Digital Asset Information Management (DAIM): A guide and manual (Final Industry Report, Project 2.51)

Asset management is the systematic process of deploying, operating, maintaining, upgrading and disposing of built environment assets. Effective asset management requires the involvement of all levels of an organisation in planning, control and monitoring of asset performance that combines management, financial, economic and other activities and practices. Over the past decade, Building Information Modelling (BIM), as an intelligent 3D model-based process to inform and communicate project decisions, has received much attention in the design and construction stages of buildings and transport infrastructure. However, the use of BIM for asset management has only recently been recognised in terms of its benefits to managing assets when using 3D models. This SBEnrc Project 2.51 initially focussed on a comprehensive review of current digital asset management practices in order to promote BIM and other digital engineering technologies for more effective use in informed asset management decisions. This was done for the four core areas of asset data exchange, asset classification, asset location referencing, and asset information requirements. Following the review of current practice, this Digital Asset Information Management: A Guide and Manual was developed to assist in the increased uptake of digital asset management across the housing, building and transport infrastructure sectors.