1 Jan 2022 - Launch of the Adept Route to CIC-Certified BIM Managers

The Adept Route to CIC-Certified BIM Managers is now opened for application. Practitioners who do not have a degree or a CIC-recognised degree, but have the required practical experience in BIM and in the construction industry; and with recognised BIM competence; and completed a CIC-Accredited BIM Manager Course, are eligible to submit the applications.

18 Oct 2021 - Application Fee and Renewal Fee

With effect from 1 January 2022, the application fee and renewal application fee will be revised as follows:

Certification of BIM Managers

Application fee: HK$2,000 HK$1,000 (Valid from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022)

Renewal application fee: HK$1,000 HK$500 (Valid from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022)

Certification of BIM Coordinators

Application fee: HK$1,000 HK$500 (Valid from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022)

Renewal application fee: HK$500 HK$250 (Valid from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022)

28 Jan 2019 - Launch of Certification of BIM Managers and Accreditation of BIM Manager Courses by the CIC

There are three routes, viz. Normal route, Grandfathering route and Special route for Application for Certification of BIM Managers.

Grandfathering route and Special route are no longer available. The former lapsed on 31 December 2019 and the latter lapsed on 31 December 2020. 

A "Roadmap for Building Information Modelling (BIM) Strategic Implementation in Hong Kong's Construction Industry" was prepared by the Working Group on Roadmap for BIM Implementation under the then Committee on Environment and Technology of the Construction Industry Council (CIC) in 2014. One of the key initiatives in the Roadmap was to expedite the building up of BIM capacity and capability.

In 2017, the HKSAR Government decreed that BIM technology must be used in the design and construction of all major government capital works projects with a project estimate of more than HK$30 million that were scheduled to start during or after 2018, and that the use of this technology in private construction projects should also be promoted. This has generated a surge in demand for BIM personnel and training needs.

To ensure that construction professionals have appropriate skill levels and competency in using BIM technology, and that the scope and quality of BIM courses provided in the market meet the requirements, it was important to establish a certification body for BIM personnel and an accreditation body for BIM training courses in Hong Kong.

To facilitate the healthy development of BIM in Hong Kong, CIC has introduced the BIM Certification and Accreditation Schemes to ascertain the competency of BIM personnel and the quality of local BIM training courses.