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Annex B
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BCA’s Building Information Modelling Roadmap
Objective
BCA targets the construction industry to use Building Information Modelling (BIM) widely by 2015.
Strategies
To meet the objective, these are BCA’s strategies:
(A) Removing impediments to help the industry ease the transition from two-dimensional
computer aided design (CAD) to Building Information Modelling;
(B) Incentivising early adopters of BIM;
(C) Creating the demand with the public sector taking the lead;
(D) Building BIM capability and capacity; and
(E) Promoting success stories.
A. Removing impediments
To help the industry ease the transition from two-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD)
drawings to three-dimensional BIM, BCA has developed BIM submission templates to help the
industry adopt BIM while reducing their learning curve.
Architectural and structural BIM submission templates were introduced in January and November
2010 respectively, while the mechanical and electrical (M&E) submission template was introduced in
April 2011.
To facilitate information sharing, BCA and buildingSMART Singapore are developing a library of
building and design objects, as well as project collaboration guidelines by early 2012. To date, more
than 200 projects were submitted electronically to regulatory agencies using models rendered in
BIM.
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B. Incentivising early BIM adopters
To promote BIM among businesses and professionals in the industry as early as possible, BCA
introduced a S$6-million BIM Fund under the Construction Productivity and Capability Fund in June
2010. The BIM Fund covers costs on training, consultancy, software and hardware. To date, 70% of
the BIM Fund has been committed.
C. Creating the demand - public sector taking the lead
Countries such as the United States, Finland and Norway have made BIM mandatory for public-
sector building projects. Singapore’s public sector agencies are also taking the lead in specifying BIM
requirements for all new public sector building projects.
In 2011, BCA is working with key public agencies such as MOE, LTA and HDB to use BIM for a number
of pilot projects. From 2012, public sector agencies will require their industry consultants to use BIM
for their new projects.
In addition, mandatory regulatory submissions using BIM would be introduced for architectural
submission (by 2013), structural and M&E submissions (by 2014) and eventually for plan submissions
of all projects with gross floor area of more than 5,000 square metres by 2015.
D. Building capability and capacity
To equip industry practitioners and new entrants with expertise in BIM, BCA engaged institutes of
higher learning in Singapore to include BIM as part of their curriculum. In 2011, Singapore
Polytechnic and the National University of Singapore’s Architecture Department have started
teaching BIM to their students.
For the graduating batch of students in 2011, BCA organised intensive BIM training programmes to
equip them with BIM skills before they enter the industry.
To equip professionals in the industry, the BCA Academy of the Built Environment introduced a
Specialist Diploma degree in BIM in May 2011 and BIM Modeling and Management Courses in
September 2011. Currently, about 1,200 professionals in the industry and graduates are trained in
BIM.
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E. Promoting success stories
In September 2010, BCA established the Centre for Construction IT (CCIT) to guide professionals and
companies from the construction industry in their BIM journey. The Centre will set up an internet
portal on BIM and produce materials covering successful case studies and best practices to educate
the industry on BIM.
In addition, CCIT will work with buildingSMART Singapore and the industry to organise BIM
workshops and seminars regularly.
Recent events held were a BIM conference and BIM Design Competition in September 2011.
