AU BIM Standards
AU BIM Standards
AU BIM Standards
This NATSPEC BIM Paper is for those who have been seriously
considering implementing BIM within their organisation and are
now asking ‘What do we do next’?
The paper covers the preparation and planning required by
architectural or engineering personnel who want to make
implementation happen. It provides general guidance on the topic
and discusses some of the issues that need to be considered
and decisions to be made during the process.
The purpose of the ABAB As- The Project BIM Brief Template
set Information Requirements is used to outline initial strategic
(AIR) Guide is to assist clients decisions early in a project. It
and their consultants to define provides a means of documenting
their AIR in order to take ad- client requirements regarding BIM for
vantage of BIM’s capacity to their projects. By indicating the scope
deliver the information about of services required for the project, it
a built asset captured during allows the project team to formulate
the design and construction an effective response.
processes to those respon-
sible for its ongoing operation
and maintenance.
NATSPEC BIM
Open BIM Object Standard (OBOS) NATSPEC BIM Properties Generator
The OBOS is an international standard to promote best The BIM Properties Generator is a free online tool for
practice in BIM object creation. It is for standardising object designations,
use by all construction professionals properties and property names.
– designers, specifiers, manufacturers
and BIM content developers – to assist It provides an accessible user-friendly
the creation of standardised generic, resource for selecting properties
manufacturer and project-specific BIM based on open BIM standards.
objects of high quality. This streamlines the exchange and
Being based on open BIM standards interoperability of BIM objects between
such as Industry Foundation Classes disciplines and projects to promote
(IFC), the OBOS provides confidence to object authors productivity and progress across the
and, product manufacturers that their BIM objects will be Australian construction industry.
acceptable to end users.
NATSPEC – mainly through its BIM Portal website – provides There is no shortage of information available on BIM. On the
information to help people improve their knowledge of BIM contrary, the sheer volume of information can be overwhelming
and to allow them to make more effective use of the tools and it can take some time to find that which is relevant.
and project-related documents also found on the site. This
The content of the BIM Portal has been selected or developed
information takes the form of web pages and guides on
to provide targeted information for busy practitioners wanting
a number of topics, case studies and links to documents
to learn key concepts or quickly find tools and resources that
provided by other organisations.
can be readily applied on their projects.
The NATSPEC BIM Portal contains all of the resources mentioned in this document and many more. Many of the documents
and tools are designed to work together and provide a useful, practical means of implementing BIM on projects. All are free and
aligned to Australian industry practices.
Some of the resources that can be found under the following menus include:
Documents Resources
• NATSPEC National BIM Guide suite of documents • Getting started with BIM
• Open BIM Object Standard • Introduction to BIM
• NATSPEC BIM Papers on a variety of subjects • BIM Guides by other organisations
• ABAB BIM Process Consistency Report • BIM Management Plans by other organisations
• ABAB Asset Information Requirements Guide • BIM topics including COBie and Object Libraries
• NATSPEC BIM Papers on a variety of subjects • Case Studies of BIM projects
• Templates, Proforma and Checklists • Presentations from recent BIM events
• Glossary of BIM terms
Tools R & D Projects
• NATSPEC BIM Properties Generator • Details of Australian Government or industry
• SBEnrc BIM Value Tool organisation R & D projects
• SBEnrc BIM Value Benchmarking Tool
• Keynoting Framework
• Classification and Filing Tools
To visit the NATSPEC BIM Portal go to www.natspec.com.au and click on the BIM logo.
NATSPEC is a national not-for-profit organisation, owned by Government and industry, whose objective is to
improve the construction quality and productivity of the built environment through leadership of information.
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