Position paper: digital engineering and building information modelling in Australia
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Frequently Asked Questions (12)
Q2. What is the ideal application of BIM in a project?
Digital twin represents the ideal application of BIM in a project, where DE implementation in ultimate levels should result in the implementation of Industry 4.0 [61], where cyber-physical systems integrate into a new production system and economy.
Q3. What is the significance of the construction industry in Australia?
The construction industry generates over $350 billion in revenue, producing around 8.1% of Australia’s GDP, with a projected annual growth rate of 2.5% between 2019 to 2024 [20].
Q4. What are the key visions for the construction industry in Australia?
Of the nine key visions emerging from Construction 2020, “Information and communication technologies for construction” and “virtual prototyping for design, manufacture and operation” were mentioned as the industry strategic visions for the development of the digital built environment in Australia [25].
Q5. What are the main challenges of the Australian construction industry?
Despite its significance, the Australian construction industry has major challenges – high construction costs, unsatisfactory project performance, poor safety, and low construction productivity [21 ,22].
Q6. What is the role of Transport for NSW in the development of DE in Australia?
Transport for NSW (TfNSW) has acted as the driving force behindpromoting the adoption of DE in Australia, to maximise quality and efficiency in delivering transport projects [65].
Q7. What is the ideal use of BIM across all phases of asset lifecycle?
The ideal use of BIM across all phases of asset lifecycle is only partially realised (see Edirisinghe [47],PishdadBozorgi et al. [48],Gao and Pishdad-Bozorgi [49]); BIM is currently used only on project delivery phase to fulfil bespoke project level objectives [6 ,50].
Q8. What is the role of the TfNSW in promoting DE in Australia?
state governments in Australia, as well as the private sector, have recognised the great potential provided by DE for improving various facets of delivering and managing buildings and infrastructure assets and networks [36 ,63].
Q9. What is the definition of the term BIM?
The widespread acceptance of BIM and recognising it as the vision for the future of the Australian construction industry come from both the building industry [1 ,32 ,35], as well as the infrastructure sector [37 ,38].
Q10. What are the main organisations that have promoted the concept of BIM in Australia?
Professional organisation in the Australian construction industry have promoted the concept of BIM, as their primary target: NATSPEC [29], buildingSMART Australasia [30]; Australian Institute of Architects and Consult Australia [31]; Australian Institute of Building [32]; Australian Construction Industry Forum and Australasian Procurement and Construction Council [33]; AMCA [34] and recently ABAB [35] (see Hampson and Shemery [36] for details).
Q11. What are the main points of distinction between DE and BIM?
Though considered as a selling point for DE, collaboration and smooth exchange of data across a network of various data sources and interoperable systems are central elements of BIM [10].
Q12. What is the economic impact of the construction industry?
The construction industry hasalso one of the greatest economic spill over effects, namely, it represents an additional economic benefit of $2.86 for every $1 of construction Gross Domestic Product (GDP) [3]