Data strategies for improving infrastructure value and performance in New Zealand

This paper reviews three digitalisation projects in the Building Innovation Partnership, an industry-led research and innovation initiative based at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, focused on improving the transfer of infrastructure information within and between organisations. The building information modelling (BIM) to building asset management project focuses on the use of client-facing information managers and asset information specification tools to improve information transfer between building designers, contractors and facility/asset managers. The Infrastructure Asset Data project focuses on the use of metadata standards to federate and analyse data on three waters pipe networks managed by different councils. The BIM-Based Building Consenting project focuses on using BIM data to automate the assessment of building designs against the requirements of digitised building regulations and standards. Case studies associated with the three projects show that the capability of industry to transfer digital information needs to be lifted, to exploit the benefits of digital information, processes and technologies in the construction and infrastructure sectors.