BIM Libraries

Last updated: 11-03-2009

Relevant Codes and Standards

This section will be completed later as the National BIM Standard is currently under development and to get into detail prior to the consensus process would be inappropriate. Save it to say that at the current time the following items, listed alphabetically, are under consideration for inclusion in the National BIM Standard:

• BIM Overall Scope, Coverage of Version 1.0
• Business Processes & Business Rules
• CAD-United States National CAD Standard v 4.0
• CAD-GIS-BIM Open Standard–OWS-4
• Coast Guard Information Model Guidelines
• Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE) Project
• Code checking project
• Construction Scheduling SDEF mapping to IFC
• Contract Language for BIMs
• Data Models and Data Structures
• Ductwork fabrication ductXML mapping to IFC
• Structural Steel CIS/2 mapping to IFC
• Exchange Data Worksheet
• GSA BIM Guidelines
• Information Delivery Manual (IDM) Documentation
• Inter-agency Federal Asset Classification Team (IFACT) Project Fact Sheet (PDF 92 KB)
• BIM Capability Maturity Model
• NIST Project Handover Guide
• OSCRE Taxonomies
• International Reference Standards
• International Alliance for Interoperability, IFC's (ISO PAS 16739)
• STEP (ISO 10303)
• Integration of life-cycle data for process plants including oil and gas production facilities (ISO 15926)
• Framework for Information (ISO 12006)

Other

• OmniClass
• IFC Model
• IDM
• MVD
• IFD Library
• aecXML schema

Reports / Guidelines / Publications

• Journal of Building Information Modeling (JBIM)—This twice-yearly publication provides articles of interest to the community. A live version with web content is being planned to augment the current product.
• AEC Bytes—progressive information about BIM and CAD issues.
• AIArchitect
• "Master Builder, R.I.P."
• "It's Not Always About BIM"
• "Architect Creates Design Synthesis Software"
• "Leveraging BIMformation"
• "Which Architecture Firms Are Using BIM? Why?"
• "Converging Technologies"
• "One Hundred Percent BIM"
• "FOX Architects Takes the Plunge"
• "BIM 2011: A Five-Year Forecast"
• "BIM Me Up, Scotty"
• "Faith-based BIM"
• AIA Integrated Project Delivery
• All Things BIM
• Cadalyst—online and print magazine covering AEC, MCAD, and GIS
• CAD Digest—"The reading room for computer aided design"
• Charles Pankow Foundation "Building Information Modeling for Architectural Precast Concrete" Report
• CIS/2
• The Laserin Letter—ongoing in issues from mid 2002.
• The BIM Page
• McGraw-Hill SmartMarket Report
• The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America. The Contractors' Guide to BIM. (PDF) AGC of America, 2006.

White Papers

• Newforma white papers
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) "GCR 04-867 Cost Analysis of Inadequate Interoperability in the U.S. Capital Facilities Industry" (PDF)
• Government/Industry Forum—October 31, 2006 National Academies' Federal Facilities Council
• Antelman, Albert and James Clayton. Facilities Management/Performance Assessment and Metrics - Facility Management Triage
• Arfsten, Scott. BIM Education for Today's CMAA Members
• Brodt, Bill. Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE)
• Brodt, Bill. SpecsIntact and the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications Support for Sustainability
• Christensen, Doug and Spencer Moore. GAO Best Practice T.E.A.M.S. (Total Enterprise Asset Management Solution) applied to an Air Force Base
• Cocroft, Nancy. National Park Service Facility Planning Model
• Dahl, Pete. Pulling User Feedback into Renovation Design at the Pentagon
• Davoodpour, Shiva. Building Information Modeling
• Dempsey, James. Facility Asset Management Doctrine
• Ellis, Bryon. BIM: An Informational Tool for Stakeholders (PDF)
• Geldermann, Dan. Streamlined Facilities Condition Assessments and Deferred Maintenance Cost Estimates
• Hammond, Dave. The Framework for Integrated Decision-Making
• Kam, Calvin. GSA's National 3D-4D-BIM Program
• Kam, Calvin. An Example of Successful Government-Academia Partnership
• Kymmell, William. Outline for a BIM Curriculum
• Lee, Sang Hoon. Efficient Energy Management of Campus Facilities
• Marrano, Lance. Objective Facility Assessment and Planning for Full Investment Needs
• McNeil, Sue. Using a Community of Practice for the Exchange of Transportation Asset Management Information
• Ninassi, Carlo. Design and Implementation of an Asset Management Tool: The IRS Post of Duty Guidelines System
• Onuma, Kimon. Integrated Facility Planning using BIM Web Portals
• Raynault, Eloisa. Performance-Based Asset Management: Maintaining and Preserving Lighting Assets in the District of Columbia
• Sabol, Louise. Bridging the Data Gap in Federal Asset Management
• Scalfari, Louis. Integration of Facility Condition Assessments, Master Plans, and Capital Improvements Programming: Case Study—U.S. Capitol Complex
• Scheer, David. From an Educational Perspective: BIM in the Architectural Curriculum
• Sullivan, John. Transitioning to BIM
• Mattila, K., Pocock, J. and Suermann, P. "Methods to Assist in Teaching Planning and Scheduling". Associated Schools of Construction National Conference
• Suermann, P. "Leveraging GIS in Defense and Response at the U.S. Air Force Academy". American Society of Civil Engineers International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Cancun, Mexico. 2005.
• Suermann, P. and Issa, R. "Evaluating the Impact of BIM on Construction". R.A. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality, State College, Pennsylvania. October 22-23, 2007.(PDF)

Articles

• Campbell, Dace A. "Modeling Rules." Architecture Week, October 2006.
• Dean, Robert Paul, and Susan McClendon. "Specifying and Cost Estimating with BIM."
• Fischer, Martin, and John Kunz. "The Scope and Role of Information Technology in Construction." (PDF) CIFE Technical Paper - TR 156, February 2004.
• Kam, Calvin, and Martin Fischer. "Product Model & 4D CAD - Final Report." CIFE Technical Paper - TR 143, October 2002.
• Khemlani, Lachmi. "The IFC Building Model: A Look Under the Hood." AECbytes, March 2004.
• Kolbe, Thomas, Gerhard Groeger and Angela Czerwinski. "Candidate OpenGIS CityGML OGC Implementation Specification" Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc., July 2006.
• Linné, Mark R. and Bruce Kellogg. "Data Standards Promote Industry's Common Good" Valuation, 1st Quarter 2007.
• Ohlemacher, D., Suermann, P., and Pocock, J. "Building a Project Manager." Air Force Civil Engineer - Vol 13 (3), 2005. (PDF)
• Roe, Andrew. "Building Digitally Provides Schedule, Cost Efficiencies. 4D CAD is expensive but becomes more widely available." News from DPR, Engineering News-Record, February 2002.
• Sawyer, Tom. "E-CONSTRUCTION - Coast Guard Pilot Project Casts Wider Net for Data Exchange." ENR, February 2003.
• Suermann, P. "Army BIM Pioneers." The Military Engineer - Vol 100 (652), Mar-Apr 2008.
• "The United States Air Force Academy: Building our Air Force's Strong GeoBase Foundation." GIS in the Defense and Intelligence Communities - Vol 2, 2005.(PDF)
• Tobin, John. "atomicBIM: Splitting Data to Unleash BIM's Power." AECbytes, October 2008.

Books and Criteria

• The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America. The Contractors' Guide to BIM. AGC of America, 2006.
• Department of Veterans Affairs. VA Standards Alert 00CFM1A-SA 001: VA Adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM). April 2008.
• Eastman, Charles M. Building Product Models: Computer Environments, Supporting Design and Construction. CRC, 1999.
• Eastman, Charles M., Paul Teicholz, Rafael Sacks, and Kathleen Liston. BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors. 2007.
• Fukai, Dennis. Building Simple: Building an Information Model. Insightbuilders, 2006.—A primer for those trying to get their arms around the basic concept but does not take you far enough of where BIM can go and is primarily oriented toward construction contractors.
• Gelernter, David. Mirror Worlds: or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean. Oxford University Press, 1993.—Published before the web, this book anticipates ubiquitous computing and all of the implications of the spatial-semantic web and sensor networks. BIM and service oriented architecture are critical pieces of this.
• Howard, Rob. Computing in Construction: Pioneers and the Future. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998.
• Jernigan, Finith. BIG BIM little bim - The practical approach to Building Information Modeling - Integrated practice done the right way!. BookSurge LLC and Design Atlantic Ltd, 2007.
• Kieran, Stephen, and James Timberlake. Refabricating Architecture. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003.
• Kim, W. Chan, and Renee Mauborgne. Blue Ocean Strategy. Harvard Business School Press, 2005.—Points out that instead of competing against your peers that you are far better off finding the "blue ocean" or new areas in which to grow a business. BIM world is a "target rich environment" of opportunity for all.
• Kymmell, Willem. Building Information Modeling, Planning and Managing Construction Projects with 4D CAD and Simulations. McGraw Hill, 2008.
• Morville, Peter. Ambient Findability. O'Reilly Media, 2005.—A progress report on Gelenter's vision and provides many interesting examples of ways that the spatial semantic web is being developed today.
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NISTIR 7417 General Buildings Information Handover Guide: Principles, Methodology and Case Studies. (PDF) 2007.
• Smith, Dana K. and Michael Tardif. Building Information Modeling, A Strategic Implementation Guide. Wiley, 2009.

Roadmaps

• FIATECH Roadmap (PDF)
• CAD/BIM Center Roadmap for COE
• CABA Technology Roadmap for Intelligent Buildings—Continental Automated Buildings Association

Tools

• AECOO Test Bed
• SMARTCodes
• BIM Storm

Curricula

• Carnegie Mellon University
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• University of Hawaii / Honolulu Community College

Podcasts

• BIM in Practice Podcasts—Three-part, 9-hour seminar series featuring architects and contractors in Southern California. This event was sponsored by the Professional Practice Committee of the AIA Orange County and facilitated by Digital Vision Automation in Irvine, CA.