Building Information Modeling (BIM) has gained rapid acceptance in the building industry in recent years in Hong Kong; both the government and the industry practitioners realize this irreversible trend of changing gradually from traditional 2D representation of building product and fragmented contributions from the stakeholders to 3D product model and streamlined lifecycle management in the near future. This research presents an overview on the implementation of BIM, its current state of practice in Hong Kong. While the primary intention is to introduce the BIM-related works and preliminary benefits; the authors also intend to identify the obstacles and challenges faced by industry practitioners of such implementation in Hong Kong from social and technological contexts. A case study is used to illustrate the benefits of BIM implementation by a large contractor, as well as the technical limitations and difficulties steering toward the "ideal scenario" envisaged by using BIM technologies.

本文主要围绕美国、英国、德国、加拿大、韩国、日本等国外发达地区近年来在BIM应用方面的研究内容及其变化特征，从BIM理论体系的完善、与新技术的集成、跨领域应用三个方面总结了国外BIM应用研究方面的特征和趋势，为推动国内BIM的研究及其发展应用提供方向借鉴。

本项目全程、全专业均采用BIM理念进行正向设计，对非线性立面造型的精确定位、复杂功能分区排布、设备系统繁多等多项问题提出解决方案，并充分利用BIM的维度优势进行疏散模拟等拓展应用，实现人性化设计。此外，利用BIM作为交互手段并对接幕墙、景观等专项BIM设计，做到全项目BIM正向设计，为业主和客户提供了全面的项目观感以及技术支持。