Technology advocates have set up an initiative to promote the use of building information modelling (BIM) and artificial intelligence across the UK construction industry.
An organisation called Nima (formerly the UK BIM Alliance) and the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) have launched their Information Management Initiative (IMI).
They hope that their IMI will transform the construction industry by helping to build capabilities in applying emerging technologies.
They have produced a ‘route-map’ to 2030 and are inviting organisations to sign up to some core principles. The goal is to set out a framework and resources to support organisations in applying role-specific rules, standards and guidance.
The UK BIM Alliance was established in 2016 to champion implementation of building information modelling in the UK. It changed its name in 2022 to Nima, the Greek word for thread (as in golden thread), because its scope had extended being BIM to all uses of information technology. [See previous report here.]
Nima and the CLC have sought to refresh existing guidance, including the UK BIM Framework, and want to encourage organisations to improve their management of information and data. The IMI vision is described as: To enable the digital integration of data and information across the whole lifecycle of the built and managed environment, enhancing collaboration, efficiency, safety and sustainability to meet the evolving needs of society, business, and the environment.
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