In 2011 the government announced that by 2016 all its projects would require 3D BIM (with all project and asset information, documentation and data being electronic).
Building Information Modelling (BIM) technologies, process and collaborative behaviours are core to these ambitions to create more efficient ways of working on all stages of the project life-cycle .
The need for Operation & Maintenance information has not changed, only the way this information is accessed.
A better, paperless way to hand over projects