KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): The Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB) has launched the country’s first one-stop “myBIM Centre” to serve as a resource centre to promote and increase the use of the Building Information Modelling (BIM) system among construction industry players.
CIDB said the RM3 million resource centre will enable construction industry players to model and visualise building projects in a simulated environment by using BIM, which allows users to design, visualise, simulate and analyse key physical and functional characteristic of each element in a project virtually and even before construction begins. This makes it possible to identify and rectify potential issues in the early stages.
BIM software and proficiency training programmes will be offered at the centre, said CIDB. To date, 1,300 BIM personnel have been trained by the board.
“The advantages of implementing BIM in building projects is manifold and extends throughout the entire construction value chain,” said CIDB Malaysia chief executive Datuk Ahmad Asri Abdul Hamid
“By being able to virtually analyse key physical and functional characteristics of each element even before construction works commence, it helps improve the efficiency and quality, and most importantly, the productivity of the overall construction process,” he said in a statement.
CIDB said notable projects that have been constructed through the use of BIM in Malaysia include the National Cancer Institute in Putrajaya, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Building in Shah Alam, the Educity Sports Complex in Nusajaya and the Ancasa Hotel in Pekan, Pahang.
The implementation of BIM is a part of the initiative to more than double productivity in the industry, in line with the Productivity strategic thrust of the Construction Industry Transformation Programme 2016-2020 (CITP).
Currently, adoption of BIM in Malaysia is at 17% which is relatively lower when compared to more developed economies such as the United States at 71% and United Kingdom at 54%, said CIDB.