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Fewer than one in six firms in the building services sector are 鈥渇ully ready鈥� to use building information modelling.

A survey by the Electrical Contractors鈥� Association (ECA) has revealed that, with the government deadline for mandatory use of BIM Level 2 on all centrally-procured contracts in 2016 just months away, only 16% said they were fully ready to use it, while four in 10 (43%) said they did not use it currently.

Yet 65% of respondents to the survey said that BIM Level 2 will be 鈥済ood for the sector鈥� and almost six in 10 (57%) say it will be the 鈥渇uture for building services鈥�.

BIM awareness is generally high across building services, but many contractors have a long way to go

Paul Reeve, ECA

ECA director of business services Paul Reeve said: 鈥淭he results show that BIM awareness is generally high across building services but many contractors still have a long way to go in order to build real BIM capability.

鈥淲hile some companies have already engaged with BIM, many more have yet to engage with the key aspects that allow data-rich information to be shared effectively with third parties.鈥�

He added that the survey findings would be presented to the government and various BIM task groups and that the ECA would work with its partners on the survey to address 鈥渢he important gaps identified by the survey鈥�.

The sector-wide 鈥淏IM readiness鈥� survey was conducted in partnership with the Chartered Institution of 黑洞社区 Services Engineers, and building services and engineering consultancy BSRIA, and supported by 黑洞社区.                          

The survey has attracted sector-wide support, including from fellow trade bodies Select, the 黑洞社区 and Engineering Services Association and the British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers鈥� Association.