Review Article

BIM: Enabling Sustainability and Asset Management through Knowledge Management

Table 2

Overview of applications of BIM in the current and past projects.

Project or organisationRole of BIM within the project

The Sydney Opera House [9]BIM as a support for integrated facility management
The Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE) project [10]COBIE is creating a standardized content and format for information handover to operations and maintenance, as a part of the U.S. National BIM standard (NBIMS)
Public schools in Bourgogne (France) [12] All the public schools of the region will progressively become available in IFC format (CADOLE project, funded by the region as facility manager)
US General Services Administration (GSA) [11] The GSA has created its own 3D-4D BIM Program. Starting from 2007, the GSA has mandated the use of interoperability and IFC for all major projects. This followed a pilot study which tested BIM on 9 separate projects
The US Pentagon Renovation and Construction Program (PENREN) [56] The US PENREN Program uses the diagnostic Postoccupancy Evaluation (POE) process which systematically evaluates the performance of built assets after they have been built and occupied for a length of time
The Airbus restaurant in France
(IAI 2006)
Main purpose: to populate the FM system with IFC files provided by the designers
The Freedom Tower in New York City [30].
When completed, the Freedom Tower will be 1,776 feet tall, the world’s tallest built asset, and contain approximately 2.6 million square feet. Given the high visibility and aggressive schedule associated with such a large, complex project, SOM’s commitment to a full BIM approach to the project is both a bold bet and the only realistic way to deliver on the unique demands of this project
The UK Process Protocol model [57] Based on a 2D model, the process protocol adopts a normative approach to inspire companies to use a more disciplined strategy to project management
The model from the Finnish Construction Process [58] The Technical Research Centre of Finland created a model that followed existing practice quite close, since the input consisted of checklists of tasks produced by the Built asset Information Institute, which are the ‘‘de facto’’ standard in Finland
The IBPM of Pennsylvania State University [59] The work carried out by the Pennsylvania State University has a large influence on the later work in formalised modelling technology. It was carried out with close collaboration with industry and real projects
The Dutch ‘‘Bouw informatie model’’ [60] They used BIM in essence as a design process model, intended to serve as a framework for describing information in the creation and modelling of the model
Queensland State Archives, RuncornThis is pilot project conducted by the Department of Public Works where a 3D model was developed from 2D drawings and used for the design and construct phase. The project is currently being evaluated. A 4D construction scheduling was also a key element of this project
US Army Corps of EngineersThe US Army Corps of Engineers and a global engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) firm,as a partnership, work together to develop new US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) project deliverable standards for BIM applications