Do you work with facilities managers? Are they asking for BIM deliverables or getting involved in using BIM as part of their own workflows and processes? Or are they at the other end of the spectrum – not even quite sure what BIM is yet? Recent research published by The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) and summarised in this article on Workplace Insight, suggests that in the U.K. at least, the real answer lies somewhere in between.
According to the research, the majority of facilities managers believe that BIM has significant benefits to offer facilities managers and offers companies competitive advantage. Over 90 percent of respondents “agree or strongly agree that facilities managers would benefit from more familiarisation with BIM to be able to define the outputs in the BIM process”.
We would love to be able to offer more classes for facilities managers at next year’s BILT ANZ. If you are working with a facilities manager, how about you submit…