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皇冠体育app British Embassy and the hosted between 4 to 10 November a trade mission of British experts promoting the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) UK protocols in Chile. 皇冠体育app mission coincided with a visit from the Prime Minister鈥檚 Trade Envoy to Chile, Colombia and Peru, Mark Menzies MP.

UK-Chile BIM collaboration

皇冠体育app mission helped to further strengthen links between the UK and Chile on BIM, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) last year between Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) / Innovate UK and Chile鈥檚 (Corporaci贸n de Fomento de la Producci贸n, CORFO) to promote UK BIM protocols in Chile.

Activities around the BIM trade mission included a breakfast with Her Majesty鈥檚 Ambassador, Fiona Clouder and Mr Menzies, and meetings with important contacts in both the public and private sector and academia.

Additionally, , which was organised by the BIM LatAm forum and the Chilean Construction Chamber and attracted attendance from across Latin America. 皇冠体育app delegates were able to take advantage of our GREAT-branded stand to highlight the UK鈥檚 expertise in the training, design and implementation of BIM-related products and services.

Since 2016, the British Embassy in Santiago has been supporting the collaboration between the UK BIM Task Force (,) and the team leading on Chile鈥檚 National BIM plan in Chile鈥檚 Economic Development Agency, CORFO: PlanBIM, whose objective is to make the use of BIM mandatory for all centrally procured public infrastructure projects by 2020.

皇冠体育app delegation included representatives from:

• the UK BIM Task Force
• BIM4Housing
• UK BIM Alliance
• the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
• Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT)
• PW Architects
• BRE Group

Adam Matthews, International Director of Digital Build Britain, presented at the Congress on the UK鈥檚 experience of BIM implementation and collaboration on an international scale. Regarding the British participation at the Congress, Adam said:

Orivaldo Barros and Paul Oakley from BRE Group also presented on BRE鈥檚 collaboration with the University of Chile to build an Innovation Park in Chile (similar to their Innovation Park in Watford) and on BIM specifications.

BIM mission agenda

Aside from participation in the BIM LATAM Congress, , the Chilean Ministries of Public Works, Health and Housing and the Administrative Corporation of the Judiciary.

In these meetings, the implementation of BIM protocols in public projects, training and planning processes and UK鈥檚 experience of translating strategic focus on BIM to practical applications were discussed.

皇冠体育app delegates also met with the:

• Pontifical Catholic University鈥檚 Architecture and Engineering departments
• University of Chile鈥檚 centre for Research, Development and Innovation of Structures and Materials
• College of Architects (Colegio de Arquitectos)
• Association of Architects Offices (Asociaci贸n de Oficinas de Arquitectos)
• Technological Development Agency (Corporaci贸n de Desarrollo Tecnol贸gico, CDT).

皇冠体育appse meetings centred on the:

• accreditation of educational institutions
• training of architects in BIM processes
• development of spaces to use BIM techniques in modelling and development stages of construction

GREAT Britain Campaign

皇冠体育app BIM UK trade mision was supported by the GREAT Campaign, which showcases the best of what the UK has to offer to inspire the world, and encourage people to visit, do business, invest and study in the UK.

It鈥檚 the government鈥檚 most ambitious international promotional campaign ever, uniting the efforts of the private and public sector to generate jobs and growth for Britain.

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