EU BIM Task Group – Aligning national efforts into a common European approach to develop a world-class digital construction sector.

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

Read the EU BIM Task Group Handbook 2.1

Read the EU BIM Task Group Handbook

BIM Cost Benefits Analysis (CBA)

Workshop Summaries

Our Vision

Europe’s public procurers, policy makers and public estate owners recognize the positive and transformative effect that digitalization brings to both public works and the construction sector. The Task Group’s vision is to encourage the common use of BIM, as ‘digital construction’, in public works with the common aim of improving value for public money, quality of the public estate and for the sustainable competitiveness of industry.

How to join

The EU BIM Task Group welcomes representatives of public clients and public sector organisations, as well as industry representatives nominated by the public sector. Interested in joining our European network to share experience and help shape the digital transformation of construction? Apply to join through our application form, and we will contact you about the next steps.

What is BIM?

The social, environmental and economic benefits of digitalization are well recognized: Building Information Modelling (BIM) is digitalization for the construction sector. From a public stakeholder perspective, BIM can provide significant efficiency benefits to public works, to public value for money and be a driver for growth and competitiveness.

FAQs

How is the group organised and funded?

The group has a chairman, a steering committee and a general assembly that acts as an advisory group to the steering committee. The group is co-funded as a project by the European Commission under a call for funding, the remaining co-funding is comprised of in-kind contributions from the participating member states. The lead coordinator for the project is the UK Government’s Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) – however this is very much a pan-European team effort.

Why are these European member states collaborating?

As public sector representatives, we don’t compete with each other. By sharing best practices we can go faster with our own transformation programmes and show united leadership to industry. Acting together will help us to grow a more productive and competitive European construction sector that is digital, world-class, open and fair. Ultimately, this will enable us to take better care of our public buildings and infrastructure and generate greater economic value.

Does this group compete with buildingSmart?

No, the EU BIM Task Group represents the public stakeholder interests relating to BIM and public estate to national and international standards bodies, such as ISO, CEN and buildingSmart. The EU BIM Task Group will not be creating new or competing standards, it will develop common guidance and practices for public procurers when introducing BIM.

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