Subjects › Project Management
Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Digital models that carry geometry and information through a project.
Topics by level
Basics
School, diploma and first-year level: the ideas in plain words.
- What BIM is
- Levels of development planned
Intermediate
Degree and exam core (GATE, ESE level).
- Clash detection planned
- 4D scheduling planned
- 5D cost planned
- Common data environment planned
Advanced and Design
Professional design practice.
- BIM execution plans planned
- Infrastructure BIM planned
Research
Frontier topics for researchers and postgraduates.
- Digital twins planned
Codes and standards
| Country | Designation | Scope (our words) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | PAS 1192-2 | Information management for BIM. | historical (superseded by ISO 19650) |
| International | ISO 19650 (series) | Organisation and digitisation of information about buildings and civil works using BIM. | current |
Listed in a fixed country order; no standard is ranked above another. Scopes are our summaries. Buy the standards from the issuing body for exact text.
References and further reading
Standard texts, listed in no order of merit. We do not copy text, figures, tables or solved problems from any book; our explanations and examples are original.
- C. Eastman, P. Teicholz, R. Sacks, K. Liston, BIM Handbook, Wiley, latest edition.