BIM Management Plan

Dear Mr Canhan,

Thank you for your request for information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act. Before I can consider this request I would be grateful if you would clarify exactly what information you require, in particular your reference to "the BIM Management Plan". It will be much easier for me to determine if the information your require is available if you could be more specific.

I look forward to hearing from you in due course

Yours sincerely

Patrick Griffin | Freedom of Information Officer
Crossrail | 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LQ
T 0345 602 3813 | [Crossrail request email]
www.crossrail.co.uk

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Dear Mr Canhan,

Thank you for this clarification. I now appreciate that you would like details of our Building Information Modelling plan. Your request is being addressed now and I will reply to you as soon as possible and in any event within 20 working days - ie by Tuesday 31 May 2010.

Yours sincerely

Patrick Griffin | Freedom of Information Officer
Crossrail | 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LQ
T 0345 602 3813 | [Crossrail request email]
www.crossrail.co.uk

'Delivering a world-class affordable railway safely through effective partnerships'

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Mr Canhan,

Further to this. I would be grateful if you would confirm urgently if by BIM you Are referring to Building Information Modelling. There are of course many other interpretations.

Regards

Patrick Griffin | Freedom of Information Officer
Crossrail | 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LQ
T 0345 602 3813 | [Crossrail request email]
www.crossrail.co.uk

'Delivering a world-class affordable railway safely through effective partnerships'

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Dear Canhan,

A new edition of the Crossrail Bulletin is now available online. To view
it, please click on the image at the foot of this email.

I also take this opportunity to inform you that Andrew Wolstenholme has
been appointed as Crossrail**s new Chief Executive, succeeding Rob Holden,
who is stepping down in mid-July.

Andrew is an outstanding individual to oversee the delivery of this
critically important project. He was Project Director for the construction
of Heathrow Terminal 5 and oversaw construction of the **4bn terminal on
time, and on budget. He also acted as Construction Director on the
Heathrow Express Rail Link and as BAA**s Director of Capital Projects.
Andrew is currently the Director of Innovation and Strategic Capability
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Dear Mr Canhan,
In your message of 21 April 2011, which you further clarified on 2 May
2011, you requested the following information in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act:
I wish to review the BIM Management plan in order to understand what are
the contracted BIM obligations of the designers in terms of BIM model
content and model naming conventions and roles & responsibilities for
model integration.
Crossrail Ltd (CRL) does not have a specific "BIM Management plan". There
are no specific explicit contracted BIM obligations to our designers in
terms of model content, model naming conventions and roles &
responsibilities for model integration because of the wide and differing
interpretations as to what a BIM (Building Information Modelling)
environment may be.
However, our designers are contracted to deliver a three-dimensional model
and associated data using processes and CAD standards based on BS
1192:207. This standard sets out the basis on which the delivery of
three-dimensional information models and their associated data should be
delivered.
We have created a collaborative common data environment across the design
contracts and most data in our CAD system is compliant to the British
Standard (including our numbering system, revisions, and suitability
codes). We use the Uniclass object-based classification scheme for naming
conventions, etc.
Commercial data is managed by standalone finance and cost management
packages with no integration into the three-dimensional environment.
I trust this provides the information you requested. Please see the
attached information for details of your right to appeal if you are
dissatisfied with the way CRL has handled your request.
Yours sincerely
Patrick Griffin | Freedom of Information Officer
Crossrail | 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LQ
T 0345 602 3813 | [Crossrail request email]
[1]www.crossrail.co.uk

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partnerships'

Appendix 1
Your right to appeal
If you are dissatisfied with the way CRL has handled your request for
information you may request an internal review of the decision. The
internal review will be conducted by someone who was not involved in the
processing of your original request, and carried out in accordance with
the CRL complaints procedure.
Any request for an internal review should be addressed to:
FOI Officer
Crossrail Ltd
25 Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London E14 5LQ

E-mail: [Crossrail request email]

Complaints to the Information Commissioner
If, following the internal review, you remain dissatisfied with the way
CRL has handled your request, then you can take your complaint to:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
A complaint form is available on the Information Commissioner's Office
website at [2]www.ico.gov.uk

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