What is BIM? Were is the Business Value of BIM for Clients? Why is our Industry engaging? Michael Johnson Senior BIM Consultant Company Profile Excitech is the UK’s leader in the provision of BIM technologies and associated Strategic Project driven CAFM Consultancy. Excitech has operated with in the AEC environment for in excess of 25 years supporting many of the UK’s leading organisations on landmark projects. Consultancy Services Include • BIM / CAFM readiness Audits • BIM / CAFM Consultancy • Software specification and delivery • Training • BIM / CAFM Process Reviews • Design Model Audits and clash management • BIM Coordination Excitech also provides: • Complete IT solutions • Computer Aided Facilities Management software sales • Electronic Design/Document Management Our goal is to develop and share with our clients market leading services that support the industry’s drive to deliver BIM throughout the design, build and manage phases of a projects life cycle. What Does BIM mean to Excitech? CAFM ARCHIBUS Government Construction Strategy - 2016  BIM to become part of public procurement process  The government’s chief construction adviser Paul Morrell has indicated that Building Information Modelling (BIM) will become a key part of the procurement of public buildings. “I am convinced that this is the way to unlock new ways of working that 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, and which draws on proven means of integrating the supply chain” Paul Morrell Chief Construction Adviser to the UK Government Government Construction Strategy - 2016 In the real world most BIM’s are spatially accurate 3D models with no intelligence Government Construction Strategy – 2016 PAS 1192  The Building Information Modelling (BIM) Task Group is supporting and helping deliver the objectives of the Government Construction Strategy and the requirement to strengthen the public sector’s capability in BIM implementation with the aim that all central government departments will be adopting, as a minimum, collaborative Level 2 BIM by 2016 COBie Drops …’defining Client data requirements for building operation’ Construction Operations Building Information Exchange Building Information Modelling ‘is it a data flow?’ Deconstruction Site Acquisition Client Facilities Management FM Operator Architect Project Assembly/Planning BIM SubContractors Sell/Use Lease Management Engineers Main Contractor Construction Design Procurement Building Information Modelling....... is it a process? BIM is a Process:• Compatible with modern contractual and framework arrangements • Inherently capable of improving design quality BIM is not:• Software • Just for new build • In itself the solution to the industry’s challenges • Facilities Management • Providing greater levels of construction certainty • Evolving and increasing the ability of the industry Clients have the most to gain from the correct definition, production and management of appropriate BIM data BIM 360 ‘the technical glue’ To globally manage: Whole site assets  Design assets  Supply-chain assets  Construction assets  Cost Models  FM assets  Investment assets  Portfolio assets Design BIM Analysis Tools Construction BIM Collaboration Tools Simulation Tools Maintenance BIM Visualisation Tools BIM, What Does It Really Mean?  BIM enables professionals to explore a project’s key physical and functional characteristics digitally―before it is built.  Coordinated, consistent information is used to:     Design Visualise, simulate, and analyse Document Deliver The Drawing Board mind set …. ‘Lines, arcs and circles, words and numbers’ Great graphics How easy is it to co-ordinate? Where is the data? Building Information Modeling – ‘a driver for greater collaboration’ Here comes the coordination Here comes the data Traditional plans, sections, elevations and schedules are produced from a co-ordinated BIM made up of ‘real’ parametric data rich family objects BIM 2013........ ‘Client specified BIM’ ……………its not just about Design Design BIM Construction BIM Maintenance BIM BIM Standards Model Element Creation Revit Architect Ownership Matrix FM Parameter Management Spec Group Template Revit Structure Revit MEP Co-ordinated analysed parametric model Co-ordinated BIM With Managed Parameters Fit Out Capture Construction Planning Resource Scheduling Civil 3D 4D Time Building Life Cycle Management (Field BIM) Electronic Design Review Clash Management 5D Cost 6D Resource O&M Soft landings Life time asset Management Key Industry Drivers..... ? why the increasing demand for Collaborative practice              Increased speed of delivery (time saved) Better coordination (fewer errors) Decreased costs (money saved) More Accurate Construction & Life Cycle costing Improved understanding of sustainability and energy efficiencies Cost efficient, accurate delivery of asset data Improved productivity Higher-quality work Reduction of risk Risk of exclusion, fear of being left behind Potential Loss of Government Finance by 2016 New revenue and business opportunities Increase efficiency and PROFIT Why are Design Consultants Engaging?  Improved design and coordination       Better design decisions Better communication Early Clash detection across disciplines Coordinated documentation Fewer errors Ease of use  Building Information Modelling       Early analysis of building performance Reduces waste More services to offer Take more control New technologies for a new era New workflows for a new era Why are Contractors Engaging? •More Accurate Initial Data sets •Earlier Cost Certainty •Re-use of Design Data •Improved Co-ordination Reduced Waste •Management of Time, Cost & Resource (4D, 5D & 6D) •Increased Productivity – Reduce Rework •Increased Project Visualisation – better understanding More assembly, less construction •Standard components •Pre-assembly •Modularisation •Earlier Handover Safer, Quicker, Leaner Why are Clients/End Users Engaging?         Ensure a more effective procurement process Obtain optimum understanding of Design proposals Have more involvement in the Design / Build process Retain the value built into the construction process Smooth the transition from Build to Manage Expose the value of FM data – Asset Management Optimise the service delivered to the business Maximise Value Engineering “Better, faster & more predictable project outcomes” Value of BIM from a Client perspective Greater efficiencies More usable Data Building Lifecycle Costs… ‘get smarter at buying data, manage the inevitable’ % 30 year cost of Building lifecycle 80 75% 70 60 50 40 Over a 30 year lifecycle … Initial building design & construction account for approximately 25% of the total building lifecycle costs. 30 Operational costs can account for 75% of the total building lifecycle costs. 20 10 25% 0 Initial Design & Construction Operational Costs Source:- The sustainable building technical manual Past Hurdles to Successful BIM Adoption… why was uptake so slow?  Contractual  Commercial  Technology  Limited Process and Protocols  Historical Delivery  Limited Direction and Control  Limited knowledge and experience * BIM was Un-controlled and un-specified BIM 2013 Where are we today? ………………… what’s different?  Improved Client Understanding of BIM  Recognition that ‘risks’ are manageable when identified  Client defined BIM Protocols and Standards  Ever Increasing number of BIM Projects  Greater software inter-operability,  Increased direction and control – Self, Project or Client defined BIM  Ever growing knowledge and experience base * Better understood Client specified BIM Client Defined & Controlled BIM of Today Structural Fabrication Model Structure Architect Infrastructure Manufacturing MEP Model Quantity Take Off CAFM Collaboration Cloud Server Field BIM Model Review Navisworks Clash Resolved Check Design Review Mark-up/Comment Construction Sequencing Change Management MEP Estimating & QS BIM for Clients ......pay for it once use it forever! Design Space, System & Equipment Layout Build Manage Product Data As-Built Layout, Tag & Serial No. Warranties & Spares FM O&M Design and Build Teams create excellent ‘data’ ……. is it the right shape for FM? O&M Manuals BIM at Handover – Client defined data The BIM provides the room/space name & number, dimensions etc. The room data sheet defines the floor finish type (ceramic tile) The suppliers provide the part numbers, detail & cost The entirety is linked back to the model and exported to the FM system from RDS from BIM from supplier It’s your ‘data’ define it at the outset and request it electronically A solution to reams of paper could be – ArtrA - ARCHIBUS Project Handover, Government Soft Landings, Facilities Management Create Re-Use Capture Store Link Don’t forget the importance of defining what ‘your’ BIM should contain “Nearly one third of construction industry professionals are now using BIM”, according to the findings of the recent ‘National BIM Report 2012’ TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT… … CLEARY DEFINE WHAT YOU WANT.  - Solid BIM Practitioners are becoming easier to find -  So Finally To BIM or not to BIM?      The Government is telling us it must happen by 2016 Forward thinking Clients are insisting upon it now Increasing numbers of your peers have already started So the decision is no longer ‘should I specify BIM’? It is not even ‘when should I specify BIM’?  It really is a simple as can I afford not to specify BIM?