CHALLENGES FOR THE

PROFESSIONS

Richard.G.Saxon CBECIC Champion for Research, Innovation & Knowledge

24.02.11

The Broad Agenda

National Plan and Programme

Consultation Platform

Policy and Tool Development

New Service offer development

Re-education of everyone

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Policy and Tool Development

Consultation Platform (8.1)

BIM GROUP(3.11)

- Map of policies and initiatives (3.2) (5.4)

- Data, tools and skills (3.10)

- Standards, incl. TC350

- Whole life service (3.12) (CIC Services extension)

- Whole life assessment systems & tools (2.1, 2.2, 5.3, 6.13)

- Infrastructure evaluation on a system basis (7.1,2,3)

- Retrofit research

2050 Group (8.5)

New Service Offer

Models for customer-focussed, whole life, DBO Service (3.6)

Procurement models for low-cost, low carbon construction (3.6)

Making Low Carbon cost neutral

Research Support Facility, Golden, Colorado, 2010Architectural Record, Dec 2010, p120

Construction has been uncompetitive

Education and Skills- Merger of Sector Skills Councils (3.9)

- Alignment of curricula, incl CPD

- Recognition of new specialisms

- Accreditation of LC skilled firms (3.14)

- Voluntary postings of DEC’s (6.22)

- Diffusion of retrofit skills (5.7)

- Shared knowledge communities

- Recalibrated award schemes

Why the emphasis on BIM?

• Seen as catalytic to LC Construction

• Powerful collaboration tool

• Supports design stimulation

• Reduced risk, cost and waste

• Supports whole life service to clients

• Enables better education and training

A new meaning for ‘LC’

• Le Corbusier – architect who called the house:“a machine for living in”

• Low Carbon and Low Cost

• LC2