Infrastructure information revolution

BUILDING Information Modelling (BIM) is a powerful model-based tool that is revolutionising the design, construction and management of infrastructure. It allows for the creation of intelligent, three-dimensional models that can be shared in the design, construction and management phases of infrastructure development.

Tomorrow, the Infrastructure and Communications Committee will meet with representatives of Autodesk—an international leader in the development of BIM, and creator of the AutoCAD design programme—to discuss the role that BIM can play in improving the quality and efficiency of infrastructure projects.

According to Autodesk, "25 per cent of infrastructure project costs are tied to change orders, requests for information (RFIs), rework, and design clashes that are not found until construction begins."

“The AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) industry is showing progress in improving their productivity and reducing these project costs through the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM).”

Committee Chairman Jane Prentice MP (Ryan, Qld) said, “The current Inquiry into the role of Smart ICT in the design and planning of infrastructure has already uncovered a range of exciting and innovative technologies, which have the potential to make the procurement of infrastructure more efficient and long-term management more effective.”

Mrs Prentice believes that BIM is set to revolutionise the way governments and industry do business when it comes to investing in infrastructure.

“The new tools becoming available to government and industry have the power to transform the economic productivity of infrastructure development, making existing infrastructure more productive and new infrastructure more cost-effective.”

Details of the hearing are as follows:
Date: Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Time: 8:00 am–9:00 am
Venue: Committee Room 1R3, Parliament House, Canberra

8:00am Autodesk (Submission 4)
The public hearing will be webcast live at http://www.aph.gov.au/live

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