Why Join FIATECH?
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FIATECH: what it is, what it does, why you should join
Ric JacksonDirector The FIATECH Consortium
February 11, 2009
FIATECH is…
FIATECH is an industry-led consortium that provides global leadership in identifying and accelerating the development, demonstration and deployment of fully integrated and automated technologies to deliver the highest business value throughout the life cycle of all types of capital projects.
In achieving this mission, FIATECH has developed a “Roadmap for Capital Projects” to ensure right technologies are developed and in the order that delivers the highest business value across all phases and processes of the capital project life cycle.
FIATECH is a Consortium…
FIATECH at a Glance
Industry-led, collaborative, not-for-profit, RD&D consortium
– Approx. 80 owners, contractors, suppliers &research organizations
Mission: accelerate deployment of integration and automation technology
– Formed by CII & NIST to address breakthrough opportunity – Focus on joint industry research, development, deployment
Mechanism: Focused implementation Projects– 40 delivered products
Guide: Capital Projects Technology Roadmap– Industry-wide research agenda (not just FIATECH)– Coalescing industry, industry associations, & funding agencies
FIATECH Board of DirectorsTom Hannigan (Chair)Vice President, ISDZachry Construction
Jerry N. Gipson, Jr. (Vice Chair)Director, Engineering Solutions Technology CenterThe Dow Chemical Company
Bert AragonDirector, Execution TechnologyKBR
William W. BrubakerDirector of Facilities Engineering and OperationsSmithsonian Institution
Winnie CallahanExecutive DirectorPeter Kiewit Institute, University of Nebraska
Buddy Cleveland Senior Vice President and General ManagerBentley software
Reg GagliardoSenior Vice PresidentBurns and Roe Enterprises, Inc
Jeff GrilloDirector, Construction Technology OfficeIntel Corporation
Zuhair HaddadVice President Corporate Affairs & CIOConsolidated Contractors Group
Patrick HolcombSenior Vice President, Business DevelopmentIntergraph
Robert HoughtalingBusiness Engineering ManagerDuPont Engineering
Richard H.F. JacksonDirectorFIATECH
Stephen H. Makredes Director, ConstructionTarget Corporation
Frank Matthewson Manager of EPC SystemsBechtel Corporation
John McQuaryVP, Tech. Strategies and Knowledge ManagementFluor Corporation
Derek MiddlemasExecutive Vice PresidentAVEVA, Inc.
Nicole Testa (Ex. Secretary)Deputy DirectorFIATECH
Ray ToppingSenior VP-Design & Construction Operations CH2M Hill
Gilberto TorresSection Head, Corporate EngineeringThe Procter & Gamble Company Jorge Vanegas Director, Center for Housing and Urban DevelopmentTexas A&M University
Board of Directors
Board Committees– Annual Conference Program– Finance– Marketing & Membership– Nominating– Strategic Planning– Awards Program– Nominations
Meetings
Annual Technology Conference and Showcase (Spring)– Call for Presentations– Tradeshow– Sponsorships– Registration– Promotion – advertisement – web
Member Only Meeting (Fall) Other project meetings
FIATECH’s Capital Projects Technology Roadmap Initiative
Create, maintaina technologyroadmap for the capital projectsindustry
Use it to guide investments in technologyRD&D
Roadmap Facts
330 pages Nine Elements 43 Focus Areas 161 Projects
Roadmap Facts
330 pages Nine Elements 43 Focus Areas 161 Projects “This is not just a
FIATECH agenda; it’s for the whole
industry.”
Existing Projects
Element 2 - Automated Design Workflow Mapping and Checklists
Element 3 - Global Valve Cross-Reference e-Catalog Element 3 - Automating Equipment Information
Exchange Element 4 – RFID Cookbook Element 4 - Leveraging Technology to Improve
Construction Productivity Element 5 - Operational Facility Roadmap Directory Element 6 - Streamlining Building and Land Use
Regulatory Processes Element 8 – User Acceptance of Mobile IT Element 8 - Attracting the Next Generation Workforce Element 8 - Developing Core Technology Competencies Element 9 - Accelerating Deployment of ISO 15926
Proposed Projects
These are the ones that have so far been approved by the Element Champions– Element 9 - Universal Reference Data Library Framework– Element 2 - Supplier Information Exchange to Support Construction– Element 2 - BIM workflows & checklists– Element 9 - ISO 15926 – ISO/PAS 16739 interoperability– Element 1 - Scenario based Project Planning Predictability Model
Requirements Gathering– Element 2 - Specification Automation
These are awaiting approval, in discussions or in need of some re-working– Element 8 - Project Execution, Document Management & Workflow– Element 3 - Advancing Integrated Procurement and Supply Network
Element Projects– Element 4 - RFID Efficient Site Initiative– Element 7 - Yellow Pages
Project Formation Process
Managing the Roadmap
Element 1
Element 2
Element 3
Element 4
Element 5
Element 6
Element 7
Element 8
Element 9
Champions Champions Champions Champions Champions Champions Champions Champions Champions
Roadmap Managers
PROJECTS
Project Proposal Process
Project Proposal Process
Members submit new
project Ideas
Project Proposal Process
Members submit new
project Ideas
Project Idea Form
Project Proposal Process
Members submit new
project Ideas
Project Idea Form
Project Proposal Process
Members submit new
project Ideas
Roadmap champions
review project ideas
Project Idea Form
Project Proposal Process
Members submit new
project Ideas
Roadmap champions
review project ideas
Project Idea Form Project SOW/Budget Form
Project Proposal Process
Members submit new
project Ideas
Roadmap champions
review project ideas
Project Idea Form Project SOW/Budget Form
Project Proposal Process
Members submit new
project Ideas
Roadmap champions
review project ideas
Project Idea Form Project SOW/Budget Form
Primary Reps Survey
Project Proposal Process
Members submit new
project Ideas
Roadmap champions
review project ideas
Project Idea Form Project SOW/Budget Form
Primary Reps Survey
Project Proposal Process
Members submit new
project Ideas
Roadmap champions
review project ideas
Project Idea Form Project SOW/Budget Form
Primary Reps Survey
Board of Directors Approval
Project Proposal Process
Members submit new
project Ideas
Roadmap champions
review project ideas
Project Idea Form Project SOW/Budget Form
Primary Reps Survey
Board of Directors Approval
Project Proposal Process
Members submit new
project Ideas
Roadmap champions
review project ideas
Project Idea Form Project SOW/Budget Form
Primary Reps Survey
Board of Directors Approval
FIATECH Benefits for Owners
Improve global competitiveness – better, faster, cheaper
Improve effectiveness of suppliers through consensus– Provide unprecedented control/integration of work processes– Provide leveraged and collective focus and priorities to
technology suppliers– Ensure technology suppliers provide dependable and
scalable solutions for entire supply chain Lower supply chain costs by automating key data
exchanges– Reduce labor-intensive data re-entry – Reduce procurement errors
Accelerate project schedules– Faster turnaround time resulting in increased $$– Avoid unscheduled delays due to data entry errors
FIATECH Benefits for Owners (cont.) Streamline work processes
– Reduce cost/schedule through tighter work process integration
– Reuse of electronic information over the facility life cycle– Each business partner uses their own preferred software
tools Improve product/price/performance ratio
– Industry agreed performance metrics to measure results– Improve product quality
Provide a safer working environment– Fewer people performing unique tasks– Reduce on-site tasks
Improved delivery of projects and facility information for operations & maintenance
FIATECH Interoperability Strategy
Align FIATECH projects (harmonize semantics and data structures)
Extend ISO15926 and AEX to power plants (EPRI) Bring in permitting and regulatory ( Bob Wible) Harmonize with National BIM Standard (IFCs) Harmonize with operations (MIMOSA, COBIE) Harmonize with geospatial (OGC) Harmonize with real estate (OSCRE) …
FIATECH Plan
Encourage innovation
Deploy technology
Demand change
Focus on Supply chain
Why Join?
Tom Hannigan: “FIATECH can be your R&D arm.”
Jim Porter: “The industry has tried to solve the technology-use problem for years. This time, with FIATECH, we did it.”
Robin Benjamins: “FIATECH is the only place where I can work with my clients, competitors, and suppliers as colleagues and equals.”
John McQuary: “There are many organizations I can go to shmooze. FIATECH is where I go to get answers.”
FIATECH
FIATECH is not for the faint-hearted:
The problems of the world can not possibly be solved by cynics and skeptics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities, but by those who saw what could not be, and demanded to know Why Not
Spenser Kimball
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FIATECHRic Jackson
Director
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78759-5316
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“We will either find a way or make one!”
…Hannibal
FIATECHRic Jackson
Director
3925 W. Braker Lane AustinTexas
78759-5316
(512) 232-9600 (o)(512) 422-3456 (m)
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