BIM RnD - Completed

Project name: NATSPEC Australian Government BIM Workshop

Completion/expected completion date: February 2013

Main participating organisations: State and Federal government property agencies that require, or are looking at requiring, the use of BIM on their projects.

Project goals and objectives:

  • Improve agencies’ awareness of each other’s activities.
  • Share their experiences of implementing BIM.
  • Avoid duplication of effort.
  • Facilitate a consistent national approach to BIM.
  • Speed up adoption nationally.

Context: A number of government agencies are examining the role of BIM in their procurement processes. NATSPEC believed that a workshop would provide an opportunity to share their experiences and reduce duplication of effort.

Proposed deliverables: Increased awareness of government agency policies and activities regarding the implementation of BIM. A more consistent national approach to BIM implementation.

Planned 2014 activity: Possible 2014 BIM Workshop.

Expected audience: State and Federal government property agencies.

Approach, methodology: Workshop. Workshop notes.

Project contact:
Name: Richard Choy
Position: CEO
Tel: 02 9321 7200

Project name: NATSPEC BIM Paper – BIM and LOD

Completion/expected completion date: November 2013.

Main participating organisations: Industry experts.

Project goals and objectives: To improve understanding of Level of Development (LOD) throughout the industry and provide guidance about using LOD as a project management tool.

Context: There had been a focus of interest in LOD over the last few years, coupled with widespread confusion and misconceptions.

Proposed deliverables: NATSPEC BIM Paper.

Planned 2014 activity: Project complete.

Expected audience: Industry stakeholders.

Approach, methodology: Desktop research and industry consultation.

Project contact:
Name: Neil Greenstreet
Position: Senior Architect
Tel: 02 9321 7200

Start date: 2012

Status: Complete

During a series of buildingSMART MESH conferences in early 2011 held to follow up on the implications of the Productivity in the Buildings Network report, six areas were identified as requiring priority attention to accelerate the adoption of BIM in the Australian built environment sector.

buildingSMART Australasia conducted stakeholder consultation workshops in early 2012 in across Australia. The workshop participants unanimously endorsed the need for national action on the six areas identified as a matter of priority. They also proposed a number of further key recommendations which are summarised in a report to the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE). The report details 7 project work programs:

  • Procurement contracts that support collaborative BIM processes.
  • BIM Guidelines.
  • BIM Education.
  • Product Data and BIM Libraries.
  • Process and Data Exchange protocols.
  • Regulatory Frameworks.
  • Pilot Projects

Read more about the Initative and download a copy of the report.

Project name: NATSPEC BIM Paper – Getting Started with BIM

Completion/expected completion date: June 2014.

Main participating organisations: Industry experts.

Project goals and objectives: To assist organisations that have decided to implement BIM and provide guidance about what they should do next. The paper will focus on the office/organisation issues associated with implementing BIM, how such issues may be overcome and the level of BIM implementation that may be suitable for an organisation, based on its scale.

Context: There appears to be an absence of succinct guidance on this topic relevant to Australian practitioners.

Proposed deliverables: NATSPEC BIM Paper.

Planned 2014 activity: Review of draft document by a selected group of industry experts. Incorporation of feedback in final paper and publication. Seminar series in June 2014

Expected audience: Consultants, practitioners.

Approach, methodology: Desktop research and industry consultation.

Project contact:
Name: Kevin Rooney
Position: Senior Engineer
Tel: 02 9321 7200

Start date: 2010

Status: Complete

NATSPEC supported this project by the School of Computing in the University of Western Sydney (UWS) to develop a software application called Glossary Manager. This application allows glossaries of terms from a number of organisations to be compared so that differences in the definitions they assign to similar or identical terms can be identified and inconsistencies resolved. Consistent terminology and naming conventions are crucial to the smooth exchange of digital information. NATSPEC provided a glossary of its defined terms for loading into the Glossary Manager as part of its initial testing.

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