Digital construction report 2021

Incorporating The BIM report

Section 6: Method and acknowledgements

We carried out an online survey between April and August 2021. We publicised the survey by:

  • Sending email invitations to professionals working in the built environment in the UK and beyond.
  • Posting on social media.
  • Sharing in the media.
  • Working with over a dozen membership organisations and professional bodies, who very kindly promoted the survey to their networks. We thank these organisations for their support, which we were grateful to receive.

For every completed response that we received, we donated £1 to CRASH. The charity brings together construction expertise, products and donations to:

  • Transform hostels, day centres, night shelters and move on accommodation for homeless people in the UK.
  • Create caring environments for children and adults who need end-of-life care in a hospice. With so many people taking part in the survey, we are pleased to have been able to donate nearly £1000 to CRASH.

We are grateful to the following organisations for promoting the survey to their members and networks:

British Institute of Interior Design Building Engineering Services Association Centre for Digital Built Britain Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists Chartered Institute of Building Constructing Excellence Construction Industry Council Landscape Institute Royal Institute of British Architects The British Standards Institution Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Glenigan IHS Markit CRASH charity Sustainable energy association CITA

As part of our analysis, we have compared this year’s findings with those from previous years and analysed results by respondent characteristics, such as: organisation size and type, project role, location and age. Where this analysis revealed findings of note, we have included them in the report.

Analysis notes:

End of report

Thanks for reading