Europe’s public clients join forces for a world class digital construction sector

Adam Matthews 23 March 2016

ThinkBIM, Leeds

International Trade

European Construction Market – Key Figures

• € 1.2 trillion & 9.9% GDP

• 14.9 million jobs

• 3.1 million organizations (>95% SMEs)

• Misunderstanding of client needs

• Miscommunication

• Rework and recreation of data

• Poor or no information management

35%

Declining productivity and low degree of digitalisation p

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Scale: 1 = mostly, 2 = partly, 3 = very little, 4 = rudimentary digitized

Construction Sector

BIM is transforming the way we design assets to perform throughout their entire life-cycle

Rapidly evolving national digital programmes

Germany

Finland

France

Netherlands

Norway

Spain

UK

…….

Plan Transition Numérique dans le Bâtiment

esBIM

Digital and Construction Digital

Construction & Operations

Digital Construction & Operations

2015

2020

Innovation & Collaboration Efficiency Productivity Transparency Value for money Growth

2010

Risks of not collaborating

• Adding cost burden

• Slowing economic growth

• Confusing the market

Bringing Together European Public Approach

Austria Belgium Germany Denmark Estonia Spain Finland France Ireland Iceland

Italy Lithuania Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovakia Sweden UK

EU BIM Task Group

EU BIM Land coverage

Green = Participating

Amber = Not yet

Vision

• A European digital single market for construction by 2020 that is open, fair and competitive.

• Success looks like: convergence of the digital and construction sectors, creating innovation and a more competitive sector.

• A sector that delivers greater value for public money, increased competitiveness and productivity stimulating growth in the construction and digital economy.

Handbook

Grow consistent use of BIM across;

European public sector community

Procurement Technical

Skills For; policy makers and public procurers

Timeline

Demand

•Public procurers

•Public estate owners

•Policy units

Enablers

•Standards bodies

• Industry associations

•Academia

Supply

• Industry actors

•Supply chain

•Software producers

2016 2017 2018

Standards

CEN/TC 442

CEN/TC 442

International Opportunity

EU BIM Task Group www.eubim.eu info@eubim.eu

Bringing together national efforts into a common and aligned European approach to develop a world-class digital construction sector