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The UK BIM Alliance and National Housing Federation introduce guidance on digital asset management

Open-access content Monday 24th August 2020
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Herpreet Kaur Grewal
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Members of the National Housing Federation and UK BIM Alliance are collaborating on a joint project to help housing associations implement digital asset management and have launched an introductory brochure.
 
The project team is led by Jack Ostrofsky, head of quality and design at Southern Housing Group, and funded by A2 Dominion, Notting Hill Genesis, Peabody, Optivo and Southern Housing Group – all members of G15, the group of London’s largest housing associations which own or manage more than 600,000 homes.
 
In the context of the Grenfell tragedy, the Hackitt Review and the recent draft building safety bill, the pressure is growing to manage the creation, handover and retention of vital building and fire safety information, as a minimum, argue those who are running the project.
 
BIM (building information modelling) is the managed scoping, production, checking and delivery of digital asset information. BIM can, therefore, help associations to meet and maintain a building safety case, but it would also bring other benefits, they say. An accurate and reliable information model would ease procurement and handover, assist asset management and reduce cost and waste.
 
However, while housing associations are well placed to benefit from integrating BIM processes into their development and asset management strategies, few hold sufficient information about their projects – and even fewer in digital form.

The project draws together participants from across the housing sector and from industry including asset managers from associations of all sizes, with support from those working in the field including architects, engineers, consultants, and contractors. The project is endorsed by the National Housing Federation and the UK BIM Alliance, a cross-industry body dedicated to the practical implementation of digital processes in construction and infrastructure.

Amy Simmons, head of policy at the National Housing Federation, said: “This project represents a practical effort to help our members meet their requirements with regard to building safety, but also to become more efficient in their asset management processes. The documents will be free to use to all.”

Sarah Davidson, implementation co-lead at the UK BIM Alliance, said: “Client-led requirements for digital information management are an essential part of the process for implementing BIM across the industry, and not just in the housing sector. The alliance is pleased to support this project. We hope that its outcomes will support and influence all those working in digitising our industry.”

The project is has been under way since 2019 and is aiming to publish its suite of documents towards the end of 2020.
 
Working groups are chaired by Varun Soni (head of BIM, Calfordseaden llp), Shaun Kelly (head of technical, quality and compliance, Altair Ltd) and Lloyd Connors (former head of information management, Airey Miller, now head of IT at Homes for Lambeth). The project manager is Su Butcher (director of Just Practising Ltd). Thirty-six organisations have so far participated in the production of the guide.

The brochure, called ‘BIM 4 Housing Associations: Asset Management in the 21st Century’ can be downloaded.

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