Case Study – NWG Exemplar BIM projects
NWG have undertaken the refurbishment of two pumping stations to collect digital information to allow the asset owners to successfully integrate this data into their asset management system. As a joint venture the water company and the delivery project teams have produced a process tailored to NWG’s requirements and implemented this process within the two projects. The new process will improve the asset information / data transfer at project handover, ensuring it can be effectively used to make better informed decisions during operation and maintenance lifecycles. NWG are aiming for an overall efficiency of 1% of the capital delivery budget with the use of BIM. However this saving will be dwarfed by the potential saving from the operational and maintenance of the asset over their lifecycle due to having the right data in the right place. There will also be a significant saving due to having the right information / data when the assets are re-visited for further capital work.
