Description

BIM Process Consistency:
Towards a Common Framework for
Digital Design, Construction and Operation

Australasian BIM Advisory Board (ABAB)
In May 2017, the Australasian BIM Advisory Board (ABAB) was established by the Australasian Procurement
and Construction Council (APCC) and the Australian Construction Industry Forum (ACIF), together with
NATSPEC, buildingSMART Australasia and Standards Australia. This partnership of national policy and key
standard-setting bodies represents a common-sense approach that captures the synergies existing in, and
between, each organisation’s areas of responsibility in the built environment. It also supports a more
consistent approach to the adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) across jurisdictional boundaries.
The establishment of the ABAB is a first for the Australasian building sector with government, industry and
academia partnering to provide leadership to improve productivity and project outcomes through BIM
adoption.
The ABAB is committed to optimal delivery of outcomes that eliminate waste, maximise end-user benefits
and increase the productivity of the Australasian economies. The ABAB has evolved from a previous APCC–
ACIF collaboration established in 2015 at a BIM Summit. This summit produced resource documentation
to support BIM adoption (refer to www.apcc.gov.au for copies).
Members of the ABAB have identified that, without central principal coordination, the fragmented
development of protocols, guidelines and approaches form a significant risk that may lead to wasted effort
and inefficiencies, including unnecessary costs and reduced competitiveness, across the built environment
industry.

www.abab.net.au

Product code: BIM Process Consistency_2018

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