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A Standard Framework
Guide to BS 1192
(http://www.cpic.org.uk/p
ublications/a-standard-
framework-guide-to-bs-
1192/)
Avanti
(http://www.cpic.org.uk/p
ublications/avanti/)
BS 1192:2007
(http://www.cpic.org.uk/p

(http://www.stu73.net/cpic/wp- ublications/bs-11922007/)
Co-ordinated Project
content/uploads/2013/06/avanti_logo.jpg) Information for Building
Works, A Guides with
Report from The Construction Research Examples
Programme – Project Showcase (http://www.cpic.org.uk/p
ublications/co-ordinated-
Published by the Dti in FEBRUARY 2007
project-information-for-
AVANTI: ICT enabled collaborative working – sharing what building-works-guides-
we know and making it work and-examples/)
Common Arrangement of
Work Sections
(http://www.cpic.org.uk/p
The AVANTI programme was one of the two ‘programmes’ of activity ublications/common-
selected for funding by DTI in 2002. The introduction of larger areas of arrangement-of-work-
development – aiming to become self-funding, ongoing networks – was a sections/)
response to the recommendations made by Sir John Fairclough in Construction Drawings: A
Rethinking Construction Research and Innovation (see Chapter 1). Case Study
(http://www.cpic.org.uk/p
The Avanti initiative was led by Collaborating for the Built Environment (Be) ublications/construction-
in partnership with Teamwork and IAI. The group identified a need to reduce drawings-a-case-study/)
the risks involved in adoption of new methods of working, bringing together Deliverables Strategy
areas of current best-practice (such as CPIC protocols) that had previously (http://www.cpic.org.uk/p
gained too little market penetration to have significant impact on the sector. ublications/deliverables-
strategy/)
The objective was to deliver improved project and business performance
Drawing Is Dead - Long
through the use of ICT to support collaborative working, applying the
Live Modelling
AVANTI approach by getting people to work together; providing processes
(http://www.cpic.org.uk/p
to enable collaboration; and applying tools to support collaborative
ublications/drawing-is-
working.
dead/)
Product Information
The Avanti approach increases the quality of information, the predictability
(http://www.cpic.org.uk/p
of outcomes and by reducing risk and waste. Avanti is not an IT system or
ublications/product-
tool. As a method or approach, Avanti can be applied to projects using 2D
information/)
CAD as well as those using 3D intelligent modelling or building information
Production Drawings: A
models. It is supported by handbooks, toolkits and on-site mentoring.
Code of Procedure For
The core of the Avanti method is an approach where all CAD information is Building Works
generated with the same origin, orientation and scale, and organised in (http://www.cpic.org.uk/p
layers that can be shared. All layers and CAD model files are named ublications/production-
consistently within a specific Avanti convention to allow others to find the drawings-a-code-of-
relevant CAD data. procedure-for-building-
works/)
Avanti achieves its core objective in three ways; through providing Project Information - Its
consultants, each an expert in the Avanti approach; Information standards Content and Arrangement
and procedures; and cross-project assessment and measurement. (http://www.cpic.org.uk/p
ublications/project-
Evaluation of the impacts of the Avanti have shown:
information/)
Project Specification: A
Early commitment offering up to 80% saving on implementation cost
Code of Procedure for
on medium size project
Building Works
50-85% saving on effort spent receiving information and formatting for
(http://www.cpic.org.uk/p
reuse
ublications/project-
60-80% saving on effort spent finding information and documents specification-a-code-of-
75–80% saving in effort to achieve design co-ordination procedure-for-building-
works/)
50% saving on time spent to assess tenders and award sub-contracts
SMM7 Measurement
50% saving on effort in sub-contractor design approval
Code: A Code of
Procedure for
(http://www.stu73.net/cpic/wp-
Measurement of Building
content/uploads/2013/06/avanti_report_image_20019.jpg)
Works
(http://www.cpic.org.uk/p
Avanti Report from DTi Project Showcase
ublications/smm7-
measurement-code-a-
In February 2007, the Dti published The Construction Research Programme code-of-procedure-for-
– Project Showcase which included a report on the CWC Avanti project. measurement-of-building-
works/)
The Construction Research Programme – Project Showcase SMM7: Standard Method
(http://www.cpic.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/file37735-1.pdf) of Measurement of
Building Works
Avanti Case Studies and Presentations
(http://www.cpic.org.uk/p
Case Study 1 (http://www.cpic.org.uk/wp- ublications/smm7-
content/uploads/2013/06/AvantiCaseStudyNo1-TWC.pdf): The team standard-method-of-
behind Avanti helps Taylor Woodrow to achieve co-ordinated design measurement-of-building-
and delivery on a major PFI project at St Helens and Knowsley works/)
Hospitals Uniclass
Case Study 2 (http://www.cpic.org.uk/wp- (http://www.cpic.org.uk/p
content/uploads/2013/06/AvantiCaseStudyNo2-Costain.pdf): The ublications/uniclass/)
Avanti team works with Costain at PalaceXchange to deliver a better
product with less waste in the design process
The Avanti Approach (http://www.cpic.org.uk/wp-
content/uploads/2013/06/TheAvantiApproach.pdf) presentation from
Constructing Excellence

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