全球BIM大赛又叫AEC Excellence Awards 2016，2016年为第一届，参赛作品为全球BIM的项目。这系列大赛发端于2012年的全球基础设施BIM大赛，从2016年始加入了建筑和施工的相关内容，参与的项目类型及国家数目大大增加。本文之目的亦为了提供横向比较的素材。
如下是当时的BIM大赛简章摘要：
First introduced in 2012 to recognize BIM in Infrastructure projects, this year’s global competition now includes Building and Construction categories and will showcase innovative and connected BIM technology use.
Categories include 1st and 2nd place for Building, Construction, and Infrastructure projects. There are also categories specifically for small or niche projects, such as fabrication, communication & collaboration, computational design, small & large building construction projects and more. We will also award a Philanthropic Award that addresses the fields of public interest, social impact, community, humanitarian or sustainable design.
The deadline for entry is June 30, 2016. Finalists for each category will be announced during a live streamed event in August, and then winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at Autodesk AU Las Vegas 2016 in November.
If your project takes BIM to the next level, submit it to the competition and you could get recognized with an award!
值得说明的是，2017年相关的大赛已经启动，需报名的单位可联系编者。
施工获奖作品一览- 其中第一、第二名是有明确的奖品，11月份在拉斯维加斯颁奖
第一名来自于Mortenson Construction的 US Bank Stadium项目
第二名来自于中建三局北京腾讯大厦项目
大型基础设施施工协同项目的获奖单位是昆勘的Yangfanggou水电站
小型建筑项目施工应用获奖单位是荷兰的HFB的 Summertime项目， 推荐的未来展示的项目有中铁建工的兰州枢纽、英国BAM-伯明翰城市大学的南区规划、荷兰HFB的Palace Het Loo等。
