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Will the rise of BIM, Building Information Modelling, result in the biggest every change to construction health and safety?
It may not be as sudden as CDM 2015, which does fit into the BIM mythology rather well, but more like the tide coming in.
Are we going to see a two radically different species of construction health and safety practitioners, traditional and BIM?
Traditional is where we are today and BIM is where hazard identification, construction simulation, risk assessment (pre-construction and construction phase, residual) etc all through BIM.
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I doubt if BIM will be the biggest change in construction health and safety. It is just a different way of presenting information. The hazards will not change nor the control measures for dealing with them. As with most things computer, garbage in - garbage out.
Designers may need a bit of time to get their heads around the inforrmation requred for various levels of models, but the transition to using it is not radically different from converting from traditional drawing boards and written specifications to using AutoCAD.
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I don't think it will no, BIM is currently only used large scale construction and is only imposed on high value public sector work. I can't see it taking off in the private sector and I just don't see how health and safety practitioners will get enough exposure to it to influence anything.
I like the concept, but the sums don't stack up on cost v benefit on many many projects.
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IMO BIM changes nothing with regards to construction safety.
Look at a years worth of construction accidents and ask of each one "If I had an electronic model of this building beforehand would this accident still have happened?"
I would hazard a guess that 99.9% of the time the answer will be yes.
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paulw71 wrote:IMO BIM changes nothing with regards to construction safety.
Look at a years worth of construction accidents and ask of each one "If I had an electronic model of this building beforehand would this accident still have happened?"
I would hazard a guess that 99.9% of the time the answer will be yes. Give me some examples, because the causes of most accidents are complex.
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While I would not argue with TJA in today context I can see BIM like CAD taking over as the costs fall and you get associated software. There is a strong case that BIM drives savings.
It is interesting that PH2 mentioned designers but how many H&S practitioners can use or are familiar CAD never mind BIM. Designers often miss hazards and the inputs of H&S practitioners are required.
BIM Level 2 may have been an electronic model of a building but BIM level is a lot more. I was also thinking beyond level 3.
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