BIM users believe it gives them a competitive advantage

NBS survey finds use of technology is up 15%

Nearly three-quarters of construction professionals using BIM believe it has given them a competitive advantage, according to new research.

 

The number of people using the technology has also increased by 15% in the last year, the NBS (National Building Specification) found.

 

The full NBS National BIM Survey will be launched at the BIM Show Live in Manchester on Wednesday.

More than 1,000 people took part in this year’s survey – half of them architects or architectural technologists – making it the largest piece of independent research into usage of and attitudes to BIM in the UK.

It found that awareness of BIM is now almost universal at 95% and adoption rates are accelerating with more than half of respondents now using it and 93% predicting adoption by 2016, the government’s deadline for BIM use on publicly funded projects.