A National Strategy for the 
Adoption & Implementation of BIM

Key Priorities for Action …

The Federal Government, through the Built Environment Industry and Innovation Council (BEIIC), recently commissioned a report that puts forward a cogent economic case for the widespread adoption of BIM in the Australian construction sector.

The report states, “the use of BIM has the potential to streamline processes throughout a building’s lifecycle through the integration of design, engineering, construction, maintenance and decommissioning information” and, “the use of digital modelling tools can have wider benefits for the Australian community when the use of this technology is extended to, for instance, urban planning, infrastructure development and the designing and understanding of city environments.”

BuildingSMART believes that the widespread adoption of BIM will lead to a genuine process of substantive innovation for the construction sector. It will make Australia internationally competitive and through accurate assessment of carbon costs prior to construction, support Australia¹s challenge to be sustainable and energy efficient.
The BEIIC report highlights a range of issues that constrain adoption or prevent the maximum potentials being realised. As an industry, we must turn those impediments into seven key priorities for concerted action. Everyone has a role to play in this, and it is only as each one plays their part that we will realise those national benefits.

• Adoption of Common BIM Guidelines
• Product Information and BIM Libraries
• Compliance and Certification
• Information Exchange
• Procurement, Legal Issues & Insurance
• Process Change
• Multi-disciplinary BIM education

National Technology Implementation Program

The establishment of a National Technology Implementation Program with the objective to implement building information model technology and information networks in construction processes and to make it possible to manage information flows during the entire life cycle of buildings. This program, if adopted, would establish Australia as a leading player in the global construction sector. The figure below encapsulates the vision, goals and expected outcomes from the proposed national initiative.

National Pilot Projects

The outputs of the National Technology Implementation Program would be used and tested through a series of National Pilot Projects with in-kind commitment of project teams that validate these new protocols, procurement methods and collaboration scenarios. This initiative must be directed by client groups, both private and government, since ultimately they are the beneficiaries of quality and increased productivity in the industry. Pilot projects would form a series of case studies, industry workshops and technical documents that would disseminate results and give feedback to the program.

These actions would provide leadership in the built environment, give industry confidence to adopt the new technologies, and make more efficient use of resources within a known time frame.

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