lunch
15th - Direction Group
Meeting
Thoughts and discussion
The planets are aligning
BIM
Lea
Client wishes:
n Cost
Time
Quality
DFMA Safety
Offsite
Sustainability
Low
Culture &
carbon
behaviour
What Clients Need
A man hole in a day! Thames Water
A lab in 3 months! GSK

Mass
Customised
Solutions A private hospital at 28% cost down! Circle
A restaurant in 48 hours! McDonalds
Lift for a £1m! London Underground
Game changers
• 1960 – Japan changed car manufacture
• Microsoft developed computers Google

Amazon
• Apple changed mobile technology Ikea
Lego
• Tesla will change the car industry
• Technology/manufacturing will change construction

• Who will be involved?
Innovation is key
• Bridges built like aircraft
• Knowledge transfer from
aerospace
• carbon, resins, composites
• Smart wall construction, LOR
• 3D printing
• Laing O’Rourke Explore housing E5+
• M&E Services
• Bathroom pods
25% ↓
Remember?
Innovation
People who build

BMWs are not
mechanics
Somebody, somewhere
is designing another set
Where is the
of toilets. Why?
Henry Ford of
construction?
Q?
OFFSITE IMPLEMENTATION
Barratt Developments and Stewart Milne –

The Journey so far
Alex Cook
Technical Project Coordinator – Barratt Developments
Alex Goodfellow
Managing Director – Stewart Milne Timber Systems
What we are going to cover
 Intro
 Barratt Vision and Drivers
 Why choose Timber Frame?
 Stewart Milne
 Implementation
 Benefits and Challenges
 Conclusions and the Future
Barratt Vision and Drivers
 20% of 2020 build to utilise MMC
 Drivers
 To counter skills shortages
 Improve consistency of quality
 React to future sustainability regulation changes
 Reduce build programmes
 Improve consistency of delivery
 Additional material options
Why Barratt choose Timber Frame?
 Tried and tested – Established technology in wider

industry, rarely used by Barratt in England since the
1980s.
 Some understanding in the business already, step
change in delivery and culture but some buy in
already.
 NHBC Building Control are familiar
 Reduces many issues with the weather
 Suitable for various building types, up to and
including 7 storey apartments.
What is Timber Frame?
• Various options
• Open structural wall panels

• Floor and roof cassettes
• Pre-insulated panels
• Closed Panels (Sigma 2 build system)
• Pre-fitted window and door options
The Barratt Timber Frame Specification
• Current
• Open /pre-insulated 140mm stud walls
• I beam floor and roof cassettes
• Trussed roofs build on the wall head
• Crane erect process with safety decking
• Future
• Pre-insulated walls
• Roofs built on slab and lifted up
• Scaffold-less erect system
• Pre-fitted windows and doors
Why Stewart Milne?
• Long standing relationship with Stewart Milne in

North Scotland
• Worked closely together on AimC4 project
• 2014 – Front runner following in depth review (6
month) and tender reconciliation process with 6
national timber frame suppliers
• Looking for a strategic partner to develop more
advanced solutions with, not just the traditional
manufacturer, client relationship
• Capacity
• Group Agreement finalised November 14 for solus
supply to Barratt in England
Why Barratt ?
• Long-standing relationship in Scotland

• History of collaboration on R&D
• Similar strategy of volume building
• Potential for standardisation, repetition
• Their willingness to truly partner
Stewart Milne Timber Systems
• 40 years as house-builder and manufacturer

• 4 office locations across UK
• 2 / 100,000ft factories in Witney and Aberdeen
• Design, manufacture, erect capacity of 10,000 p/a
Implementation
 Large Amount of up front work for both parties

 Working Drawing Packs
 Standard Details Development Workshops
 Conversion of 70+ masonry house types (4months+)
 Gas detailing development
 TF Site Pocket Guide in conjunction with STA
 Sales and Site Manager training and literature
 Updating IT systems
Working with Barratt
• Commitment to 2 year partnering agreement

• Agreed terms and conditions
• Massive Pre – design collaboration exercise
• Joint preparation of “how to” guides
• Investment in training centre in Witney
• Training and support for construction teams
• Fort-nightly high level steering group meetings
• Key Account status within the SMTS business
Training Centre
Timber Frame Volumes
 In the past 12 months, SMTS have delivered
to, or have orders for 35+ sites across the
UK, from Inverness to Southampton
 Over 770 Plots of timber frame delivered and

erected in past 12 months
 Projected to be over 8% of the Group’s

build (1100+ units) in the current FY
Benefits and overcoming challenges - Barratt
• Faster build – particularly apartments

• Weathertight quicker
• Easier to upgrade thermally if regs. change
• Less reliance on brick layers – who are becoming harder to find.
• Standardisation - Volume of Standard Housetype Designs

• Increasing Volume - Culture in some areas of the country
• Reducing Build Cost - True comparisons
• Site Expertise - Site training to realise time savings

• Reduce Programme - Understand impact on other trades
• Negotiation with Building Control
Challenges to overcome - Stewart Milne
• Greater Manufacturing efficiency
• SMAS factory improvement plans
• Design for manufacture / assembly
• Reduce design and site costs
• Deliver benefits of repeatability
• Supply chain integration
• S&OP - planning work streams
Conclusions / what next ?
• Deliver benefits for both

• Extend the relationship
• Increase unit numbers
• Reduce costs and increase value
• Continue R&D - manufacture, development
process
• Extract real benefits on site
• Stewart Milne goal to become preferred build
method throughout the UK, as per Scotland
The Future
 Largest housebuilder 16K homes pa – require a

range of construction technologies to service 27
Operating Divisions
 Traditional will still deliver the majority for the
foreseeable.
 Challenge is to deliver practical deliverable
solutions to give our Divisions choice to combat
local challenges.
 Timber Frame is key to this strategy, and future
housetype designs are being optimised for this.
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME
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The skills gap
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construction, what are the issues and solutions”
 Ian Heptonstall
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 ian@SupplyChainSchool.co.uk
 07889 125726

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Bespoke action plans
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skills action plan based upon their knowledge
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An offsite skills resource library

Member skills dashboard
Each company who becomes a member gets

their own skills dashboard to track progress
and action plans

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 Ian Heptonstall
 Director, Supply Chain School
 ian@SupplyChainSchool.co.uk
 07889 125726

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Off-site timber frame construction
New Park & Northway Primary Schools, Liverpool
David Wood
Associate
107 OFFSITE OUTLOOK FEB 2016 NEW PARK & NORTHWAY PRIMARY SCHOOLS, LIVERPOOL
CASE STUDY
NEW PARK & NORTHWAY

PRIMARY SCHOOLS
− Project drivers
− Design process
− Prototype schemes/ off-site structural

timber
− Liverpool schools
− Lessons learnt/ POE/ What next?
PROJECT DRIVERS
− July 2011: Morgan Sindall assembled a
design team to respond to the findings of
the James Review and produce a cost
effective approach, learning from best
practice to ensure that schools could be
constructed quickly and efficiently
− Full design team, including timber frame

suppliers and educationalist
− First principles approach
− Re-examined design decisions on

previous primary schools, particularly
timber frame schools delivered in South
Lanarkshire
− Educational story was the main driver

whilst designing the structural timber
frame to be as efficient as possible
− Use of BIM where possible

PROJECT DRIVERS
− Brief was to design a suite of 1, 2 and 3
form entry models with a standardised set
of details and specifications
− Target GIFA was to be in line with the

revised area guidelines issued by the
Education Funding Agency (EFA)
− Designs were to be flexible enough to

allow each school or local authority to
shape the buildings to suit their own
educational brief
DESIGN PROCESS
− Site visits took place to many of the South
Lanarkshire schools, this allowed the new
design team to learn from their Scottish
counterparts
− Identified inefficiencies in timber frame
design
DESIGN PROCESS
− Simple organisation relating to education
best practice
− Efficient rules which can be applied to
schools of different sizes
− Repeating tartan grid that can allow for

streamlined construction/ off-site
practicalities
− Good perimeter to floor area ratio
− Repeatable/ standardised elements where

possible
− Quick construction period required
− Fabric first approach

DESIGN PROCESS
Development of the design DNA:
− Clear and simple school organisation
− Strong delineation between KS1 and KS2
− Define a clear entrance
− Good perimeter to floor area ratio
− Excellent connectivity between inside and

outside
− Maximum use of central hub as heart of

school
PROTOTYPES
− Extensions and new builds
− Single and two storey
− Flexibility for clients to adapt/ develop their

own designs
− Variety of cladding options possible
− High quality internal environment not

compromised by reducing capital costs
Other options considered:
− LANTAC approval
− Breeam type approval
− Secure By Design type approval
− Review by Zurich
OFF-SITE STRUCTURAL
TIMBER FRAME
− Adoption of an efficient structural grid that
optimizes the classroom depth for natural
ventilation and daylighting along with other
educational drivers was key to developing
the timber frame
− Various timber sizes were considered to
maximize the external wall U-values
− Trada advice was sought (external timber

walls kept 150mm above external ground
level). Concrete upstand used on later
schemes
− Optimising eaves height to reduce timber

wastage
− Internal M&E service zone to protect

AVCL
Other considerations:
− Insulation between the studs, external

insulation, air-tightness strategy
− Breathability of the external wall

OFF-SITE STRUCTURAL
TIMBER FRAME SOLUTION
External walls:
− 220mm wide timber stud sections fully
filled with Glasswool insulation, OBS and
breather membrane externally. AVCL
internally with service zone
− Timber sole plate and head binder with

timber glulam ring beam at FF
First floor:
− Formed from metal web engineered joists
fixed to OSB and delivered as a cassette.
Resilient bars below with sound reduction
panel system above
Internal walls:
− Timber stud walls with resilient bars
Roof:
− Formed from metal web engineered joists

fixed to OSB and delivered as a cassette.
AVCL and insulation over
OFF-SITE STRUCTURAL
TIMBER FRAME
Benefits of off-site timber frame:
− Increased quality
− Better U-values and air-tightness
− Water tight quicker allowing internal

sealing of AVCL to occur in a dry
environment
− Low embodied energy
− Reduced construction period mitigating

impact on the wider community
− Safer construction techniques, less

personnel on site
However internal partitions formed from

timber stud do not perform as well
acoustically as a traditional metal stud wall.
Increased challenges for our acoustician.
LIVERPOOL PRIMARY Prototype GA

SCHOOLS
− 2 no. new build schools both 2 storey 2
form entry, to be built adjacent to the
existing schools which will be demolished
− 2,715sqm GIFA
− £5.5M each delivered as part of the

Liverpool Schools Investment Programme
− Both schools bought into the concept and

joint client engagement reviews were held
− These highly successful sessions allowed
each school to particularise the design to
suit their educational vision
LIVERPOOL PRIMARY New Park GA

SCHOOLS
− 2 no. new build schools both 2 storey 2
form entry, to be built adjacent to the
existing schools which will be demolished
− 2,715sqm GIFA
− £5.5M each delivered as part of the

Liverpool Schools Investment Programme
− Both schools bought into the concept and

joint client engagement reviews were held
− These highly successful sessions allowed
each school to particularise the design to
suit their educational vision
LIVERPOOL PRIMARY
SCHOOLS
− The external footprint and elevations were
pretty much identical (however one red
and one blue)
− KS1 and nursery facilities located at GF

with KS2 at first floor. The double height
central spaces link both floors
− Other facilities include a stepped

assembly area, immersive space, multi-
purpose hall and open plan ICT/ library
space
− The buildings have been a very cost

effective solution, delivered for less than
the EFA equivalent whilst enjoying 23%
additional floor area
− A local spend of over 90% has been

achieved
LIVERPOOL PRIMARY
SCHOOLS
− Highly Commended ‘Architect of the Year’
Structural Timber Awards
− Morgan Sindall achieved ‘Contractor of the

Year’ at the same event
LESSONS LEARNT/ POE/

WHAT NEXT?
− One of the project drivers was that each
project would inform the next in a continual
cycle of development and improvement, to
reduce overall project costs whilst
increasing the quality
− This included formal Post Occupancy
Evaluations as well as lessons learnt and
design team/ supplier reviews.
What next:
− Timber frame: The supplier on the

Liverpool Schools has identified even
further efficiencies, mainly with the design
of the internal stud walls
− Increased energy efficiency of the fabric

and M&E strategy
− Passivhaus? With the right site alignment

and a willing client/ local authority we
believe the Passivhaus standard could be
targetted
SUMMARY
− Lower cost/ sqm
− 23% more floor area for the same budget
− Quick construction period and looking to

reduce further on subsequent schemes
− Happy client
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Bringing Low Carbon Innovation to the Market
JR Partners Trust Ltd
Joint Purpose
• To build high quality, energy
efficient homes mainly for
rented providers to rent or sell
Product
Development
• First demonstration/test product
at BRE Innovation Park,
Ravenscraig, Scotland
Product
Development
Tigh Grian’s first volumetric demonstration house

BRE Ravenscraig 2013
Product
Development
• Leading Scottish HA Specification & Scottish Government’s Greener
Homes Initiative resulting in a 48 House Development nr. Stirling
• 1, 2, 3 & 4 Bedroom Volumetric Homes design in partnership with

manufacturer
• Scottish Building Regulation Sec. 7 ‘Gold’ Standard
• Preliminary evaluation of design and construction by Centre for

Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures, Napier University
Edinburgh
Product
Development:
Targets
• Secure by Design
• Thermal Efficiency:
- Walls 0.15 W/m2/k
- Floor 0.14 W/m2/k
- Roof 0.09 W/m2/k
- Windows Overall 1.00 W/m2/k
- Ext. Door 1.8 W/m2/k
• Infiltration Rate 1.00m3/m2/h
• Housing for Varying Needs/future proofing
• RIBA Case for Space
• Reduced site operations and time
• Comparability with conventional cost
Second Test Product
Development
• Two Bedroom and a Three Bedroom House at the
BRE Innovation Park, Watford
• To test delivery and construction issues
• To test components and claddings
• To test actual performance against theory
• To demonstrate space and finish standards

Second Test Product
Development
Product Development
Summary
The Volumetric
Product
Product Development from
Feedback (to date)
• Improved Air Tightness
• Improved production line methods
• More off line prefabrication
• Better response from component
suppliers (because of 48 house
commitment)
Development
• 48 Houses for 2nr HA’s
comprising 1, 2 & 3
Bedroom homes
• On site now
Current Development
Tigh Grian Volumetric
Unit Configurations
Bungalow 1B
Detached House 2&3B
Semi Detached 2&3B
‘4 in a block’ 1B Flats
Terrace 2&3B
Tenement
Further Innovation
• BIPV Developed by:
Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology CESM,
Neuchatel
NexPower Technology Corp. Taiwan
• Directed and Sponsored by Üserhuus AG

• Installed by Tigh Grian Ltd and Solmatix Ltd
Further Innovation
Further Innovation
• BIPV Objectives
- A robust physical product
- Ascertained outputs
- Storage options
- Community Energy?
Next Steps
• Further Housing Developments
• Re-working of the Ravenscraig House
• Further testing
- BRE/Strathclyde University - energy performance
- Napier University - construction quality and
performance in use (1 year programme with
Tenants)
Bringing Low Carbon Innovation to the Market
Integrating BIM into
Housing
A Review of the Work of the BIM4Housing Forum
Patrick Wilson RIBA

Chairman BIM4 Housing Forum
Today’s presentation
• BIM4Housing Forum set up in December 2013 by
Andrew Carpenter on behalf of BIM Task Group,
• Material drawn from 2 years of BIM4Housing
Roadshows,
• Legal,
• Design,
• Development,
• Supply Chain,
• HM Government,
• Role of BIM4Housing & its Future Work.
Government Construction Strategy
BIM forms part of the whole strategy.
Other areas include:
• Better Client Briefs and reduced scope
• More supply chain engagement
• More price benchmarking
• More offsite manufacture and
prefabrication
• Better visibility of forward program
• Replace adversarial with collaborative
cultures
• Better alignment of design, construct,
occupy and manage
What is BIM?
A geometric visualization of the components of an asset
What is BIM?
A process for collaboratively creating, operating & disposing of the asset
What is BIM?
The ability to access asset information across the Whole Life Cycle
What is BIM?
One maintained view of data, documents & images
Schem
Type atic
Data
O&M Performanc
Manuals e Data
What is BIM?
One maintained view of data, documents & images
A reliable and trusted BIM information resource
Schem
Type atic
Data
O&M Performanc
Manuals e Data
BIM is about digital information
The right information
In the right place
At the right time
In the right format
To the right level of detail
With the right assured processes
To make the right decisions
For significantly improved
And predictable
Project & Whole Life Built Asset Outcomes
Level 2 BIM: a minimum standard
Level 2 BIM Defined by…
BIM Protocol PAS1192:2 Capital Delivery PAS1192:3 Operational Delivery Government Soft Landings
BIM Document
Relationships
Project Information Model (PAS1192:2)
What Information
Who delivers Can my supply
Do I Need & in
what & when? chain supply it?
what format?
What
Information
do I know &
Information grows want?
Start the
>>
Project
Design Construct Operate
Information Contract
Exchanges Positive
Whole
Life
Handover
Client
Contracted Outcomes
Decisions
Information
Exchange
Points
Case Study 1
With thanks to
John Lorimer, Chairman BIM Academy
West Gorton LANB Houses & Apartments
Manchester
Social Housing with BIM

Manchester
Advantages
Allows for full integration of design
Enables clash check detection
Optimises room layout
Focuses the client on what is important
Speeds up construction
Can integrate into facilities management
process’s
Saves money & time
Manchester
Challenges
It requires the client, design team & contractor to
work in a different way
Lack of skill base means that professional teams
are not quite up to speed
IT essential but also needs common format
Comes at a cost, £100,000
Manchester
Cash Benefits
Optimise option of room layout has saved West
Gorton £160,000
Programme has been reduced by 6 weeks due to
clash detection
Run through full design prior to build
The above two points have saved £60,000
Less waste which could save an extra £40,000
Total savings £160,000
Construction 2025 - aspirations
HM Government 2013
Industrial Strategy: government and industry in partnership
Towards a Digital Built Britain.

What does this mean for the
housing sector? •Early collaborative stakeholder engagement
•Early design visualisation & optioneering
•80% modular kit of parts, 20% bespoke
•Option variation through configuration
•Reduced initiation to handover
•Reduced risk premium
•Improved operational performance
•Improved whole-life value
Case Study 2
Tweed House Redevelopment,
by Telford Homes 2013 – 2014
With thanks to
Mark Duffield,
formerly Technical Director
WORKING DRAWINGS REVIT MODEL
GENERAL ARRANGEMENT
MATERIAL TAKE OFF
SCHEDULES PRODUCED FROM REVIT MODEL
RENDERED VIEW FROM REVIT MODEL
Worthing Homes, ClearBox & The Clarkson Alliance
• Collaboration Partners
• The Clarkson Alliance
• Clearbox, BIMxtra
• Worthing Homes
• Host project – Meadow Rd
• The project comprises the development of 12 new build
2 bedroom houses of 77 - 79m2 arranged in three
blocks units
• Contract Value £1.39m
• Full Interim Report
http://www.worthing-homes.org.uk/media/BIM-
Interim-report-Feb-2015.pdf
Progress June 2015
(Some of the)
Lessons Learnt
• Involving the supply chain
• Early Contractor and supplier involvement
• 2 stage tendering – lessons learnt
• Early sub-contractor, supplier and manufacturer
involvement
• BIM objects
• It’s not just about the supply of components it’s
also the supply of information
Summary of Outcomes:-
• BIM has the opportunity to revolutionise our industry
• For any revolution to take place there is a need for us all to
change
• Benefits are significant
• Design Costs reduced by 10%,
• Construction Costs reduced by 20%
• Contract Period reduced by 10%
• Defects reduced by 25%
• Post Contract Change reduced by 90%
• Improve quality & reduce waste
• Improving buildability
• Moving Construction to an assembly process
• Achieving targets set for 2025 Construction Strategy
BIM 4 Housing Forum
Part of BIM4Communities working with BIM4SMEs, BIM4M2
etc.,
Purpose
Industry Self-Help
To advise, encourage, demonstrate how BIM can assist
Developers,
Housing Associations/RSLs
Makeup
Loose participation so far, providing feedback & information to
participants, including Norwegian HomeBuilders Federation
Steering Group to be formalised in March
Continuing Volunteer basis
BIM4Housing Work In Progress
Preparation of website as tool for advancement of “Better Practice”,
BIM4 Housing Forum –
Future Work 2016
• Demonstrations to Industry, particularly HAs/RSLs, but also
smaller Builder Developers,
• Provide advice to meet requirements of OJEU Tenders,
• Build Housing Live Summer 2016 to
• showcase successful work,
• Identify pressure points,
• Identify information needed by long-term Housing Asset Owners,
• Identify information for Home Performance Labelling
• Identify methods to capture existing Asset information
• Existing Housing Stock: 24.5m households !! (Just like CO2 reduction)
• New construction adding up to 200,000 units pa. equates to 3.75%
increase over five years
The Numbers
Study Traditional C&D to FM time Man hour saving Inconvenience Link
elapsed time taken saving
taken
http://www.bimtaskgroup.or
Faulty fan 4 weeks 1 day 11 hours 27 days g/wp-
content/uploads/2013/09/C
ASE-STUDY-1-Vent-Motor-
42:1 SAVING BY
Replacement-V4.pdf
Lamp 6 weeks 1 day 8 hours 5 weeks six g/wp-
Replacement days
HAVING RELEVANT ASE-STUDY-2-Lamp-
Replacement-V4.pdf
Water in duct 12 weeks 1 day 13 hours 92 days
INFORMATION AND
g/wp-
ASE-STUDY-3-Ex-Duct-
Basement-Leak-V4.pdf
EFFICIENT SYSTEMS
Lift repair 5 weeks 2 days 10 hours 4 weeks 5 g/wp-
days ASE-STUDY-4-Public-Lift-
Repair.pdf
IN PLACE
Water leak 3 days 1 day 11 hours No data g/wp-
through ceiling ASE-STUDY-5-Ceiling-Leak-
V4.pdf
Source: www.BIMtaskgroup.org
Aspirations:-
Better Knowledge & Reporting
• Effective Property Management
• Streamlined Fault reporting
• Single site visit with correct replacement parts
• Minimum down time
• Reduction in maintenance costs
• Better scheduled maintenance
• Improved investment returns
• Happy Staff &
• Happy Occupants!
Thank You
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