NBS’s much-anticipated Digital Plan of Work was officially launched in front of a packed auditorium at the BIM Show Live in Manchester yesterday.
The free to use online guidance, which was initiated by the government’s BIM Task Group and funded by Innovate UK, is now live in its beta version here and can be freely trialled by the industry.
According to the NBS the Digital Plan of Work “provides step-by-step help to define, manage and validate responsibility for information development and delivery at each stage of the asset lifecycle.”
The NBS has produced a 90 second video – with an upbeat soundtrack – to promote the model-management tool.
BIM + is inviting readers to investigate the Digital Plan of Work and let us know their thoughts on how it will impact their work. Will it be adopted as standard in the industry? What sort of users will find it most useful? What are the most helpful features, and are there any gaps? Are the ads useful or annoying? Email any reactions to Tom Ravenscroft.
Arup associate director and BIM specialist Casey Rutland has highlighted the positives of the new DPOW – and also some potential issues – in a blog posting here.
“It’s great, but implementing it may be a challenge – and when I say implementing it, I mean the calculations people will do in their heads as soon as we describe what it is… The instant conclusion will be that it’s an unnecessary overhead.
"This, as you can imagine is a short-sighted view but one that many thousands or ‘ordinary’ project delivery staff will have. With a sensible approach to use of the tool, we can persuade people to use it and it will soon become and essential project resource for all involved," he argued.
First impressions of the new guidance tool from Terry Gough, BIM champion at Kent County Council, David Miller, director at David Miller Architect, Hugh Henderson, director of consultancy at Mace Macro and Rebecca De Cicco, director at Digital Node are included in a previous story here.
Here’s a selection of Twitter reactions below:
Great presentation from @StephenHamilNBS on #BIMToolkit. Great addition to PAS1192 will content creating and model management mush easier.
— Rachel Wallis (@RachWallis) April 8, 2015
Looking fwd to trying out the public beta #BIMToolkit thanks for a great presentation @StephenHamilNBS @ThePhilpster http://t.co/VlJsdcvHMw
— Neil Marshall (@Neil_MCIAT) April 8, 2015
Great presentation #BSL2015 @StephenHamilNBS @bimacademy @ThePhilpster free #BIMToolkit pic.twitter.com/txf95GfUup
— Martin Penney (@MartinJPenney) April 8, 2015
The #BIMToolkit is for everyone and not just for the few, summarises @StephenHamilNBS #BSL2015
— Ian Chapman (@IanChapmanNBS) April 8, 2015
Liking the LOI and LOD flexibility in the new #DPOW toolkit #BSL2015
— kath fontana (@kathf48) April 8, 2015
#dpow is making my job easier..I just hope not redundant #gamechanger @StephenHamilNBS #BIMToolkit #BSL2015
— Olly Thomas (@OllyBIMT) April 8, 2015
The @TheNBS #DPoW #BIMToolkit is as useful to #BEP preparation as @KnowledgeSmart is for TNA & skills improvement. #BSL2015
— Nigel Davies (@NigelPDavies) April 8, 2015
Will #dpow spell the demise of the BIM manager and hand leadership back to the architect as lead consultant – discuss ! #BIMToolkit
— Peter Barker (@PeterJohnBarker) April 8, 2015
Plenty of reading and BEP alterations following the release of the #BIMToolkit
— Chris Deacon (@CPDeacon) April 9, 2015
This presentation is a really interesting reverse approach to the #BIMToolkit. More collaborative and team approach. @berlotti #BSL2015
— Bond Bryan BIM (@bondbryanBIM) April 8, 2015
