Europe is now host to the greatest regional concentration of government-led BIM programmes in the world. Finland and Norway were the first to set standards, followed by procurement policies from the European Commission, the UK, Netherlands and Italy; and most recently joint government and industry initiatives from France, Germany and Spain. The newly formed “EU BIM Task Group” (co-funded by the European Commission) aims to bring together these national efforts into a common and aligned European approach to develop a world-class digital construction sector.
The EU BIM Task Group held its first official steering committee meeting in Brussels on January 19th, 2016. The group currently has fourteen European member states with representatives of public procurers, public building and infrastructure owners and policy makers from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the UK.
The European Commission recently awarded the EU BIM Task Group funding for two years (2016-2017) to deliver common European network aimed at aligning the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in public works. The group will be communicating its ambition at conferences around Europe and holding a launch event in Brussels to grow its public sector membership and engage with industry.
Chair of the EU BIM Task Group, Adam Matthews, commented, “As a group we believe that the public sector can show leadership across the union and ultimately help Europe develop a world-class digital construction sector – one that is open, digital and competitive.”
Website: http://www.eubim.eu
