BIM Report Government Strategy October 2016 Prepared by Belinda Hodkinson
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Document title: BIM Report – Government Strategy
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Date: 20 October 2016
Prepared by: Belinda Hodkinson
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Preface This BIM and Digital delivery report has been produced for the BIMHub in Tasmania. The objective of the report is to give insights to what Government and Government Departments or Agencies find beneficial in the use of the construction technologies. This in return will be discussed at a strategy meeting to establish how the BIMHub may approach their government for the implementation of BIM.
Contents Preface ...... 2 Executive Summary ...... 4 BIM for Government and Government Agencies ...... 5 World overview of BIM mandates ...... 5 AMER – North America and South America ...... 6 Canada ...... 6 Brazil ...... 7 United States ...... 7 APAC – Asia Pacific and Japan ...... 9 Australia ...... 9 China...... 9 Hong Kong ...... 9 Japan ...... 10 New Zealand ...... 10 Singapore ...... 10 EMEA- Europe, the Middle East and Africa ...... 11 Finland, Norway, Sweden and Netherlands ...... 11 France ...... 13 United Kingdom ...... 13 Summary ...... 14 Australian Advisory papers ...... 15 BIM by Australian State Agencies and Councils ...... 18 Australian BIM Advisory Board ...... 18 National Digital Engineering Working Group ...... 18 New South Wales ...... 19 Health Infrastructure ...... 19 Transport for New South Wales ...... 19 Queensland ...... 20 Department of Housing and Public Works ...... 21
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3D QLD ...... 21 Department of Infrastructure Local Government and Planning ...... 21 Department of Transport and Main Roads ...... 22 South Australia ...... 22 Victoria ...... 23 Future Industries ...... 23 Buildings and Infrastructure ...... 23 Digital Cadastre ...... 24 Western Australia ...... 24 Summary ...... 25 BIM for Tasmanian Government ...... 25 What is documented ...... 25 Linking BIM to levels of Government ...... 25 Recommendations ...... 26 Integrated State Government Taskforce ...... 27 Data Requirements ...... 28 IT Requirements ...... 28 Social / Public Interaction Requirements ...... 28 Development of Advanced Innovation Groups ...... 29 Conclusion ...... 29
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Executive Summary BIM and Digital delivery across the globe and locally here in Australia is quite diverse in its approach. To establish the way in which one country should implement compared to another, seems to be in the matching of their objectives with the aspects that BIM can deliver. This report reviews the variety of endorsements within Government and establishes a pattern or commonality to their objectives. Giving the reader an insight to what could create a point-of-difference to the Tasmanian approach.
Governments across the globe have developed BIM and Digital delivery from whole of government mandates, down to department or agency levels. Investigating the approaches by each of the key geographical regions, AMER, APAC, and EMEA, we establish an insight to how this is being achieved. Many resulting in linking their government objectives and strategies to deliver economic growth, exportable expertise, and an efficient and sustainable construction market sector. The commonalities found is in the departments or agencies of Government holding the responsibilities of BIM, and in the ways they have utilised industry bodies to assist.
Australia has had many industry bodies approaching Government at a Federal and State level. This has resulted in a variety of advisory papers being issued to explain the benefits Government, and the country could achieve with mandating or endorsing BIM. By looking at a brief overview of some of those papers (economic reports, inquiries etc.) we can establish how the Australian industry has taken control of many areas of the BIM practices. We also notice that the Government aspects have been driven by a variety of State departments.
The State Governments across Australia have all had some level of approach to BIM and Digital delivery. This ranges from specific agencies such as Health Infrastructure in New South Wales, through to the construction market sectors future industries in Victoria. In briefly analysing most of the states we find that BIM has been on the Government agenda for a reasonable amount of time. We also find that the approaches to BIM, although varied, focus very specifically on creating construction efficiencies. This is mostly with departments managing large sites (estates), facilities and assets. The other approach or driver is in future industries and upskilling the market. Using BIM and Digital delivery technologies to create new industries for growth.
Tasmania is no different in their approach to BIM compared to the other States. Selected departments have carried out pilot projects, although smaller in scale than other states. Their review has also been specific to areas of the value BIM can bring. The two main departments that initiated those pilots were through the Department of Health and Human Services and the Tasmanian Government Spatial Committee. In June 2016, the Department of Premier and Cabinet, announced they will lead BIM with the support from Treasury. Giving an outline of the key value areas they are going to be aiming for in performance.
The Department of Premier and Cabinet released a strategy report for 2016-2018. Within the report they have two very clear objectives that BIM can assist in delivering. On review of all of the data presented across the world and across Australia, we have established an insight to how Tasmania may approach their implementation and utilise their strategy as the vision. This is established through linking BIM to the appropriate Government departments and driving the value BIM will bring to the Government, the economy and the construction market sector.
Reviewing BIM and Digital delivery across the world, Nationally and locally has created a picture of BIM benefits for Government. The decision for the Tasmanian Government, will be in how they wish to establish their States point-of-difference in BIM. How quickly they implement their systems, and with what level of precision or market efficiency they can achieve the market change.
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BIM for Government and Government Agencies The role of government, their departments and agencies, is fundamental in the implementation of BIM. Whether they interact as a client or are providing market sector governance, their leadership provides structure in market growth and efficiencies. The approach is often divided between industry bodies and practitioners, both willing to assist in making big changes for their industry. Following is information on the different methods and how Australia compares to each country. World overview of BIM mandates Over the past 15 – 20 years collaborative workflows within the Built Environment have faced upgrades and standardisation via government and government agencies. Building Information Modelling (BIM) has enhanced the collaborative requirements by adding technological solutions to establish fluidity from design through to construction, manufacturing and operation and maintenance phases of projects. This overview is a selected list of countries that have had BIM endorsed by their government or government agencies. Listing, where possible, the agencies that have taken leadership and how they have utilised industry bodies to assist. Due to the complexity of detail in some countries only prominent areas have been documented. It should be noted that additional government departments and industry or practice may have been involved in a specific country reaching their BIM implementation that may not be noted.
Figure 1: Government or Government Agency BIM Endorsements
AMER - North America and EMEA- Europe, the Middle East APAC - Asia Pacific and Japan South America and Africa
• Canada • Australia • Finland • Brazil • China • France • United States • Hong Kong • Germany • Japan • Netherlands • New Zealand • Norway • Singapore • United Kingdom
Figure 2: BIM endorsements by geographic region that are covered in this report
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AMER – North America and South America Canada Government Government endorsement for BIM in Canada is delivered via the government agencies. This is structured within the portfolio of Assistant Deputy Minister for Infrastructure and Environment. The two Directors that manage the overview is the Director General Real Property and the Director General Military Engineering. Both have sections reporting to them ranging from Property Management through to Architecture and Engineering. Below is a chart indicating their structure.
Figure 3: Canada Assistant Deputy Minister (Infrastructure & Environment) Credit: Al Douglas The Department of National Defence (DND), are structuring change through strategy, BIM deliverables and their business modernisation. Real Property and Military Engineering groups are working together to develop a central Spatial Data Warehouse in support of lifecycle asset management. BIM is delivered by the Director General level and they are estimated as half way through their plan, which was initiated in 2009.1
Other government endorsements are through the government grants and funding for University and Industry projects. The National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) has issued such grants. An example is ‘The Building Information Modelling Technology and Process Adoption Support’, receiving $100,000.2
Industry BIM within the industry is supported by three main industry bodies or groups; CanBIM, The Institute for BIM in Canada and buildingSMART Canada. Although other groups may support the industry these are the top three that are recognised globally.
1 DND Al Douglas 2012, OPEN BIM and the future: BIM and GIS integration, accessed 28 September 2016,
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CanBIM – Canada BIM Council, founded in December 2008. Contains a mixed membership list of Small to Large Enterprise and Individuals ranging across the architectural, engineering, contracting and trade firms, and education. The group is managed by industry volunteers which host events across Canada. Members fund and direct the priorities and activities through eight discipline focused committees.3
IBC – Institute for BIM in Canada, founded in 2010 by its founding partner national constituent organizations. This group represents architects, engineers, specification writers, contractors and public and private owners. The constituent organisations are:
• the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies (ACEC), • the Canadian Construction Association (CCA), • the Construction Specifications Canada (CSC), and • the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). All efforts are funded and delivered via the organisations and buildingSMART Canada.4 bSC - buildingSMART Canada is the Canadian Chapter of buildingSMART International. bSC acts as the operational arm of IBC. bSC creates standards and supports programmes and tools that deliver OpenBIM solutions. Brazil Government Government endorsement for BIM in Brazil is delivered via the government agencies. The DOM – Diretoria de Obras Militares (Directorate of Military works), developed a BIM-based project management system called OPUS. This includes information of over 16,000 buildings, making up the asset portfolio managed by the Brazilian Army. The agency is working on the development of libraries and schemas to enhance BIM deliverables.5 Brazil’s National Department of Transport Infrastructure is embracing BIM on projects in the hope of making 30% cost savings.
Brazil has a reputation as an academic BIM centre – its universities are third behind the US and Sweden on publishing BIM-focused academic papers. Studies presented in one of those papers based the different BIM standards and protocols across BIM savvy countries, government is taking it forward to enable the adoption from a policy and strategic level.
Industry The Brazil construction industry has a high level of adoption of BIM. The focus is on efficiencies in construction to reduce waste and costs. This has been reported as not in a collaborative workflow, nor inclusive of whole-of-life BIM methodologies. Specifically, those methods that reduce costs from design to operation phases.
United States Government Government endorsement for BIM in the US is delivered via government agencies. On a federal level the General Services Administration (GSA), along with the Department of Defence (DoD), both established BIM roadmaps or programmes.
3 CanBIM, accessed 28 September 2016,
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GSA established a 3D - 4D BIM Program in 2003 and had BIM endorsed on all major projects from 2007.6 DoD implemented BIM through the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in 2006, and has been developing BIM reforms to provide information on the management and maintenance of their estate, facilities and assets.7 National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) was established in the US as the conduit or the interface between government and the private sector for BIM. The National BIM Standard – United States (NBIMS -US) developed or was established from NIBS buildingSMART alliance. NBIMS-US provides standards and other ‘best practices’ documents for the industry.8
On a state level many departments (not all) within each state will have an established BIM Guideline. Using New York City as an example, their Mayor, Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner all support and endorse the Department of Design and Construction Public Buildings Division in BIM. This particular ‘division manages new buildings and substantial renovations for a wide range of building types including libraries, museums, police precincts, firehouses, emergency medical stations, transportation facilities, health centres, senior centres, courts, and correctional facilities.’ All projects must adhere to their defined standards to deliver works.9
Industry Industry bodies such as the American Institute of Architects – AIA, and the Associated General Contractors of America – AGC, have developed many levels of BIM support to their industry members. This has ranged from protocols for procurement through to accredited training and certification exams. The AIA BIM protocol (E203 -2013, G201-2013 and G202-2013) is utilised as an appendix to the contract giving AIA members clarification on BIM deliverables for their projects. 10
AGC is recognised for their BIM Certificates in Management. This offers contractors work specific knowledge in BIM and an achievement of ‘CM-BIM’ to be added to their working title / name. This is only achieved by reaching the assessment criteria specified.11
Clients from Universities through to Health providers have also been active in publishing standards, for instance Penn State and Sutter Healthcare. Penn State have documents from BIM Execution Plans through to Planning Guides for Facility Owners.12 Sutter Health establishes BIM within their contracts to enhance their delivery and reduce costs due to waste. This is used in conjunction with Integrated Project Delivery – IPD models utilised to share the responsibility of risk to the project.13
6 Edirisinghe R, London K, 2015, Comparative Analysis of International and National Level BIM Standardization Efforts and BIM adoption, accessed 28 September 2016,
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APAC – Asia Pacific and Japan Australia Covered in further detail within the second portion of this report.
China Government Government endorsement for BIM in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is delivered via government agencies. The higher divisions of the communist government had Building Information Modelling written into the Twelfth Plan (2011 – 2015). The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the PRC (MoHURD) had declared that ‘the key points in national building industry development will be industrialisation, informatisation, urbanisation and agricultural modernisation with a role for BIM technology in each.’14 Following this mandate MoHURD has also delivered BIM Standards for the industry.
On a local government level, Shenzhen has established their own BIM Standards. Shanghai are now collecting data and BIM information in an effort to add ‘BIM data to geographic data at city level, including utility and comms data as well. In this way Shanghai can build a smart city based on comprehensive data.’15
Industry In 2012, the China BIM Union was formed. The China Academy of Building Research (CABR) and several other organizations established the China BIM Union. Their goals were to develop BIM standards, promote BIM implementation and conduct research for the benefit of the national industry. ‘The Unified Standard has primarily been developed by China BIM Union, in cooperation with major public and private organizations and research institutions, such as the China Association for Engineering Construction Standardization, China State Construction Engineering Corporation, Shanghai Construction Group and Tsinghua University.’16
Hong Kong Government Government endorsement for BIM in Hong Kong is delivered via government agencies. The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) started piloting BIM in 2006. The agency has developed their own standards and have templates, content and other supportive systems in place for their Public rental housing.17
Industry Construction Industry Council - CIC works with 30 stakeholder organisations from public clients, private clients, architectural, engineering, surveying, BIM professional institutes, trade unions, academia, etc. in Hong Kong. CIC have developed an industry plan to focus on ‘best practice’ collaboration with BIM. This is in conjunction with the Hong Kong Institute of Building Information Modelling (HKIBIM) established in 2009, and buildingSmart Hong Kong inaugurated in Hong Kong SAR in late April 2013.
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Japan Government Government endorsement for BIM in Japan is delivered via government agencies. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MILT) initiated pilot projects in BIM for government building and repairs in 2010. By 2012 MILT’s Government Buildings Department established a development team to produce BIM modelling rules. 18
Industry Japan Institute of Architects (JIA) released their BIM guidelines in 2010 to their industry. Other areas of notable governance have come from the Building Construction Committee, the Information Technology Promotion Section, and their BIM Special Section. In 2011 a paper was published “Investigation of BIM usage in subcontractors, manufacturers and fabricators” where standardisation of BIM ‘best practices’ is covered in detail.
New Zealand Government Government endorsement for BIM in New Zealand is delivered via government agencies. Initially in 2011 the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) established with Industry a group called the Building and Construction Productivity Partnership. This group was to address the issue of low productivity in the sector. The Productivity Partnership made of the Department of Building and Housing, BRANZ and the Built Environment Training Alliance joined to deliver a 20% increase in productivity by 2020. BIM was established as one of the 14 indicators to improve. 19
Industry In support of BIM in NZ the BIM Acceleration Committee (BAC) was formed to deliver BIM to the industry. The committee is formed by volunteers selected or invited by MBIE. The projects to be delivered by BAC have been funded with NZ$250,000 over 3 years. Other supporters in the delivery of standards has come from NATSPEC in Australia assisting to deliver the National BIM Handbook.
Singapore Government Government endorsement for BIM in Singapore is delivered via Government and its agencies. The BIM agenda is led by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA), with the close involvement of government ministers because of the clear line to national economic policy. A BIM roadmap was introduced in 2010 and has published following versions since. The agencies involved are BCA, IDA, JTC, LTA, MOM, NEA, NParks, PowerGas Ltd, PUB, SPRING Singapore, SCDF and URA.20 The multi-agency effort was to implement the world’s first BIM electronic submission (e-submission). This initiative called Construction and Real Estate Network (CORENET) was established in 2011.
• In 2012, BIM was mandatory as part of public sector building project procurement • In 2013, architectural BIM e-submission was mandated for all new building projects greater than 20,000 sqm
18 IDDS, 2013, ‘Building Construction and BIM in Japan’, accessed 29 September 2016, < http://www.kenken.go.jp/japanese/research/lecture/bim_idds/pdf/4_en_1.pdf> 19 Building and Productivity Partnership, 2012, ‘Productivity Map’, accessed 29 September 2016,
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• In 2014, engineering BIM e-submission was mandated for all new building projects greater than 20,000 sqm • In 2015, architectural and engineering BIM e-submission was mandated for all new building projects greater than 5,000 sqm Singapore’s BIM fund, part of the Construction Productivity and Capability Fund, began in June 2010 and covers costs of training, consultancy, software and hardware.21 BCA also produced The Singapore BIM Guide (2012) that consists of BIM Specifications and BIM Modelling and Collaboration Procedures.
In an effort to improve their market the Singaporean Government is now promoting Design for Manufacture and Assembly techniques (DfMA). They are trying to achieve this by mandating the number of people on site. This is to drive construction firms to implement DfMA or take longer to construct projects.
Industry As most of the government mandates drive BIM there is little need for industry driven initiatives. BCA does run what is called Singapore Construction Productivity week. This is where most industry groups will share their advancements in BIM for the BCA to introduce into their standards. This year (2016) is expected to establish recommendations for pre-fabrication.22 EMEA- Europe, the Middle East and Africa Finland, Norway, Sweden and Netherlands Government Nordic countries are recognised as early adopters of BIM methodologies. Due to the size of the market their BIM endorsements did not require contractual changes, however this is currently being reviewed. Following is a few details of how the government agencies have participated.
Finland Finland started in 2001 with Senate Properties which is a government owned enterprise under the guidance of the Finnish Ministry of Finance. As of October 1st 2007, Senate Properties had endorsed BIM deliverables for their projects. Their projects covered four divisions: Ministries and Special Premises, Defence and Security, Offices and Development Premises.23
Norway Statsbygg is a Norwegian Government agency that manages central parts of the real-estate portfolio for the government of Norway. In 2007 they mandated the use of BIM on their projects and developed a roadmap that had BIM implemented by 2010. This encouraged development within the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) and the Norwegian National Rail Administration (NNRA). They have committed to base all road projects from 2015 in an openBIM format. To support their mandate a new handbook has been released to indicate the ‘best practices’ they are expecting from project teams.24
21 Building and Construction Authority, 2015, ’Building Information Modelling (BIM) Fund’, accessed 29 September 2016, < https://www.bca.gov.sg/BIM/bimfund.html> 22BCA, 2016,’ Singapore Construction and Productivity Week’, accessed 29 September 2016,
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Sweden In Sweden there are two approaches to the mandate and standrdisation of BIM. Five government organisations have established a joint BIM strategy 2013-14:
• Specialfastigheter (Special Properties Agency – government propoerties), • Akademiska hus (Education Property Development), • Riksdagsförvaltningen (Parliament Administration Agency facilitsting the work of Parliament), • Fortifikationsverket (Swedish Fortifications Agency managing Defence estates), • Fastighetsverket (National Property Board) The second is the Swedish Transport Administration which mandated BIM on all investment and maintenance projects from 2015. By 2030 they have a road that establishes ‘SMART’ lifecycle information that will be accessible between different processes, actors and stages. This includes a maintenance management system with BIM fully integrated by 2020. 25
Industry ‘best practices’ are being established by the groups to follow the objectives set out in their road maps. This ranges from basic 3D modelling through to Asset Maintenance.
Netherlands In the Netherlands BIM has been mandated by the Central Government Real Estate Agency and Dutch Ministry of the Interior (RGD) since 2012. They have defined prescribed BIM standards to manage contracts, manage buildings, monitor quality, safety and health aspects of buildings and account for the assets under their portfolio.26
Industry Finland Initiatives carried for and within industry in Finland look to be generally lead by buildingSMART Finland. With many of the industry bodies being members of their organisation this helps to decide on what areas of BIM to be tackled for the industry. COBIM - Finnish National BIM Guidelines is sponsored by several construction companies, cities, hospitals and consulting companies together with Senate Properties. These standards were released in 2012 and continue to be upgraded or amended.27
Norway Initiatives that have been established to assist Norway in BIM deliverables have three key areas of support; Alliances, Software providers and Consultants. Alliances are formed by industry bodies, buildingSMART and Building and Construction Network (BA-nettverket), Software providers are local and global, and clients are those firms that are at the forefront of BIM within their selected industries or markets.28
25 Malmkvist M, 2013, ‘BIM in Swedish Transport Administration’, accessed 29 September 2016, < http://iug.buildingsmart.org/resources/itm-and-iug-meetings-2013-munich/infra-room/bim-in-swedish-transport- administration> 26 Central Government Real Estate Agency, ‘Building Information Modelling (BIM)’, accessed 29 September 2016, < https://www.rijksvastgoedbedrijf.nl/english/expertise-and-services/b/building-information-modelling- bim> 27 Henttinen T, 2011, ‘IDM related R&D projects in Finland’, accessed 29 September 2016,
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Sweden Initiatives established by industry have formed particularly with the BIM Alliance Sweden. This is a non-profit organisation with approximately 170 companies and organisations. BIM Alliance was formed in 2014 through the merger of former organisations OpenBIM, fi2 Facility management information, and buildingSMART Sweden. This group assists government in their approach to BIM initiatives
Netherlands Industry bodies in the Netherlands such as BNA (Industry body for Architecture) have established BIM working groups that assist industry with particular goals to reduce costs and increase quality. IBGE Office also promotes BIM in the Dutch Construction Industry. Crowdfunding campaigns are common in the Netherlands, with many groups establishing standards via crowd funding campaigns.29
France Government Government Agencies establishing BIM in France is the Ministry of Dwellings. They have established the “Le Plan Transition Numérique dans le Bâtiment” task group to plan out the details of a BIM mandate from the Ministry of Dwellings (Ministère du Logement), and have been given a budget of €20m over three years to achieve the plan. This task group was established in February 2015. The expectation is to deliver 500,000 houses using BIM by 2017.30
Industry The French industry initiatives have been established long before the government decision to drive BIM. Their industry works specifically with collaboration and data schemas which is driven by buildingSMART, BIM in Europe, Mediaconstruct and others. In 2014, France kicked off a research project on BIM for the infrastructure sector, MINnD, to develop and explore open BIM standards for infrastructure projects. It is being funded by contractors and suppliers including Bouygues and Lafarge.31
United Kingdom Government The UK government construction strategy was published by the Cabinet office in 2011. Chief Construction Advisor Paul Morrell, called for BIM adoption on UK government projects of £5million and over. A BIM strategy was released in the same year announcing that collaborative BIM would be required by 2016. The UK government has a BIM Task Group leading the government’s programme and requirements. The government ‘objective is to reduce capital costs and the carbon burden from the construction and operation of the built environment by 20%.’32
29 Architectenweb, 2015, ‘More Architects working with BIM’, accessed 29 September 2016,
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Industry Initiatives undertaken by the UK industry are quite broad and too difficult to cover them all. The key teams that seem to be promoted the most globally is the National Building Specification (NBS), owned by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), which publishes research into BIM adoption in the UK. Both groups drive BIM from enabling process methodologies through to content libraries and specification systems. Other industry initiatives are led by buildingSMART UK and Ireland, and the UK BIM Alliance, which is not-for-profit organisations funded by industry membership. Summary BIM is delivered across the globe via a blend of industry and government whether that be at a National, State, Province or City level. The government agencies tend to fall under the categories of Defence, Buildings, Infrastructure, Health and Education – being all groups that are managing large government estates. However, every country seems to establish BIM initiatives for different reasons in their country development. This ranges from lower carbon emissions through to managing their assets more effectively. Australia has the potential to create a big impact on BIM across the globe. Using the knowledge from other country implementations we have the opportunity to deliver BIM that can bring greater benefits to our country. This we will discuss further within the Australian BIM market analysis.
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Australian Advisory papers Over the past 16 years the Australian government has received advice from many different sources regarding the implementation of BIM. The advice has been developed from independent Economic Studies through to Productivity Reports and Public Interest submissions. Key topics are delivered within each report indicating the benefits the Australian Government will encounter should they have BIM as the nominated deliverable. In an effort to understand what key benefits can be derived for the Tasmanian government, a review on some of the reports has been completed with topics highlighted.
The Allen Consulting Group were financed by Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, buildingSMART and other industry groups, to complete an economic study on BIM for Australia. The report was issued to the Built Environment Innovation and Industry Council, 29 October 2010. The report was called Productivity in the Buildings Network: Assessing the impacts of Building Information Models. The study reviewed the effect BIM could play on the economy using macroeconomic variables such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Consumption and Investment.
• Adoption of BIM could lift Australia’s GDP to an estimated 5 basis points from 2011 – 2025 which was equivalent to $4.8 - $7.6billion at the time of the study. • A Benefit Cost Ratio utilised $500 million as the expense to implement BIM across the Nation, to discover it would benefit ten times (10x) higher than the investment. • Consumption benefits were reviewed as a one off increase in private consumption of $1.4billion. • Investment Australia-wide was estimated to be equivalent to a one off increase of $3billion. The report goes into detail on how the benefits would be achieved based on the performance of BIM within businesses across Australia. Further emphasis was placed on the benefits coming to Australia overall rather than any benefits sustained directly by government agencies implementing such efficiencies.33However, the examples do indicate what government should expect when procuring with BIM deliverables.
The Built Environment Industry Innovation Council (BEIIC) released a Recommendations Report in October 2010, this was complimentary to the finding of The Allen Consulting Group. The focus was to implement recommendations for both government and industry investment under Better Practice, Cooperative Research, Design Leadership and Enabling Regulation and Procurement.
Figure 4: BEIIC suggested framework to improve productivity
33 The Allen Consulting Group, 2010, ‘Assessing the impacts of Building Information Models’, accessed 30 September 2016, < http://buildingsmart.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/BIM_Economic_Study_Final- Report_29Oct2010.pdf>
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Building Information Modelling appears twice in the recommendations, once under Better Practice and the other mention is under Enabling Regulation and Procurement. The suggestion was for industry associations such as the Australian Construction Industry Forum (ACIF), and the Australian Procurement and Construction Council (APCC) to promote more widespread support for BIM and other technologies, particularly in the Procurement process.34
APCC and ACIF continue to deliver to this recommendation and in 2014 released BIM procurement documents to their membership. This has resulted in a higher use of BIM and Project Team Integration within tenders issued from Australian State Treasury and Finance departments.
Further to the recommendations BEIIC endorsed a project carried out by Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre – SBEnrc. SBEnrc joined with the following partners to deliver the project:
• Queensland Transport and Main Roads • New South Wales Roads and Maritime Services • Western Australia Department of Finance (Building Management and Works) • Western Australia Department of Commerce (Building Commission) • John Holland • Queensland University of Technology • Swinburne University of Technology, and • Aalto University in Finland. The research project had three core aims (i) inform a national strategy for the adoption of BIM/VDC, (ii) develop guidelines for new contractual frameworks and (iii) provide a strategy to reduce skill gaps especially for SMEs, within the context of Integrated Project Delivery in Australia.
Reports and project deliverables were reached as expected and issued to the public in 2014. Further developments have since derived from this project with a road map until 2019. This ranges from education plans through to the Transport and Infrastructure Senior Officials Committee (TISOC) assisting and advising of evidence-based recommendations found during pilot projects.35
It is important to note that the coverage of the SBEnrc project seems to concentrate on horizontal projects such as transport infrastructure. This is the turning point in Australia for BIM crossing over to cover all built environment projects – buildings to transport, energy and water infrastructure.
The Productivity Commission released a Public Infrastructure Inquiry Report Volume 1, May 2014, to the then government Treasurer. The scope of the enquiry was to report on reducing costs for public infrastructure projects. Within the report under Eliciting best value-for-money bids, BIM was suggested as a solution to increase the quality of information to assess tenders. This was due to the whole-of-life project costs being understood from construction to operation and maintenance. The recommendation followed further in the report as noted below:
Recommendation 12.5
For complex infrastructure projects, government clients should provide concept designs using Building Information Modelling (BIM) to help lower bid costs, and require tender designs to be submitted using BIM to reduce overall costs. To facilitate the consistent use of BIM by public sector procurers, Australian, State and Territory Governments should:
34 Holliday S, 2010,’BIIC Recommendations Report’, accessed 30 September 2016, < http://codebim.com/wp- content/uploads/2013/06/BEIICRecommendationsReport2010.pdf> 35 SBEnrc, 2014, ‘Integrated Project Environments’, accessed 3 October 2016,
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• facilitate the development of a common set of standards and protocols in close consultation with industry, including private sector bodies that undertake similar types of procurement • include in their procurement guidelines detailed advice to agencies on the efficient use of BIM.36 This recommendation, although talked about within industry, did not reach traction until APCC and ACIF decided to deliver their BIM and Project Team Integration booklets as noted earlier. The information collected by both teams enabled submissions to the following plan and placed responsibility directly to APCC.
Infrastructure Australia released the Australian Infrastructure Plan, February 2016. The report referred to priorities and reforms for Australia wide infrastructure projects. Further to the Public Infrastructure Inquiry Report (Recommendation 12.5), BIM is recognised under Best Practices with the following recommendation in further detail:
Recommendation 10.4
Governments should make the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) mandatory for the design of large-scale complex infrastructure projects. In support of a mandatory rollout, the Australian Government should commission the Australasian Procurement and Construction Council, working with industry, to develop:
• Appropriate guidance around the adoption and use of BIM; and • Common standards and protocols to be applied when using BIM.37 The next advisory paper to be released, the Smart ICT report. This report has a focus on the role of smart ICT in the design and planning of infrastructure. BIM is referred to numerous times, mostly prominent in advice from industry submissions surrounding the benefits and difficulties without guidance from government. Listed in bullet point form below is the two recommendations for BIM:
• Recommendation 6: Establish a Smart Infrastructure Taskforce, led by Infrastructure Australia based on the UK BIM Taskforce model • Recommendation 7: All government projects to require BIM that exceed $40 million in cost 38 Over the past 16 years, BIM in Australia has been moving slowly, which is noted within each report issued. Industry have worked with government agencies to deliver a standardised approach, or initiated research projects and deliverables to compliment some of the advice within the reports. The progress of the reporting has slowly become more direct. This is indicated with responsible parties being nominated or suggested and those parties have started to deliver to their industry. The key item within the reporting is the structure BEIIC refers to with Government and Industry funding, and the channels to overall productivity improvement. The problem is this model has not been executed by a government agency in detail. This has left the Australian industry bodies and research initiatives to deliver only portions relevant to their membership or business. BIM in Australia simply needs direction and formalisation from a specific government agency or known leader. Formalisation will establish responsibilities that industry bodies will endeavour to meet together. The current fragmented approach that has come into play is due to no official direction. This fragmentation is denoted as the report progresses and is common around the state government level. Which unfortunately is leading to some not so productive BIM solutions.
36 Productivity Commission, 2014, ‘Public Infrastructure Inquiry Report Volume 1’, accessed 3 October 2016,
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BIM by Australian State Agencies and Councils Australian State agencies and the National Councils that connect to the State Government procurement have extensive coverage of BIM within the industry. On a National level the BIM groups are the Australian BIM Advisory Board (ABAB) and the National Digital Engineering Working Group (NDE). Both groups have established government agency level involvement but seem to be running in parallels to each other. Below is further detail that was obtained from industry.39 Australian BIM Advisory Board The Australian BIM Advisory Board is currently formalising their structure. In 2013, APCC and ACIF formed the BIM Summit Forum. This is a combination of industry leaders discussing and coordinating their objectives to deliver BIM to their membership. As time progressed this group and industry started to seek BIM requirements beyond the original responsibility of Buildings. Expanding into the digital realm denoted in the smart ICT report and the Infrastructure report. APCC and ACIF have initiated this board to meet these demands by being the group to harmonise and coordinate the work being carried out by industry. This group has only recently been formulated and no specific information has been released to industry yet. National Digital Engineering Working Group It is believed that this group is formulated through COAG Infrastructure Working Group (IWG) being called the National Digital Engineering Working Group chaired by Simon Vaux of Transport for NSW (TfNSW). Details on this group have not been made public however it is understood that the group is established by the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development with representation by each State and Territory:
Figure 5: National Digital Engineering Working Group Members Image Credit: Toby Maple It is not yet understood how the Australian BIM Advisory Board and the National Digital Engineering Working Group will work together, however, it is expected that decisions will drive from both groups for BIM in Australia. Having all states and territories involved with both groups will hopefully produce a national standard with only minor regional (State or Territory) differences.
39 Note: Education providers delivering BIM will not be covered within this report. This will be specific to the BIM Training Report.
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New South Wales New South Wales government agencies involved with BIM mandates are Health Infrastructure (HI) and Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW). Both agencies have developed BIM from procurement to operation to enhance the delivery, maintenance and operation of their assets.
Health Infrastructure HI developed BIM requirements with the assistance from industry bodies and practitioners that were issued in 2012. The requirements were to drive BIM predominately in the Design and Construction phase of their projects with a future aspiration to utilise information for the Operation and Maintenance phase.40 Items that were issued to consultants and delivery partners to comment were:
• BIM Management Plan • BIM Requirements for Projects (EIR) The plans utilised NATSPEC BIM Guide as the basis and evolved with feedback from consultants and delivery partners. Which led to their BIM Policy being implemented in January 2013 and mandated on projects over $30m.
Continuing on their BIM journey to operation and maintenance data, in 2014 – 2015 HI revised their BIM approach to include Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) data. This continued into 2016 where that information was simplified into one delivery platform to assist practitioners and drive efficiencies for HI. Using the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines as a basis this platform (dRofus) is now utilised on all HI projects to ensure data richness and quality assurance.41
Figure 6: Australasian Health Facility Guidelines website
Transport for New South Wales TfNSW started their initial briefing sessions for BIM in 2012 with industry practitioners. In 2014 they developed their vision for BIM based on the appropriateness of BIM for their business and their clients. This vision contained the roadmap for BIM that further developed into a Digital Engineering implementation plan delivered mid-2015. Since then TfNSW has established a Digital Engineering working group and they are currently
40 Rust R, 2012, ‘Digital Hospital Design’, accessed 3 October 2016,
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working through a scoping study. The work streams covered by the group are:
• People, Competency and Capability • Information Requirements • Processes and Procedures • Standards and Objects Library • Technology TfNSW are in consultation with Roads & Maritime, Transport Light Rail, Sydney Metro, NSW Transport Asset Standards Authority, NSW State Transit, Transport Sydney Trains, Future Transport, Open Data and Transport NSW TrainLink. The Digital Engineering Framework sits under the TfNSW Asset Information Policy, with future plans to implement across those agencies they are in consultation with.42
Figure 7: Transport for NSW Digital Engineering Framework Image Credit: Simon Vaux The NSW approach is driven by the individual agencies looking for BIM or as newly noted Digital Engineering approaches, to bring efficiencies to their business. The objective seems to be open for use by other states, particularly that of Health Infrastructure using the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines. TfNSW policies are in their infancy and have not been released publicly, however, as Simon Vaux is the chairperson of the National Digital Engineering Working Group, it is expected that the learnings will be available to other states. Queensland Queensland has had a different approach to introducing BIM which initially started in 2007. They have 2 core elements to their implementation, one is the standard approach through projects and the other is their digital repository / data bank approach. This digital bank is different to others as its objective is to make all data available as opposed to data only being available for compliance checking etc.
42 Vaux S, 2016, ‘Transport for NSW Digital Engineering Strategy’, accessed 3 October 2016,
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Department of Housing and Public Works Initially the Department of Housing and Public Works – Project Services department, established in-house BIM capabilities which are documented from 2005 but believed to be initiated earlier by key staff members. Taking the lead in the industry, working closely with the Australasia Chapter of the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI) – now known as buildingSMART, they developed BIM methodologies with other industry bodies:
• Australian Institute of Architects • Engineers Australia • Australia Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) • Master Builders Queensland, and • Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation (CRCCI) Their objective was to establish how government and industry can work together to achieve positive outcomes for the benefit of the Australian construction industry.43 Unfortunately funding for this group fell through and members dispersed into industry. However, their passion didn’t disappear and many are part of the reports and papers on BIM in Australia today.
3D QLD Established in 2013, 3D QLD objective was to develop a digital environment where the rules that are placed on those in a physical world are also placed upon them in a digital world. Therefore, creating a digital bank of reliable data to be utilised for BIM, GIS, cadastre and many other forms of digital data. Seed funding for this team was established by the Spatial Innovation Foundation under Treasury in Queensland. Delivered recently (October, 2016), is a roadmap on how to implement 3D QLD.
If established with other groups, this will become a world leading asset to Australia enabling a new form of digital commodity.
Department of Infrastructure Local Government and Planning The State Infrastructure Plan delivered in 2016 by the Department of Infrastructure Local Government and Planning, mentions BIM in the short and long term program. Their plan seems to be to deliver gradually with a slower than normal suggestion of mandate as listed below:
In partnership with industry, build Queensland’s public and private sector capability to move towards a mandatory adoption of BIM on building projects by 2020 and on major infrastructure by 2023.44
Currently, Department of Infrastructure Local Government and Planning, chair a state BIM Group that meets regularly across their agencies. This group contributes to the National Digital Engineering Group.
43 Queensland Government Department of Works, 2006, ‘Department of Works Annual Report’, accessed 3 October 2016,
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Department of Transport and Main Roads The Department of Transport and Main Roads mentioned in their Annual Report 2014 – 2015, that they are partnering with industry and government in research projects to deliver the following:
• Contractual/whole-of-life improvements through digital modelling – developing opportunities using Building Information Modelling (BIM) to establish a robust whole-of-life approach to procurement and management of infrastructure • New Project Management Structures – Infrastructure Modelling (BIM) and Location (Geospatial Information Services) – informing Transport and Main Roads' current status on BIM, including tools available for self-assessment • Driving Whole-Of-Life Efficiencies through BIM and Procurement – Examining Transport and Main Roads' case study of the New Generation Rollingstock Project across its infrastructure lifecycle • National BIM Guidelines and Case Studies for Infrastructure – participating in developing national BIM guidelines.45 BIM has been mentioned in their 2016 roadmaps and continues to be discussed for future works.
Approaches by Queensland are varied and cover many more aspects than that of NSW. Their approach to the progressive implementation through projects is a pragmatic solution. Many government agencies are concerned with not meeting the guidance quick enough before technology evolves, hence the reasoning to slowly implement. The interesting aspect will be if 3D QLD can be implemented and what a difference that will make to digital submissions of projects. South Australia South Australia’s Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI), Building Management (BM) division released a statement in 2012 outlining a proposed BIM roadmap. This plan was amended in 2014 to reduce the detail of the implementation. As it stands, BIM is requested on BM projects that fall under the Design and Heritage Management team. The requests for information within models is only for information that the agency will use. Projects initially go through a BIM – no – BIM check prior to establishing if BIM information will be requested in the tender (refer to Figure 8). The implementation is planned for use on all major projects over $10million.
DPTI have core BIM requirements which are outlined in their Building Information Modelling Requirements (G168). The key requirements are 3D modelling of architectural, structural and building services with clash detection of major building elements and energy modelling for the Building Code of Australia (BCA) Section J.46
Although the coverage of BIM in South Australia is specific to Buildings, their detail of BIM implementation has been carried out with specific R&D case study analysis starting back in 2012. This established the core BIM requirements that have developed since.
45 Department of Transport and Main Roads, 2015, ‘3.1 Partnering with industry and government’, accessed 3 October 2016,
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Figure 8: Building Management BIM-no-BIM process Image Credit: BM Victoria The Victorian Government has BIM and digital technologies covered in three different areas; Future Industries, Buildings and Infrastructure and the Digital Cadastre. The objective is to establish Victoria as the leading state in BIM.
Future Industries In 2016 the Victorian Government released their Future Industries – Construction Technologies Sector Strategy. This strategy includes a future industries fund in an effort to improve growth within the sector. BIM is mentioned within the strategy with two specific points;
• Develop a plan with industry to provide for the greater uptake of BIM • Build expert skills in BIM technologies It is mentioned that by 2017 the Government will release a statement that clearly identifies their BIM utilisation plans.47
Buildings and Infrastructure Initiated in 2014, Victorian supplementary submission to the Productivity Commission Public Infrastructure Inquiry contained the following:
‘Recommendation 11.5 For complex infrastructure projects, government clients should provide concept designs using Building Information Modelling (BIM) to help lower bid costs, and require tender designs to be submitted using BIM to reduce overall costs. Governments should give serious consideration to where in their better practice guides they may specify the use of BIM.’48
47 Victoria Government, 2016, ‘Construction Technologies Sector Strategy’, accessed 4 October 2016, bhconsultants.com.au Doc#: AUTJ3AD0004_JR001_R1 Page 23 of 29 BIM Report – Government Strategy This followed with the Government’s commitment in the 2015-16 State Budget. Currently the pilot of BIM is underway on a number of projects in Victoria, and will continue through 2016-17. The pilot is providing the Government with an understanding of the opportunities to improve project efficiency, delivery outcomes and lifecycle management. Digital Cadastre Initiated in September 2014, Land Victoria has started to extend SPEAR (Surveying and Planning through Electronic Applications and Referrals) to provide an infrastructure for the lodgement and processing of digital subdivision plans (ePlan) in Victoria. As part of their vision and to support the digital lodgement of three- dimensional subdivision plans, a 3D Victorian Working Party has been established by Land Victoria with external representatives from the following organisations: • Association of Consulting Surveyors Victoria (ACSV) • City of Melbourne • Institution of Surveyors Victoria (ISV) • RMIT University • Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI) • University of Melbourne The goal of this Working Party is to investigate the introduction of 3D digital data and its implications for the Victorian Cadastre.49 Victoria seems to have the most comprehensive approach to establishing BIM and Digital Delivery. Although very similar to Queensland the focus on education and creating new markets sets them apart from other states. Their creation of the funding model adds to the incentive, which other states have not yet approached. In stating this, they are one of the slowest states to look into BIM and the next 1-2 years will indicate their commitment. Western Australia Initiated in 2011, WA Department of Treasury announced that Perth Children’s Hospital will deliver end-to-end BIM.50 This has initiated the follow on of all major projects being procured with BIM. The lessons learned from each project have been utilised on all major projects established through the department. Recent projects include the new Perth Stadium, the rail infrastructure for the stadium project and Forrestfield Airport Link. WA’s approach has been great for their local industry. The projects have been large and have upskilled a lot of their market by making sure BIM is within the procurement model. The government has also been specific about adding that each project is contributing to a knowledge pool that is utilised to teach on new projects. Supplementary Submission’, accessed 4 October 2016, < http://www.dtf.vic.gov.au/files/d45f6eab-14b3-480f- 9c40-a30e00c8fcaf/PC-Public-Infrastructure-Inquiry-Victorian-Supplementary-Submission-April-2014.docx> 49 SPEAR, 2014, ‘Land Victoria 3D ePLan prototype’, accessed 4 October 2016, bhconsultants.com.au Doc#: AUTJ3AD0004_JR001_R1 Page 24 of 29 BIM Report – Government Strategy Summary Although not thorough in detail, you can understand from a glance that BIM in Australia is here, and is being reviewed by each of the State Governments and varied department levels. The areas that each state are involved in are varied, however there is a commonality in approach – BIM for facility and asset performance, and BIM for industry growth and productivity enhancements. The two approaches create a vision to how Australia can frame their implementation to the construction market sector. The challenge will be to co- ordinate the approach across the Nation. BIM for Tasmanian Government What is documented In 2011, the Tasmanian Government Spatial Committee (TGSC) established a BIM pilot project.51 The pilot expanded to Department of Health and Human Services (Tasmania) with North West Regional Hospital multi storey carparks and road alignment and Royal Hobart Hospital. Testing on both projects revolved around 3D modelling and assessing the abilities of the market. This then evolved into data testing (COBie) for Beaconsfield District Health Services. In 2016, Department of Premier and Cabinet – DPAC, announced they will lead BIM with the support from Treasury. This is in support adoption of the National Building Information Modelling Initiative, including requiring that from 1 July 2016: • new construction and major renovations of Tasmanian Government buildings be undertaken using collaborative 3D BIM (with all project and asset information, documentation and data being electronic); and • asset creation and operating information be based on open standards for information exchange. Contractors tendering for Tasmanian Government construction projects will need to comply with the new requirements.52 Although on a smaller scale than some of the other states, Tasmania has led BIM pilot testing and data collecting from much earlier than some of their counterparts. The interesting and most recent commitment from DPAC and to be supported by Treasury, will be how the industry chooses to support the government initiatives. Linking BIM to levels of Government Understanding that DPAC will be leading BIM for Tasmania, it is important that the value is realised for each of the governments responsibilities. The first objective is to link BIM and Digital Delivery to the governments agenda or strategy. The second objective is to link with the Government Agencies or Departments. DPAC issued Tasmania’s strategy for 2016-2018 and noted two key points: • Support job creation and economic growth; and • Ensure the Budget remains on a sustainable footing so that the Government can invest more in essential services such as health, education and public safety.53 51 Tasmanian Government Spatial Committee, 2011, ‘2011 Activity Report’, accessed 5 October 2016, bhconsultants.com.au Doc#: AUTJ3AD0004_JR001_R1 Page 25 of 29 BIM Report – Government Strategy BIM and Digital Delivery can contribute in both of these areas. The first point is noted in the earlier portions of this report under ‘BIM by Australian State Agencies and Councils’. Western Australia and Victoria have taken two different approaches to establishing job creation or growth. The commonality is they are both through upskilling the current workforce in technological solutions for their construction market sector. The second point is echoed through the entire report, where BIM has been implemented to have a better understanding of the Government or Government Agencies, Site (Estates), Facilities and Assets. The main objective is to establish exactly what is owned, how is it maintained, and how is it performing. The graphical models and data will help drive this efficiency on many levels. This we will go into further detail in the second objectives, linking with Government Agencies or Departments. There are key departments that have established their interest in BIM for Tasmania. This is the Department of Health and Human Services, Land Tasmania – specifically the Spatial Committee, Infrastructure Tasmania and Treasury and Finance. To understand the benefits, we need to connect each of these departments to the value BIM and Digital Delivery could bring to them. The detail of the value is significant to the departments. In an effort to reduce the complexity it is best to break it down into the whole-of-life functions of their assets. Whole-of-life functions 1. Feasibility 2. Procurement 3. Design 4. Construction 5. Operation and Maintenance, and 6. Government Reporting Figure 9: Whole-of-Life Functions The functions listed all have levels of data that is required either to, establish needs or decisions, confirm compliance or communicate performance. Smart ICT solutions are required to enable best performance of these functions. This is to connect the information (graphics and data), so that it becomes useful and interactive to all users. This we will go into further detail in the ‘Recommendations’ section of the report. BIM and Digital Delivery connect to the Government, their agencies and their departments, to enable fluency in data and information collaboration and communication. Technology enables this information interaction to occur with fluency. This produces a necessity for the market sectors and industries to upskill. In return, this creates new jobs and is expected to enhance the economic performance of our States and the Nation. The objective is to create the information framework for each of the departments that will establish guidance to their whole-of-life needs. The key will be how to integrate the needs of all departments into a Nationwide solution. Recommendations Established throughout this report is the approach to BIM and Digital Delivery being supported by both Government and Industry. The recommendation is for Government to produce a strategy with Industry bodies that structures performance indicators. The indicators should assist in the Nations improvement in productivity and sustainability. This is due to the main guides of each State government needing to deliver in these areas. Recommendations in this report will focus on how to establish teams and responsibilities to create the requirements. Following is a further developed map from the example BEIIC showed in the Productivity Report. This map has been established to show how responsibilities could be divided up between Government and Industry. bhconsultants.com.au Doc#: AUTJ3AD0004_JR001_R1 Page 26 of 29 BIM Report – Government Strategy Figure 10: National Government & Industry Focus Integrated State Government Taskforce National approaches to BIM are difficult to establish with the many objectives each State is trying to achieve. It is recommended that the Tasmanian Government approach BIM and Digital delivery with one overarching committee reporting to National working groups. The committee will speak on behalf of the State working groups and communicate back. The State working groups will work with the varied departments of government and report to the committee. The committee – Tasmanian Industry Modernisation Committee, could establish themselves as a separate group or utilise the leadership of the State working groups. The State working groups will be divided into three objectives; Data requirements, IT requirements and Social / Public Interaction requirements. Figure 11: Suggested Tasmanian Industry Modernisation Committee bhconsultants.com.au Doc#: AUTJ3AD0004_JR001_R1 Page 27 of 29 BIM Report – Government Strategy Data Requirements Data requirements is information (graphical and data) established from the whole-of-life functions of a site, facility or asset. Government, departments and agencies all have procedures that they follow to assist in decision making and reporting. Reverse engineering this information will create employer information requirements – EIR. When mapped to BIM and Digital delivery, government will establish a unique level of return from their data. This return will be noticed from feasibility through to operations, maintenance and eventual decommissioning. All of the departments involved in the construction market sector should go through the same process to ensure symmetry and standards for their industries. The departments will need to think about how they would best like to see the data presented for each stage of the life-cycle. This will include understanding security and privacy levels, along with peer group levels that have access to the data. The complexity of the work carried out by this working group may seem detailed. It should be noted that this information will already be established within the departments. The complexity will be in mapping the information appropriately to meet demands. IT Requirements IT requirements is a large portion to how this information will be obtained, utilised and filtered. The working group needs to establish the multiple levels of IT systems that will be utilised. This ranges from software applications through to local / personal utilisation (PCs, tablets etc.), and large data storage centres. To establish this information, they will need to span across both the data requirements and the social or public interactions working groups. The complexity of the work carried out by this working group is in mapping the variables in data formats. The different views or dashboards in how the data will be viewed, filtered and secured will also be high on the list of complexity. The IPO - input-process-output model, will be best utilised to establish the needs. When used in conjunction with the whole-of-life functions this will produce a clear vision for IT to map for departments and the public. Social / Public Interaction Requirements The aspects of data use are extremely significant when you think about the benefits a digitised system can bring to the public. This ranges from access to data for all emergency and disaster services, through to public events, and stakeholders delivering Government projects. The formation of the ‘lenses’ over this data will need to be established with the IT and Data working groups. The benefits this brings will maximise public safety and deliver a level of security to how we meet challenging events. The complexity will be in connecting the data to each public groups need. This is the most detailed of all the working groups as this is not just government departments but state agencies that will need to be involved in the process. The objective is to establish what data will each of the public services groups need. How can security be planned better at large sporting events (using pedestrian mapping and 3D model sequencing)? How can the fire brigade use the data on a commercial building in the CBD (using information and models such as construction materials, smoke compartmentation, location of fire hose reels etc.)? How can a Designer create a high-rise building and understand the impact on the city it is making (using city models for wind, energy and façade material impacts)? The delivery of this information will change the way the public interact with the construction market sectors information. bhconsultants.com.au Doc#: AUTJ3AD0004_JR001_R1 Page 28 of 29 BIM Report – Government Strategy Although complex to structure, it is expected that the information already established within the agencies can be mapped to those that are created through BIM and Digital Delivery. In return it will create better solutions for our cities and indicate a clear view on how construction projects can impact the way a city or State operates. Development of Advanced Innovation Groups The integrated state government solution mentioned earlier, refers to current business and how to enable a modernised approach to delivery. When the data realisation develops within Government and departments, there will be a surge in analytics and new methods to using the data. This is when the Smart Cities and the work being carried out by selected State Chief Digital Officer’s will merge. The result will be an endless supply of information to maximise how Australia operates and performs. The information that this will provide is expressed through many of the Smart City theories and models. Data ranging from how sustainable our country is, through to how our water, transport and energy infrastructure performs. It is important to meet this emergence by keeping government agencies creative and innovative. The development of an advanced innovation group is suggested to review and react to how the modernised approach can be maximised. Figure 12: State Modernisation Committees merging with State Smart Cities Conclusion BIM and Digital delivery creates many benefits beyond the standard delivery of sites, facilities and assets. Governments across the world are endorsing and mandating many different approaches to compliment or enhance their country or department objectives. This will range from reducing operating costs through to creating more sustainable construction and exportable expertise. In Australia, the State Government approaches have had many years of pilot testing. This has resulted in a variety of different departments taking on the responsibility of mandating BIM. The two key areas Australia tends to focus on is in the improvement of the departments project delivery, and in establishing future growth in new industries. This is consistent with some of the mandates across the world. Tasmania’s State Government has a prime opportunity to be involved in the evolution of the construction market sector. The key will be organising the correct approach to structure the data requirements and the intelligent systems to deliver the requirements effectively. This can be established through smarter data sorting and maximising the use of modern technologies to deliver projects. The focus will be to deliver to the State, a system that will enhance many aspects of the economy, ranging from project delivery to new industries within the market. bhconsultants.com.au Doc#: AUTJ3AD0004_JR001_R1 Page 29 of 29