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The CIC BIM Standards for Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) and Underground Utilities (UU) launched

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) held the Launch and Technical Seminar on CIC BIM Standards for Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) and Underground Utilities (UU) on 11 November 2019.

Ir Albert Cheng, Executive Director of the CIC; Ar Ada FUNG, Chairperson of the Committee on BIM; Dr Jack Cheng, Chairperson of the Task Force on BIM Standards (Phase 2); and Ir Dr Richard PANG, Director, Industry Development, officiated at the seminar with over 110 guests.

Over the years, the CIC has continued to elaborate and establish standards for specific BIM usages and disciplines, and has conducted consultations with relevant stakeholders. Ir Cheng opined that it is necessary to define a standard and align the industry with a consistent understanding.

The CIC BIM Standards for MEP and UU have been newly published in August 2019. The former provides a standardised Level of Development (LOD) framework and a common language for the use of BIM in the MEP discipline in the construction industry in Hong Kong. It aims to enable a project team to clearly specify the content of BIM models for MEP at each stage of a project with high positional accuracy.

It has been co-developed with the Hong Kong Institute of Utility Specialists (HKIUS), with appropriate reference to both local and international BIM standards and practices. — Construction+ Online