At last some European based research on the adoption of BIM for the skeptics. McGraw Hill Construction recently published their 2010 Smart Market Research Report: “The Business Value of BIM in Europe: Getting Building Information Modelling to the Bottom Line in the United Kingdom, France and Germany”
Read in conjunction with the 2009 Report on BIM in North America, the 2010 research provides some interesting data on the adoption of BIM in Europe and reveals both commonalities and distinct differences between BIM in Western Europe and North America. For example:
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36% of the Western European industry participants in this research reported having adopted BIM. This can be compared to the 49% adoption rate in North America (2009).
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34% of Western European BIM users have over 5 years of experience using BIM versus only 18% in North America
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Architects are the primary adopters (47%) followed by engineers (38%) and contractors (24%).
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There is a striking difference in the adoption rate among contractors. BIM has only been embraced by 24% of Western European contractors, whereas BIM adoption has surged among North American contractors to 50%.
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Nearly 60% of total respondents are currently frequent users, meaning they use BIM on at least 30% of their projects, the number using it at that level could increase to 75% in the next two years.
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Contractors anticipate the most aggressive increase in implementation, with the frequent user population expected to grow from 11% today to 54% by 2012.
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74% of Western European BIM users report a positive perceived return on their overall investment in BIM, versus 63% of BIM users in North America.
Also see the McGraw-Hill SmartMarket Report 2010 “Green BIM: How Building Information Modeling is Contributing to Green Design and Construction”
This market research report provides industry data, insights from industry leaders and project case studies, demonstrating ways BIM has been used on green projects and contributed toward better, more sustainable buildings, highlighting the convergence of two key industry trends, green building and BIM.
If anyone is in doubt about the relevance of BIM for our industry, consider comments by Paul Morrell, the UK government’s chief construction adviser, while speaking at the BIM Conference in the UK, indicating that publically procured building projects (in UK) will be required to adopt Building Information Modelling.
See the article here:
Also see presentations from the Autodesk BIM Conference 2010, held in London on 30 September 2010
For a more detailed look at what Paul Morrell et al. (aka “The Innovation and Growth Team”) are suggestion to the UK government, for the construction industry, see their final report “Low Carbon Construction”. http://www.bis.gov.uk/constructionigt
