BIMBuilding Information Modelling

An insight into the Process and Implications of the UK BIM journey so far……

Developments and Why

Fit for purpose ?Capability

Professor Andrew Thomas

National BIM Survey for SME contractors

Early results showing….

Never used 3D, clash detection, integration or other BIM tools on a project

Is BIM perceived a core competency / skill in your business ( now or in future)

Not at all, or only vaguely, familiar with BIM levels

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NFB_BIM_March12

Outstanding Industry performance ?

National Audit Office Report and AnalysisUK construction spend £ 55 billion p.a.

80% influenced by Public Purse

Performance 1999

On Budget 25%

On Time 34%

2011 KPI statistics – 56% of UK projects on Time and Budget

Sustainable Construction and Buildings

• Buildings use 46% of all energy – up to 70% in major cities• Construction uses 53% of primary materials• Construction has second biggest environmental footprint after food

• 13 million tonnes of materials delivered and not used• 90 million tonnes of waste – 3 times domestic output• 21% of all hazardous waste in UK is construction waste

92% of clients said that designers’ drawings are typically not sufficient for construction

37% of materials used in construction become waste

10% of the cost of a project is typically due to change orders

38% of carbon emissions are from buildings not cars

Why accept this ?........

CMAA Owners survey 2005, CMAA Industry Report 2007, Economist Magazine 2002

“Insanity:Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.“

Someone thought it was time for change……

Albert Einstein

Clear Policy ....• No More RDA’s• Quangos ?• 25% budget cuts• £6bn efficiency

savings• Austerity • Efficiency• “More for Less”

The Client’s Perspective

FM Sub groupsPrepare to receive buildingFamiliarise team with environmentUp skill / train teamProcure FM ContractsEstablish FM Management Systems (pilot web based tools)Attend commissioningTrainingHand-overEnd user readiness workshops

Mobilise FM Contracts/SLAs hard and soft FMMobilise FM web based management systemsSupport DLP processImplementQuality and performance reviewsFire risk assessmentsHealth and Safety managementRisk / Business continuityAsbestos Management plans

Design ReviewsTechnical Health ChecksFM Sub GroupsSustainability and energyCateringFire & SecurityPower & supplyMaterial and componentsMaintenance and accessWaste Risk and business continuity

Bedding FM into Design, Construction and Operational phases

DESIGN CONSTRUCTION OPERATE

Hypothesis

“Government as a client can derive significant improvements in cost, value

and carbon performance through the use of open sharable asset

information”

Push Me, Pull me

Looking at both:

• Supply chain “Push” – how to make easier for the supply chain to make use of BIM(M)

• Client “Pull” and specifying a set of data to be provided by the supply chain to the client at specific times.

Hypothesis• Valuable: the overall aim is to maximise client value • Understandable: the approach is to be presented in an understandable

learning package for all 44,000 government asset procurers.• General: the approach is equally applicable to buildings and infrastructure,

whether large and small.• Non Proprietary: All requirements are non-proprietary as to applications and as

to the required formats of the deliverables.• Competitive: Wherever possible there are at least two solutions or methods

available so as to minimise market influence in terms of anti competitive clauses.

• Open: Wherever possible, low-cost methods are to be made available to allow all stakeholders to participate, irrespective of size and experience, so as to minimise barriers to involvement.

• Verifiable: all contractual expectations are documented with transparent and testable measurement of pass / fail.

• Compliant: Measurement of WLC/Carbon/Sustainability/etc are to published GB, EU and ISO standards

• Implementation: the approach is self funding by the industry• Timescale: the approach is phased in over 5 years

What is BIM ?

“An integrated digital process providing coordinated, reliable information about a project throughout all phases, from design through

construction and into operation”

Image by courtesy of Autodesk

Paul Morrell – Government Chief Construction advisor

• "We have commissioned a team...to prepare a route map that shows how we can make a progressive move to the routine use of BIM.

• I am convinced that this is the way to unlock new ways of workingthat will reduce cost and add long-term value to the development and management of built assets in the public sector, but the move needs to be made on a basis that is secure, that works for Government clients and those who deliver services to them...

• The team will report to the Construction Clients Board ...and I hope and believe it will mark the beginning of a commitment to a timed programme of transformation".

Working Group•The Working Group was set up in the spring of 2010 and is supported jointly by Construction Sector Unit and Electronic and IT Services Unit at BIS.

•Co-Chaired by Mark Bew (Scott Wilson and BuildingSMART) and John Lorimer (Manchester City Council)

•In September 2009 report on WG was presented to Government Construction Clients Board

•The Board:- Endorsed progress to date - Agreed to adopt the working group and to receive its final report in March 2011

Govt seeks to be greenest thing since Kermit the Frog !

Govt Construction Strategy launched 31st May20% savings to be achievedBIM named as essential to delivery and to be mandated

BIM strategy and report published June 2011BIM to be adopted on Govt projects - March 2016

IGT Low Carbon Construction response June 2011Carbon reduction from sectorBIM named as essential to delivery and to be mandated

“Is our sector fit-for-purpose for a future low carbon economy?”

BIS Innovation and Growth Team

• Paul Morrell’s report published Nov 2010• Sector response to the UK’s low carbon

transition strategy – “a road map for construction”

• 26% carbon reduction by 2020, 80% by 2050 (1990 baseline)

“integration [and collaborative working] is key”

Cash vs Carbon

“Government will require fully collaborative 3D BIM….as a minimum by 2016”

“A staged plan will be published with mandated milestones..”.

“a phased process working closely with industry groups…..

“allow time for industry to prepare for the development of new standards and for training”

Tests and Pilot Schemes• MOJ – 4 key projects of 4 disciplines

• MOD – 2 pilots – new and refurb

• Manchester CC – adjacent projects Traditional and BIM

• TFL – station pilots

• HA – pilots identifiedLeverage of Framework arrangements

Current Reality ?

or for someRecent Past.....

Information isexchanged as documents

- often even on paper -which causes non-value-

adding work, friction,data losses and errors

Traditional document/2D-based process

Need to re-think the process ?

Actors

PhasesTasks

Problems:• process• skills• technology

} 80% human issues} 20% technology

BIM

a 3D modelling system that involves data sharing between all the contractors on a project to create a

digital model that can be used from a project’s early design stages through to completion and

monitoring of subsequent performance.

Information is shared inan exploitable data format directly

between different systems;BIM - Building Information Model

Integrated BIM-based process

No information to import?With whom can you integrate?How to develop your systems

and processes?

Different image: What if you are the only node?

Maturing market...where are you

“Media” affects our thinking

1775 1900 1985 2000 2010

Requirement for buildingpermit drawings in Finland

Design by experience - physical modelsManual drafting and tracing,highly illustrative drawings

Manual drafting,copying machines,simplified/abstractrepresentation

Early CAD = automated

drafting ModellingInteroperability

Collaborationplatforms

Simulation

Integrated BIM

Back to the illustrativerepresentation

Futuretechnologies

2012

BIM technologies

BIM is not Panacea to all sector ills

BIM is not 3D CAD

BIM is not a single building model

BIM is not a single software technology

What BIM is not……

BIM is……

A tool to improve collaboration

BIM needs rules and processes

BIM Execution Planning

Deliverables

Level of Detail Competency

Interoperability Technologies

Model Naming Conventions

Workflows

Quality Management Responsibilities

Project Phases

Library objects

Manufacturers & Intelligent components

market transition

Earlymarket

Main stream

Chasm

Forerunners(Innovators)

Visionaries(Early adopters)

Pragmatists(Early majority)

Conservatives(Late majority)

Skeptics(Laggards)

Market saturation

BIM market transition

Earlymarket

Main stream

Chasm

Forerunners(Innovators)

Visionaries(Early adopters)

Pragmatists(Early majority)

Conservatives(Late majority)

Skeptics(Laggards)

Early 1990sEarly 1990s

Expected situation in 5-10 years

Expected situation in 5-10 years

Current market situation

Current market situation

Market saturation

Risks to avoid ?

More BUM...Building Useless Models

Professor Andrew ThomasChairperson & Director

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