Graham is using BIM for restoration work at Kew Gardens (Image: Daniel Case/Wikimedia Commons)
Contractor Graham Construction has become the first UK and Ireland contractor to be awarded a double BIM certification, achieving the BSI Kitemark certification for both BIM Design and Construction (PAS 1192-2) and BIM Asset Management (PAS 1192-3).
The company has incorporated BIM across its construction business and has trained more than 500 people on its team in the technology.
Among the projects where it is using BIM are the Baird & Anchor Hospitals on behalf of NHS Grampian, the framework for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in Richmond, London, and the University of Reading’s Thames Valley Science Park development in Shinfield, Reading.
Melanie Dawson, head of BIM at Graham, said: “Embedding BIM into our everyday business practices has been a priority at Graham. We are using the growing volume of information on construction projects to make smarter decisions, control costs and deliver consistently excellent projects.
“BIM is also helping us improve efficiency in the supply chain which in turn significantly benefits our clients. More importantly it gives our clients and stakeholders the confidence and assurance that we will deliver consistent excellence from project inception through construction and into asset management.”
Gavin Summerson, senior certification manager at BSI, said: “The BSI BIM Kitemark is the most rigorous test of an organisation’s implementation of BIM and Graham should be very proud of this achievement.
“Not only have they demonstrated the delivery of BIM projects during the design and construction phase in accordance with PAS 1192-2, they have also demonstrated that they are continuing to work to BIM level 2 at the asset management phase, in accordance with PAS 1192-3.”
