Industry consultation report

This report is divided into two parts. Chapters 1, 2 and 3 cover the background study. A summarized review of the main BIM applications is presented. This section discusses the current state and capabilities of the products and applications supporting BIM. This includes discussion on BIM model servers as well as discipline specific applications, for which the distinction is explained below. This section is aimed at giving a broad overview of the tools and applications with respect to their BIM capabilities. An indicative summary of the main BIM tools considered here is presented in Table 1 at the beginning of chapter 2. The outcomes and observations from the workshops conducted with the industry focus groups are discussed in chapters 4 and 5. The workshops provide a forum for uncovering and discussing important issues of BIM adoption in design practice; in particular, current industry perceptions, changing work, role of technology, and expectations from BIM. This report discusses the patterns observed in the discussion. An analysis of the industry data is presented. The method used for analyzing the workshop data is discussed in detail. Chapter 4 discusses the data observed from the workshop in detail. A summary of the main issues emerging in the workshop is provided in Table 11 at the end of chapter 4. Plan for the case studies and priority issues to be tested are discussed in chapter 5.