Adopting BIM for facilities management Construction Innovation will launch a new industry publication Adopting BIM for facilities management at the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) conference in Melbourne, 19-22 April. The second industry report to be developed from the Sydney Opera House FM Exemplar project series,the reportprovides a comprehensive overview of the digital modelling research stream of the project led by John Mitchell, principal of the consulting company CQR Pty Ltd and consultant to Construction Innovation's research partner CSIRO, which focuses on the application of Construction ICT, specialising in BIM and open standard model sharing such as IFC. This research demonstrates significant benefits in digitising design documentation and operational and maintenance manuals and focuses on: Re-usability of standardised BIM for FM purposes Potential of BIM as an information framework acting as an integrator for various FM data sources Flexibility of BIM to cope with business-specific data and requirements Commercial FM software using standarised BIM The ability to add (organisation-specific) intelligence to the model A roadmap for Sydney Opera House to adopt BIM for FM.CEODr Keith Hampson will introduce a session in the Towards Integrated Practice Stream about the Sydney Opera House FM Exemplar Project on Friday 20 April. The Adopting BIM for facilities management publication will be launched and copies distributed free of charge at this session. Other Construction Innovation presenters at the RAIA conference include Joyce Law (Brisbane City Council), John Oliver (Rider Hunt), Paul Akhurst (Sydney Opera House),Stuart Bull (Arup), David Marchant (Woods Bagot) and Kevin McDonald and Hans Schevers (CSIRO). The publication will be available at the Construction Innovation website on 20 April www.construction-innovation.info For more information contact Rosie Meaton | 
