HS2 head of systems and asset and systems information Jon Kerbey has told BIM+ how it intends to upskill its contractors and implement the execution plan in the HS2 BIM Supply Chain Upskilling Study, which last month concluded that BIM maturity was realistically achievable in HS2’s timescales.
But he also discussed the possibility – raised at last month’s HS2 procurement conference – that HS2 will link contractors’ milestone payments to the delivery of BIM data.
Last month, the Mace-written study concluded that 94% of the supply chain was already using BIM, 60% had a BIM strategy with defined goals, 71% were making financial provision for BIM, and 60% were working to a BIM standard.
The study also includes an “execution plan” detailing the next steps to raise the supply chain’s ability to work in BIM, including the creation of an “HS2 digital campus for supply chain orientation, upskilling and new entrants”, and setting up an e-learning portal.
Kerbey said: “We are currently putting together an implementation plan of how we will drive through this initiative, and see if we can use the High Speed Rail College to implement [parts of] the execution plan.
“We’re not sure what that might look like, but we might be able to utilise some of their facilities for a ‘digital campus’ where participants can test out what they do, and what it will feel like to be in a collaborative environment.
“We want to help them upskill and we will push our requirements out to the industry early. Everyone will be affected by the use of BIM, right down to the bottom of the supply chain. But we will provide tools, guidance and educational content to upskill on BIM, and make sure we are not overlapping with the BIM Task Group.”
BIM+ also asked Kerbey to respond also to comments made by HS2’s commercial director Beth West at an HS2 procurement conference on October 19, when she asked: “Do we want to say: ‘We are not going to pay you until your information is in BIM,’ which would solve a whole host of problems?”
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