BIM: Enabling Sustainability and Asset Management through Knowledge Management

Table 3

Overview of benefits of BIM to the asset life cycle stages.

	Planning	Construction	Facilities management	Decommissioning
Sydney Opera House			Faster and more effective processes. Information is more easily shared and reused/controlled whole-of-life costs and environmental data; Environmental performance is more predictable and life cycle costs are understood	Identify elements which can be recycled or those which require particular care (e.g., hazardous materials)
COBIE	Creating standardized content and format for information handover to construction	Better tracking of cost control and cash flow, particularly for large projects	Creating standardized content and format for information handover to operations and maintenance	Identify elements which can be recycled or those which require particular care (e.g., hazardous materials)
GSA BIM	Evaluate the design from many perspectives and through time	Enables demonstration of the construction process, including access and egress, traffic flows, site materials, machinery, and so forth	Capability to schedule maintenance and review maintenance history	Know the composition of structures prior to demolition
US Army Corps	Evaluate the design against building codes and sustainability before construction	More productive crews, as there are fewer changes to design once the construction has started, the ability to track work in real time, faster flow of resources, and site management	Manage the facility proactively	Identify elements which can be recycled or those which require particular care (e.g., hazardous materials)