Singapore BIM Guide

 The Singapore BIM Guide is a reference guide that outlines the roles and responsibilities of project members when using Building Information Modelling (BIM) at different stages of a project.

 Introduction

It is used as a reference guide for the development of a BIM Execution Plan, which will be agreed between the Employer and project members, for the successful implementation of a BIM project.

The Singapore BIM Guide consists of both BIM Specifications and BIM Modelling Requirements & Collaboration Procedures.

BIM Specifications

- It specifies the “what” – the “BIM deliverable” to be produced by “which” project member(s) at “what” stage of a project to meet “what” objectives. All the agreed deliverable are indicated in the “BIM objective and responsibility matrix” and signed off by the parties involved.
 

- Each deliverable consists of a set of BIM model elements (or elements). Each element is a digital representation of the physical and functional characteristics of an actual building component to be used in the project. 

- Each element consists of a set of attributes that defines its non-geometric properties.
BIM Modelling Requirements and Collaboration Procedures
 

- It defines the “how” – the steps taken to enable a BIM deliverable to be created and shared throughout the project.
 

- A set of modelling requirements is provided to guide the project members in creating their BIM deliverable to the right level of detail at different stages of the project. The modelling guidelines are grouped by architectural, structural and MEP disciplines in this version of the document.
 

- A set of collaboration procedures is also provided to guide the project members in sharing of their deliverable with other project members.
 

In summary, a successful execution of a BIM project requires careful planning to define an agreed set of BIM specifications, modelling requirements and collaboration procedures to guide the execution of the project.