The concept of BIM has existed since the 1970s. And BIM process standards developed in the United Kingdom from 2007 onwards formed the basis of an international standard, ISO 19650, launched in January 2019. Developed by buildingSMART, Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs) – data structures for representing information – became an international standard, ISO 16739, in 2013. The development of standards and the adoption of BIM has progressed at different speeds in different countries.
The concept of BIM has been in development since the 1970s, but it only became an agreed term in the early 2000s. BIM software is used by individuals, businesses and government agencies who plan, design, construct, operate and maintain buildings and diverse physical infrastructures, such as water, refuse, electricity, gas, communication utilities, roads, railways, bridges, ports and tunnels. Building information models (BIMs) are computer files (often but not always in proprietary formats and containing proprietary data) which can be extracted, exchanged or networked to support decision-making regarding a built asset.
BIM is supported by various tools, technologies and contracts. For other uses, see Bim (disambiguation).īuilding information model of a mechanical room developed from lidar dataīuilding information modeling ( BIM) is a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of the physical and functional characteristics of places.
