Sandia National Laboratories was created in 1945 and became a national laboratory in 1979. It has four sites across the U.S. with over 1,100 buildings and 7 million square feet of space. Building Information Models (BIM) store and link building information that can be extracted and exchanged for various uses after construction, such as space planning, safety, and facility management. BIM provides untapped savings potential estimated at $1.2 million annually for Sandia by saving approximately 2 hours per work order.