The emergence of BIM promises a greater opportunities for the construction industry in Malaysia. A decade ago, BIM was just buzzword. Since then, BIM has increasingly been embraced by many local players. Seeing the benefits, the Public Work Department (PWD) has institutionalised the BIM process since 2007. The efforts that have been made are obviously in line with the aims and objectives that were envisioned for Malaysia through the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), the Eleventh Malaysia Plan (RMK11) and the Construction Industry Transformation Programme (CITP).
BIM Guide 4: Execution is a continuation from the earlier published 3 part BIM Guide books – BIM Guide 1 (Awareness); BIM Guide 2 (Readiness); and BIM Guide 3 (Adoption). This book contains specific guidelines for BIM implementation which are required to enhance the direction of BIM adoption at the National level. It also provides a direction and framework to initiate BIM processes in their respective organisations. The BIM Guide serves as a resource for policymakers, industry players, academicians and researchers in order to move towards more effective BIM implementation in Malaysia. This BIM Execution Plan serves as a guideline and reference for the construction players to implement and execute BIM in their project. This initiative is part of the strategy to assist the industry players to move from BIM Level 1 to Level 2 in 2020.
This BIM Guide is divided into three parts:
– Part 1: Introduction to BIM Execution Plan
– Part 2: A case study on BIM implementation Public Work Department (PWD) and SIME Darby Property Sdn. Bhd.
– Part 3: Sample of BIM Execution Plan
This BIM Guide will be updated periodically based on industryÂ’s needs.
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The BIM Guide 5 – Â’BIM Project GuideÂ’ is a document that is published by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) to promote and support the use of BIM in the Malaysian construction industry. Accordingly, the BIM Guide 5 – ‘BIM Project GuideÂ’ is a continuation from the series of BIM guide books, namely BIM Guide 1- Awareness, BIM Guide 2- Readiness, BIM Guide 3- Adoption, and BIM Guide 4- BIM Execution Plan. More importantly, this guide draws on the best BIM practices implemented by a number of countries and local organisations around the world. The uptake and understanding of BIM within Malaysian construction industry is expected to increase since the release of the previous series of BIM guidebooks. CIDB has worked together with public agencies alliance including Public Work Department (JKR), professional bodies, and private organisations in developing this guide that focuses on the consistent approach of BIM utilisation in a project. The BIM Guide 5 – ‘BIM Project GuideÂ’ is developed substantially with BS EN ISO 19650 with the aim of outlining the processes of BIM implementation in a construction project. Overall, it is hoped that the BIM Guide 5 – BIM Project Guide is able to assist construction industry players in implementing BIM and help to unlock BIM benefits for a wider Malaysian construction industry.
The BIM Guide 5 – ‘BIM Project Guide’ aims to outline the processes of BIM implementation in construction project. This guide is intended to be used to:
– promote the use of BIM throughout the life-cycle
– creates a common BIM understanding for the construction industry
– define BIM deliverables in construction project
– clarifies the process for implementing BIM in construction project
– define roles and responsibilities of project members.
This guide can be used as reference by project teams to implement BIM on a project when practical. It contains knowledge and practical experience of implementing BIM in the construction project. The guide is organised in several section consisting of:
– Section 1: Introduction
– Section 2: BIM basics in project
– Section 3: BIM workflow
– Section 4: BIM modelling and documentation practice.
This guide is developed substantially with BS EN ISO 19650 with the aim of outlining the processes of BIM implementation in a construction project. It also aligns with the PAS 1192 standards, which formed the basis of the UKÂ’s approach to BIM, but which are now being superseded as the BS EN ISO19650 series of documents is developed. The evolution of these standards facilitates a consistent approach to information management at both national and international level.
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The global Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0) calls for Malaysian Construction Industry to transform their current approaches and practices in order to contribute significantly to the nation’s economic prosperity. IR4.0 will transform the Malaysian Construction Industry from intensive labour force-based industry to the use of automation and mechanisation to improve productivity and efficiency. The process involves optimising the conventional construction process towards Construction 4.0 through the application of advanced technologies. The introduction of BIM has helped transform the conventional construction process into an innovative delivery model. BIM requires specific legal and contractual requirements. In Malaysia, an increasing number of projects have started to use BIM at various levels since early 2000, however, contractual arrangements still remain conventional. To meet BIM requirement, the legal and contract terms should consider to be extended to digital construction production processes (model, data and information).
This document highlights the Legal & Contractual implications of BIM encountered by the Malaysian construction industry. Therefore, suggestions for improvement to accommodate Construction 4.0 are proposed. This document is designed to aid the stakeholders to embrace Construction 4.0 by addressing the challenges and proposing strategic outcomes. It should be read as the motivation to reform the Malaysian industry, thrusting the industry into Construction 4.0. This document provides the framework by categorising the case for change, where it currently is, where it wants to be and how it gets there? Leveraging on the legal and contractual issues of BIM implementation, this document suggests appropriate and specific action plans to drive the Malaysia Construction Industry productivity and efficiency towards Construction 4.0.
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The public works department (JKR) has published this strategic plan focusing on the period of 2021 to 2025. JKR is the organisation charged with the development of national infrastructure. The strategic plan looks at how they will meet the countries aims through the eyes of improving infrastructure and also how they will develop in a sustainable way. JKR is one of the technical agencies which sit under the Ministry of Works (KKR).
JKR and the strategic plan outlined in this document are developing using new digital technologies as part of an initiative to support infrastructure development. The strategic plan links with BIM by talking through the sustainability aims of JKR as well as looking at how to strengthen the approach to asset management. The plan specifically looks at assets and how the management through the whole lifecycle can be considered in the most optimized way.
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The Construction Industry Transformation Programme (CITP) was developed to address the issues in the industry and also to enact a transformation of the industry into one which is modern and updated. Central to this the CITPÂ’s aim to become the catalyst for generating a succession of interlinked multiplier effects on a host of sectors, to help transform Malaysia to be a developed nation with a sustainable high-income economy. The CITP is only the first step in transforming the construction industry; the successful interdependence among the various ministries and agencies is paramount for the sustainability of MalaysiaÂ’s long-term goals. The CITB collaborates with myBIM to provide BIM Training. This program is mainly targeting the industry player such as Contractors, Architect, Engineer , Surveyor etc. to learn the process of implementing the BIM process including the usage of tools and managing the construction site by using BIM. Adapting to the advantages BIM offers requires investment in staff, processes, and technology. Approaching these changes with a positive attitude will speed the transition and allow firms to quickly realise the productivity and quality gains possible with BIM.
The myBIM website contains details of the physical myBIM centre as well as detail around their programme and approach to providing upskilling related to BIM in Malaysia. The website also contains sections on BIM resources, current training courses and the facilities available at myBIM. The website also contains other knowledge resources and media links.
The Nepal Building Information Modeling Forum (NBIMF) is a non-profit organization officially registered in Nepal in 2020. It is a group of scholars who work collectively to educate the Nepalese Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry about BIM. NBIMF mainly focus on the four areas of BIM as Research, Implementation, Standardization, and Education of BIM. These four areas are initialised as the ‘RISE’ revolution of the Nepalese AEC industry.
The NBIMF Mission is to support the Nepalese AEC industry in adopting BIM in its projects and to help them deliver high-quality construction projects. They actively coordinate with various stakeholders of the Nepalese construction industry and provide them with necessary technical support in BIM implementation. The NBIMF vision is to see BIM being used in infrastructure projects at the Nepalese AEC industry from the preliminary phase of the project to the final phase of construction and operation management.
The group provide support and education to the Nepalese AEC industry to make them aware of the benefits of BIM. They also work with the Nepalese government to implement BIM in various Nepalese infrastructure projects. NBIMF also work together with Nepalese BIM professionals and discuss digital construction solutions that can be adopted by the professionals of Nepalese AEC industry.
The NBIMF is a membership gorup and the website contains a signup for membership as well as access to the membership area. For non members the website contains information about the work of the NBIMF in terms of information about the setup and committee alongside a blog of recent news and publications. The website also contains an activities page which holds information related to Researc, Education, and events. The NBIMF also have a facebook page with recent updates: https://www.facebook.com/groups/548135325583756/
BIM Loket is working towards a sector in which working with BIM and open standards is the norm. As part of this they need to develop information and training related to BIM to upskill the industry and increase the capability to deliver these requirements. The BIM Loket website contains lots of information and support documentation like this Atlas of Open BIM Standards. In the Atlas of open BIM standards you will find an overview of the various standards, and their mutual relationships from different angles. In addition to the existing relationships, the atlas also describes desired, future relationships. In this way, the atlas provides input for the BIM Loket’s plans for the coming years. The appendix contains a more detailed description per standard, including the relationships with the other standards.
The atlas not only describes the standards that are managed at BIM Loket, but also related standards of our partner organizations and important international standards and norms. In the document “Roadmap standards analysis c1” the relationships between all these standards have been explored in more detail. Both documents form the input for the (further) development of the Roadmap standards in 2020. The Roadmap, in turn, forms input for the BIM Loket’s long-term plan. In addition, the Roadmap is important input for the Digital Built Environment System (DSGO), which will be set up in the coming years in the context of digitization movement for the construction of digiGO.
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BIM Loket is working towards a sector in which working with BIM and open standards is the norm. As part of this they need to develop information and training related to BIM to upskill the industry and increase the capability to deliver these requirements. The BIM Loket website contains lots of information and support documentation like this section on ILS Design & Engineering. The Information Delivery Specification Design & Engineering (ILS O&E) is an initiative with the potential to make a very big impact. On 1 January 2021, the management of the ILS O&E was transferred to the BIM Loket who wholeheartedly support this initiative and it’s future development.
The second version of this implementing directive builds on the previously laid foundation and has been supplemented with feedback and insights from the professional field. This renewed BIM basis ILS offers guidance and tips for the structured and unambiguous exchange of information in construction. The guide goes through the various steps of information exchange, from section 1 on why we exchange information through to Section 4 which looks at what information is required as a minimum in the development of the 3D models.
BIM Loket is working towards a sector in which working with BIM and open standards is the norm. As part of this they need to develop information and training related to BIM to upskill the industry and increase the capability to deliver these requirements. The BIM Loket website contains lots of information and support documentation like this series of documents and downloads related to BIM in Infrastructure. Better use of digitization and computerization is an important ‘driver’ in enabling a productivity leap. Seamless exchange of digital information between clients and contractors is essential and accelerates the digitization of the infrastructure sector. This is only possible if all parties involved speak the same language. That is why the Department of Engineering Firms Construction Companies (VIB) of Bouwend Nederland and the BIM Loket are introducing the BIM basis Infra. With these agreements on data exchange, the sector is taking an important step towards better digital collaboration.
Client, contractor, supplier and subcontractor in the infrastructure sector have a common language for 3D modeling. The BIM basis Infra is not a new standard but an answer to the question: how are we going to exchange digital information in the infrastructure in a structured and unambiguous way? Agreements have been made with BIM basis Infra about the exchange of models, such as file names and type of CAD files (such as .dwg). But also which geographical coordinate system is used to position a bridge or road, so that all models fit together. In addition, we record what information we add to 3D models, such as used material (such as concrete or asphalt).
BIM Loket is working towards a sector in which working with BIM and open standards is the norm. As part of this they need to develop information and training related to BIM to upskill the industry and increase the capability to deliver these requirements. The BIM Loket website contains lots of information and support documentation like this guidance report on BIM in legislation and regulations. The project which led to the report, titled “Room for BIM in legislation and regulations” explores the possibilities and impossibilities within laws and regulations for the application of BIM as a uniform/standard working method. First of all, the research focuses on the use of BIM data/files when applying for the Environmental Permit within the existing permit practice. The main conclusion of the study is that obstacles in existing legislation stand in the way of a successful application of BIM. Investments in BIM by the construction sector therefore have less business and social return and even lead to extra costs and time requirements for clients and construction companies.
The time horizon of this report based on the exploration of opportunities for BIM in legislation and regulations is 3 years. Some of th questions asked in the report include: what is the low-hanging fruit in existing legislation and regulations, where are the urgency and the concrete possibilities for BIM in legislation and regulations in this period?With this focus on low-hanging fruit, this exploration provides the basis for a strategic agenda for realizing the opportunities for BIM in legislation and regulations in that period. This strategic agenda could be seamlessly incorporated into the Building Agenda and could be realized within 4 years of the current Government.
The main conclusion of the study is that investments in BIM by the construction sector have less commercial and social return and, on the contrary, lead to extra costs and time for clients and construction companies than would be possible if the obstacles to BIM in existing legislation are removed. A large part of the current obstacles to the use of BIM in the entire chain from initiative and design to use, management and maintenance are in existing legislation and regulations, especially in the Ministerial Regulation Environment Act (MOR) of the WABO. The MOR blocks the use of BIM in the permit application for the Environmental permit. Partly because of this, there is a lack of a strong incentive for the competent authority for the environmental permit and in particular for municipalities to prepare for receiving BIM data (especially IFC models) from the permit process and the reuse of this BIM data. for other policy objectives. The majority of municipalities hardly seem to prepare for BIM yet. In the survey conducted (a sample of construction companies working with BIM), the construction sector indicates that it is being urged to remove this blockage and in particular to add IFC to the list of permitted formats for attachments to the permit application for the Environmental Permit. In addition, the study has mapped out the opportunities for BIM in the Quality Assurance for Building Act (WKB) and in the Digital Government Act. In summary.
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