BGScivils data products: putting the subsurface into BIM

BGS has recently developed, and released BGScivils, which is a suite of engineering property datasets specifically designed for BIM applications. They demonstrate the spatial distribution of geological unit properties for the uppermost 2m across Great Britain. Properties of earth materials are important for all engineering projects and the classification of properties provided by this suite of datasets can be used in all ground developments to give a generic assessment informing engineers and planners at the pre-tender and desk study stage of likely ground conditions at their site.This allows for a far more efficient tender preparation, planning and execution of subsequent ground investigations.