Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 19
19
Accepted
Paragraph: 127
The Government should work with local authorities to investigate effective and appropriate ways to store...
Recommendation
The Government should work with local authorities to investigate effective and appropriate ways to store and catalogue steel components for reuse and to communicate the availability of components across local area networks of constructors prepared to reuse steel.
Government Response Summary
The Government has worked with steel producers and major customers to encourage the development and use of digital information about steel products, to support the use of ‘Object Libraries’ and other digital design tools that accelerate the design of projects, and continues to support the use of BIM technologies.
Paragraph Reference:
127
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
Through the Steel Task Force, the Government has worked with steel producers and major customers to encourage the development and use of digital information about steel products, to support the use of ‘Object Libraries’ and other digital design tools that accelerate the design of projects. When combined with digital technologies such as Building Information Management (BIM), these technologies have the potential to provide a wealth of accurate data about a product, and how it has been used and maintained over its life for all organisations within the construction supply chain, their clients, and other stakeholders. The UK Government is continuing to support the use of BIM technologies through requiring their use on government-funded construction projects, as well as supporting the development of public and private sector capability to use these through the UK BIM Alliance.