Autodesk has announced that JSY Systems, a leading systems integration company based in Brunei has signed an agreement with the Public Works Department (PWD) of the Ministry of Development of the Sultanate of Brunei for the project management, design, supply, delivery, installation, integration, development, testing, training, commissioning and maintenance of an Integrated Document Production System (IDPS) for the Public Works Department (PWD). 

Expected to be completed by September 2007, the IDPS solution will standardise all public building design, construction and management processes, enabling Brunei to increase delivery speed, decrease costs, increase productivity and enhance the overall quality of public building construction across the country.

A crucial component of the IDPS project will be the first public sector national-level deployment of Building Information Modelling (BIM) capabilities in ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations). 

JSY will implement 150 seats of the Autodesk Revit Platform for BIM, including Autodesk Revit Building, Autodesk Revit Structure, and Autodesk Revit Systems software applications.  They will also be deploying Autodesk Civil 3D software to deliver maximum accuracy and project acceleration in civil engineering works. The solution will enable 400 architects, engineers and builders from PWD to work on a single, integrated digital platform.

BIM is the creation and use of co-ordinated, consistent, computable information about a building project in design. It helps clarify cost estimates and construction decisions, enhance performance predictions, provide high-quality construction documents and ease facility management and operation.

"For this large-scale public project, we needed a robust BIM solution capable of integrating processes at the design, construction and management stages of the project. We opted to work with Autodesk because of its comprehensive BIM solution and broad experience in the design industry," said Haji Samat Bin Haji Abas, the managing director of JSY Systems.

The IDPS project's BIM capabilities will make Brunei the leader in the use of BIM in public building design, construction and management in ASEAN. The IDPS project and in particular, its Building Information Modelling capabilities, will raise the bar on the standard of quality of the public buildings and other infrastructure, and improve efficiency in future developments with regards to quality, cost, speed of delivery and productivity.