HMYOI Cookham Wood: the first government scheme adoption of BIM Level 2

This paper presents the Leadenhall Building in London, as a case study demonstrating the value of collaborative working around a shared digital model. The engineer’s digital model for the steelwork was fabricator led, ensuring that buildability considerations were fully integrated into the design. This design information was transferred seamlessly through the supply chain, creating efficiencies from tender stage onwards.

In late 2011, although in the depths of recession and competing against some suicidal fee bids, we looked strategically at BIM. The implementation and use of BIM has been a significant financial and technical challenge and the three projects in this paper follow our timeline, experience, pitfalls and lessons learnt, and set out where the benefits lie for an SME.

Will Arnold explains how Arup are harnessing the power of BIM during construction, and considers how this information might be shared with clients in the future.