A few tweets went around last week on the beautiful illustration on BIM levels of maturity from
Bouw Informatie Raad in The Netherlands.
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From documents to digital - the levels of maturity |
This illustration above is from the BIR Leaflet Number 1 that can be downloaded free of charge at:
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http://www.bouwinformatieraad.nl/activiteiten-bir/informatietechnologie/
Those familiar with the levels of BIM maturity will of course recognise these as being based on the Bew-Richards model that the UK Government have adopted. So good to see UK BIM being credited and influencing approaches elsewhere in the world.
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The Bew-Richards wedge from 2008 |
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Mark Bew |
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Mervyn Richards |
For those new to BIM - check out the NBS video introduction to the subject: