Federal Agencies Look for Speedy BIM Implementation 11/13/2006
The continually evolving concept of building information modeling is gaining a bit more definition in the eyes of federal agencies. The U.S. General Services Administration Nov. 1 released a provisional version of its GSA Building Information Modeling Guide, laying the groundwork for federal BIM requirements that are expected to expand quickly in the coming years.
GSA already requires all new and major modernization projects for fiscal year 2007, which began Oct. 1, to meet new GSA spatial requirements. The guide, released for public review for the first time, creates a minimum requirement for A/E firms to submit three-dimensional models with such attributes as GSA net area, space name, space number, occupant organization name, GSA STAR space type, walls, slabs, columns and beams.