Bentley White Papers—including a response to Autodesk's BIM/Revit proposal for the future
Cyon Research. "The Building Information Model: A Look at Graphisoft's Virtual Building Concept"
Graphisoft Whitepapers on IFC's and Virtual Construction
Newforma white papers
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). "GCR 04-867 Cost Analysis of Inadequate Interoperability in the U.S. Capital Facilities Industry".
Government/Industry Forum—October 31, 2006 National Academies' Federal Facilities Council
Hammond, Dave. The Framework for Integrated Decision-Making
Kam, Calvin. GSA's National 3D-4D-BIM Program
Kam, Calvin. An Example of Successful Government-Academia Partnership
Kymmell, William. Revolutionary Construction Management Processes
Lee, Sang Hoon. Efficient Energy Management of Facility
Marrano, Lance. Revolutionizing Architecture, Planning and Process
McNeil, Sue. Using a Community of Practice for the Exchange of Transportation Asset Management Information
Ninassi, Carlo. Design and Implementation of an Asset Management Tool: The IRS Post of Duty Guidelines System
Onuma, Kimon. Integrated Operational and Facility Planning using BIM and Web Enabled Tools
Raynault, Eloisa. Performance-Based Asset Management: Maintaining and Preserving Lighting Assets in the District of Columbia
Sabol, Louise. Bridging the Data Gap in Federal Asset Management
Scalfari, Louis. Integration of Facility Condition Assessments, Master Plans, and Capital Improvements Programming: Case Study—U.S. Capitol Complex
Scheer, David. From an Educational Perspective: BIM in the Architectural Curriculum
Sullivan, John. Transitioning to BIM
Books and Criteria
The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America. The Contractors' Guide to BIM. AGC of America, 2006.
Department of Veterans Affairs. VA Standards Alert 00CFM1A-SA 001: VA Adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM). April 2008.
Eastman, Charles M. Building Product Models: Computer Environments, Supporting Design and Construction. CRC, 1999.
Eastman, Charles M., Paul Teicholz, Rafael Sacks, and Kathleen Liston. BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors. 2007.
Fukai, Dennis. Building Simple: Building an Information Model. Insightbuilders, 2006.—A primer for those trying to get their arms around the basic concept but does not take you far enough of where BIM can go and is primarily oriented toward construction contractors.
Gelernter, David. Mirror Worlds: or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean. Oxford University Press, 1993.—Published before the web, this book anticipates ubiquitous computing and all of the implications of the spatial-semantic web and sensor networks. BIM and service oriented architecture are critical pieces of this.
Howard, Rob. Computing in Construction: Pioneers and the Future. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998.
Jernigan, Finith. BIG BIM little bim - The practical approach to Building Information Modeling - Integrated practice done the right way!. BookSurge LLC and Design Atlantic Ltd, 2007.
Kieran, Stephen, and James Timberlake. Refabricating Architecture. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003.
Kim, W. Chan, and Renee Mauborgne. Blue Ocean Strategy. Harvard Business School Press, 2005.—Points out that instead of competing against your peers that you are far better off finding the "blue ocean" or new areas in which to grow a business. BIM world is a "target rich environment" of opportunity for all.
Morville, Peter. Ambient Findability. O'Reilly Media, 2005.—A progress report on Gelenter's vision and provides many interesting examples of ways that the spatial semantic web is being developed today.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NISTIR 7417 General Buildings Information Handover Guide: Principles, Methodology and Case Studies. 2007.