BIM Lag Means Aussie Firms May Miss Infrastructure Boom

Local engineering firms could miss out on the benefits of the Coalition government’s infrastructure splurge due to a lack of BIM expertise.

While the Coalition’s $40 billion infrastructure budget should come as a massive windfall to Australian engineering and construction companies, overseas firms could make off with much of the lavish spending due to the lag in Building information Modelling (BIM) expertise within local industry.

 

That was the warning issued by Rob Malkin, director of Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure for Asia-Pacific at Autodesk, one of the world’s pioneering BIM developers. According to Malkin, overseas engineering firms, particularly those hailing from countries where BIM has already been made mandatory, enjoy a significant edge over local firms.

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