Industry Projects
This is a selection of industry projects, that helped drive technological advencement to our built environment.
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Industry projects are fundamental to gain buy-in from the market for significant change. The projects shown are initiatives that have made an impact to Digital Delivery in Australia and across the globe.
Australian BIM Academic Forum (ABAF)
Academic and industry across Australia
Position on Project: Leadership Board
Introduction
The Australian BIM academic forum is a collection of universities and industry across Australia looking to develop a strategy for a unified approach to BIM and digital engineering eduction. This group of around 100 hundred representatives released a framework for programs to be built around in 2021.
The latest leadership team are developing a strategy that tackles multiple levels of education. This is due to the skills shortage but also in recognition that digital delivery has matured signficantly over the past few years. This maturity has led to a greater diversity in roles and a need to add digital delivery from Primary School and High School, to Tech schools and TAFE, through to univerisities and professional development training.
Impact
The impact recognised to date, is a greater inderstanding of the content needed in the programs and courseware. This is increasing with the next releases as educators have requested advice to implement the courseware.
Expected next release mid – 2023.
BIMcreds
BuildingSMART Australasia
Position on Project: Supplier and Technical Advisor
Introduction
In 2016/2017 buildingSMART Australasia (bSA) was looking for a strategy to understand the industry needs in BIM/Digital Engineering training. In discussions with QSxTech (David Mitchell) we proposed a certification exam to establish a benchmark. This selection of exams were to further progress the BIM Knowledge and Skills Framework released earlier in the year.
After producing the scope of the exams, developing the blueprint framework, and then creating the question bank, the project was turned into an industry initiative. Where a working group was formed and the question bank was updated.
Impact
The exams created new education models for those wanting to prepare before the exams. It also helped with Australia being recognised in the global market as bSA were approached by BuildingSMART International to use the question bank and blueprint to build a global certification model. This has developed into a new global model called PCert and this certification is now a requirement for many government contracts across the globe.
BIM Knowledge and Skills Framework
Australasian Procurement and Construction Council
Position on the Project: Technical Advisor and Project Leader
Introduction
In 2016 the Australasian Procurement and Construction Council (APCC) with Australian Construction Industry Forum (ACIF) were looking for a strategy to maximise the value of BIM in the construction industry. As a team we developed the vision to deliver improved efficiencies and productivity, whilst increasing innovation across the public and private sectors of the built environnment.
A working group was formed to produce a framework methodology to assist industry, academia, and Government (Treasury) in understanding the knowledge and skills they require for digital delivery.
Impact
The framework was completed in 2017 and introduced the market by Minister – Julian Leeser. The release was supported by APCC and ACIF members along with industry and industry bodies.
The impact to the industry was recognised quickly with the framework being utilised for BIM credentials (BIMcreds) by BuildingSMART (2016/17).
This progressed further and has been included in the Australasian BIM Academic Forum to assist with university curriculum.
Australia and New Zealand Revit Standards (ANZRS)
Independent Group of Volunteers
Position on the Project: Co-Author, Partnership Agreements Manager
Introduction
In 2009 at a technology conference with around 400 attendees it became apparent that the industry were upset that the technology required so much capital investment to make it work for every business application. Consequently, an industry-wide initiative was instigated to improve the understanding of the technology, and to establish benchmark performance guidelines to improve productivity.
Impact
The guidelines developed had such a significant buy-in from the industry at the time that it expanded across 76 countries in a few months. It was converted to other languages, and conferences across the globe were requesting presentations. The impact to industry came in many areas:
- Uplift in productivity for those using the technology, an example given at the time was 40,000hrs down to 80hrs.
- Increased revenue for those developing content as a part of their service offering.
- A new market niche for content developers.
- Increased income for those with the specialist skills, as they were finally recognised as an asset.