Abstract: BIM technology has many characteristics, such as 3D visualization, collision detection, engineering information management, it greatly improves the engineering quality and efficiency, in the construction field has got rapid development. However, in geotechnical engineering, because of its charging mechanism, the limitation of the software function and the limitation of the application, the development of geotechnical engineering is seriously lagging behind. With the development of design visualization and information, BIM will also be developed in the geotechnical engineering. In this paper, the development status of BIM is analyzed, and the expectation is prospected. The design of BIM was carried out based on Wuhan Asian heart hospital foundation pit project,model building methods and application methods are discussed, which have a certain guiding significance to the development of BIM in geotechnical engineering.