One of the roundtable participants, Adam Matthews, head of the International Stream of the Centre for Digital Built Britain, said that the UK’s national BIM standard was born out of a desire to save money, drive better procurement practices and construction, not “just for the sake of technology.” The standard, he said has led to a 33% reduction in costs and 50% faster project delivery.
The U.K. implemented a Level 2 BIM mandate in 2016. Architects, engineers and material vendors working on public projects are all required to communicate via common file formats like Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) or Industry Foundation Class (IFC).