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This project engquest.org.au) have had a demonstrable won the 2008 Autodesk BIM Award (www. impact. However, even we did not predict intelibuild.com). the impending scale of this problem. For me the most relevant feature of Last month my company hosted a think this project was the complete integration tank to debate potential solutions to the of design, construction and operations skills shortage. Discussions were focused which delivered efficiencies even beyond Merv L indsay on better utilisation of the resources we the expectations of the project team. [email protected] already have. We have spent hundreds of years per- We discussed whether our traditional fecting the representation of 3 dimensions project delivery mechanisms could be in 2 dimensions. It is now time to relearn transformed through adopting efficiencies to build directly from all the dimensions I b elieve Building available through Building Information available with BIM. Information Modelling Modelling (BIM). In order to achieve this paperless I believe BIM will prove to be the documentation revolution, new skill will prove to be the biggest revolution in our industry since sets are needed across the construction biggest revolution in computerisation. It is bigger than CAD, industry. Modellers (traditionally referred because CAD was just a documentation to as drafters) and those building from our industry since revolution. BIM is changing the way pro- the modellers' outputs need overlapping jects are delivered and, if used to its full skill sets. computerisation. potential in building and infrastructure The BIM revolution may therefore need delivery, I believe it can reduce pressure a revolution in the way we educate both on our limited skills resources. drafters and builders. I am offering the BIM is more than a drafting tool. It concept of a BIM Technology Degree to is a project planning tool, a construction become the future education and train- sequencing tool, a costing and procure- ing delivery mechanism for modellers. ment tool and a whole-of-life building Moreover, I believe that such a degree management tool. should substantially overlap with building BIM can produce a virtual product and engineering degrees, and vice versa, complete with every intricate detail, thereby producing modellers, builders whether it is a building, a processing plant, and engineers, trained to work together an aeroplane, a shiploader or whatever. in project delivery via BIM technology. Furthermore, if developed interactively Our skills shortage will not be solved with the whole design team, including for us. It is incumbent on us to deliver, the builder and the operator, it is possible in spite of it. We, as an industry, need to electronically construct a model where to embrace the potential of available every aspect of the product has been technology, particularly BIM to respond designed, preplanned, costed and, most to the challenge. importantly, understood by the end user. Equally, we need to revisit project deliv- I am arguing that the potential for the ery models to best utilise the benefits that BIM revolution be recognised as part of can come from these technologies, and in the skills shortage solution. What's more, the process minimise waste of Australia's it is a solution over which we have con- limited engineering skills. trol. To best utilise BIM, I believe project "Business as usual" won't work delivery models need to be tailored to when our business environment is not its advantages. My view is that the full "as usual". ENGINEERS A USTRALIA | JUNE 2011 3 I |HE T JOURNAL OF ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA COVER S TORY Australia's T op 100 engineers ENGINEERS ® AUSTRALIA 28 The e ighth annual list reveals engineers are influential in many areas including business, government and research. Cover i mages: iStockphoto fDesign o cover and cover story: Melanie Goodsir INFLUENTIAL E NGCNNEERS ALSO... Excellence i n construction 26 Melbourne h ighway project wins national construction award. 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