Data Management

Question 1

What is BCIS? How often is it updated?

Answer 1

• The Building Cost Information Service
• The Dilapidations Estimating Prices are updated every 2-3 years, but an ‘inflation factor’ can be applied for any Quarter of a Financial year, based on Consumer Prices Index.

Question 2

Can BCIS be relied upon to negotiate dilaps settlements?

Answer 2

• Ultimately, no.
• There are too many other factors at play.
• If a party decides to procure works, these costs will apply and not those in BCIS, as long as Section 18 of the L&T Act does not apply.

Question 3

What are the GDPR reguations - what are the obligations that they place on firms?

Answer 3

• General Data Protection Regulations 2018.
• Personal data (relating to an identified or identifiable individual e.g. IP address).
• Establishes several principles that ‘controllers’ need to demonstrate compliance with:
• Fairness/transparancy
• Collected for specific purpose
• Only collect what is necessary
• Ensure accurate
• Keep for no longer than necessary.
• Security is ensured

Question 4

What are the consequences of failure to comply with GDPR regs?

Answer 4

• 2 tiers of administrative fines:
• Levied by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Question 5

What are the Key Definitions of GDPR?

Answer 5

• Controller - firms deciding what to do with data.
• Processor - those managing data on behalf of a controller.

Question 6

What does GDPR mean for businesses?

Answer 6

• Written consent needs to be gained if doing anything outside of ‘normal’ activities.
• Strengthen ‘opt-in’ functionality.
• Re-write privacy policies
• Storage of data needs to be documented strictly.

Question 7

What data do you need to be aware of?

Answer 7

• Personal Information
• Under GDPR - anything that identifies a person directly or indirectly e.g. IP address.

Question 8

How is Brexit applicable to data management?

Answer 8

• If you hold data of client’s in EU, then there will be additional layers of compliance you will need to adhere to.
• EU data regs are slightly different to the UK GDPR regs.

Question 9

Can you name some benefits that BIM could bring to the construction industry.

Answer 9

• BIM already commonly used in the construction phase with the use of complex 3D modelling containing mulitple layers of information.
• If operational information could be incorporated into these models, there is a huge opportunity for end-users to have all the information they need to operate and maintain new buildings effectively.
• This has implications for efficiency savings in both carbon emissions and costs.