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Technology Adoption: Building Information Model (BIM) Fund

1. What is it?

The Building Information Model (BIM) fund aims to help firms to adopt BIM technology into their work processes to improve their productivity by defraying part of the cost incurred in training, consultancy, software or hardware.
 

2. What are the application eligibility?

  1. Applicant’s firm must be Singapore construction companies who are registered with BCA and Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Singapore (ACRA).



  2. Applicant’s firm must be a member of an on-going or upcoming local construction project for the purposes of putting BIM technology into practice.

 

3. What is the objective?

The BIM fund is intended to help firm to incorporate BIM technology into their work processes at 2 levels:

  • The Firm Level Scheme supports individual firms to build up capability in BIM modeling, visualization, value-added simulation and analysis and project documentation.



  • The Project Collaboration Scheme supports firms to build up capability in BIM project collaboration in order to reduce design conflicts and costly reworks downstream.

 

4. What are the funding support and requirements?

Each firm can apply for any combination of Firm Level and Project Collaboration schemes up to a maximum of 3 times. The total funding is generally capped at $105,000 per firm.

Schemes Supportable Items Support Level and Cap Size of project to be used (GFA)
Firm Level Scheme

1. Training costs

2. Hardware (excluding servers) costs

3. BIM software costs

Exclusive of GST

50% of the supportable items costs,

capped at $20,000 per application

1st application >100sqm
2nd application >200sqm
3rd application >500sqm

Project Collaboration Scheme

1. Training costs

2. Consultancy (hand-holding) services costs

3. Hardware (excluding servers) costs

4. BIM software costs

Exclusive of GST

50% of the supportable items costs,

capped at $210,000 per project OR $35,000 per major discipline (as determined by BCA)

Project owner sponsorship or endorsement is necessary.

1st application >1000sqm
2nd application >2000sqm
3rd application >5000sqm

5. What are the completion criteria?

  • Applicant is required to implement BIM technology in an on-going or upcoming local construction project;

  • Applicant from Architectural or Engineering firm is required to make BIM e-submission to key regulatory authorities such as URA, BCA, etc.;

  • Applicant is required to send at least 1 staff to attend BIM skills certification courses (offered by BCA Academy or the respective BIM software vendor);

  • Applicant is required to submit a report which demonstrate at least 10% productivity improvement, conflict reduction, and/or process reengineering as a result of using BIM;

  • Applicant is required to invite BCA officer(s) to attend at least 1 of the project coordination meetings. This is applicable for applicant who applies for Project Coordination scheme.

  • Applicant is required to obtain and attend the BIM e-submission template session by BCA.

 

6. How to apply?

Applicant is to submit the BIM funding application and get BCA in-principle approval first before committing or signing any contract with the software vendor or service provider.

Please download and complete the application form and email them to cindy_liew@bca.gov.sg

For further clarification, please contact Ms Cindy Liew at 6325 1107 or e-mail her at cindy_liew@bca.gov.sg

 

7. How to claim?

The conclusive terms regarding disbursement will be set out in the letter of offer and its annexes.

 

8. Application form

BIM_FUNDING_APPLICATION_FORM

Please note that the contents herein are for the purposes of guidance only. Binding terms will be set out in a Letter of Offer to be issued to successful applicants.