Although there has been an increase in BIM-adoption, companies still find it difficult to implement the "real" BIM and realise the expected benefits. This is because of the naming convention in line with standards and the need for adequate building-information to accompany 3D-representation of building materials/elements/products in a collaborative environment. For organisations that have surpassed the barrier to BIM-adoption, the main-challenge remains getting everyone involved in collaborative-projects to use CDE and to ascertain the exact-level of (and the specific) information required for different aspects and types of assets. Thus, some projects on which BIM is claimed to be used have only assembled digital information without providing useful information for construction, in the short-term, and data for asset-management in the long-term.

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Our R&D activities to date have shown that data storage and management, which is the main requisite to digital innovation within the industry, is yet to mature. The industry still has a long way to go to unlock the benefits of digital innovation. As a result, we have embarked on the development of an automated “design model health check” that will form the basis of our Automated Share platform (Auto-BIMShare). This will drive collaboration between design delivery partners and facilitate the production of more adequate information at the early stages.