by jbs081310 g3 — August 16, 2010—BuildingSMART U.K. recently announced it is cooperating with McGraw-Hill Construction in an industry-wide survey of Building Information Modeling (BIM).
The survey will be conducted along with 15 other construction associations in the U.K., France and Germany, and is expected to be one of the most comprehensive surveys of BIM adoption and usage by architects, engineers, contractors and specialists.
Once completed, the survey results will be compared with results from a similar survey conducted by McGraw-Hill Construction in the United States and Canada.
The survey will look at both at both BIM-users and non-users. Non-users will be asked about their current attitude and potential future interest in BIM, and current BIM users will be asked where they are experiencing value from using BIM.
BuildingSMART is an alliance of organisations within the construction and facilities management industries dedicated to improving processes within the industry through defining the use and sharing of information. Organizations within the alliance include architects, engineers, contractors, building owners, facility managers, manufacturers, software vendors, information providers, government agencies, research laboratories, universities and more.
The 15-minute confidential survey is available online from BuildingSMART U.K.
