6D- APPLICATION OF BIM IN FM

Richard Archer

Managing Director, DCWC(WA

SPEAKER PROFILE

• Richard Archer is the managing director of Donald Cant Watts Corke (WA) and a national Group Board member of DCWC. He is the BIM functional specialist for DCWC.

• Richard is a quantity surveyor and has over 35 years’ experience in the construction industry in WA in roles that have included quantity surveying, project management, facilities management

and risk management.

• He has a keen interest in BIM and its application in quantity surveying, project management and facilities management, and in particular the potential for BIM to aid in the integration of construction project activities and to enhance opportunities to better manage buildings throughout the operational phases of their lifecycle.

• Richard is a graduate of Curtin University with qualifications in quantity surveying and business. He is a past president and current councilor of the WA chapter of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.

TRADITIONAL FACILITIES

MANAGEMENT

Facilities Management is an integrated approach to operating, maintaining, improving and adapting the building’s infrastructure in

order to create an environment that strongly supports the primary objects of the organisation.

Traditional Software used for Facilities Management:

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND BIM

85% of the lifecycle cost of a facility occurs after construction is completed.

The Focus of Implementation of BIM into FM is to create and reuse consistent and useful digital information

BIM offers the Facility Manager accurate timely, relevant information that is easily accessed by all ‘relevant parties’.

Providing access to the same data improving collaboration and communication within the Project Team.

WHERE DOES FM FIT INTO THE

PROCESS?

FM Objectives

FM Team

FM Systems

THE D IN BIM

Building Information Modelling comprises various Dimensions and Levels of Development, or Design (LOD).

Dimension Description Level of Development

3D 3 Dimensional image comprising of the Length x Width x Height.

LOD 100 – 500

4D Time related / programming LOD 300 and above

5D Cost Related / Extracting Quantities LOD 300 and above

6D Facilities Management LOD ‘X’

nD Any other dimensions the BIM operator would like to incorporate into the model.

LOD ‘X’

THE D IN FM The D in FM is not about the LOD, but the Data.

Knowledge

Information

Data

BENEFITS OF IMPLEMENTING BIM

BIM Creates:

• Easily obtainable information relating to specific objects

• A digital document trail, capturing the developments and transformation of the project

• BIM Enables the Facilities Manager to gain easy access to;

o Equipment Information

o Dynamic Data Warning

o Energy Savings

o Intelligent Fire Escape Routes

o Space Management

o Intuitive Software

o Interoperability

OBSTACLES TO IMPLEMENTING

BIM

• FM Involvement

• FM Objectives

• Legacy Systems

• Software expense and complexities

• Lack of Platform Agnostic Solutions

• Cost/Benefit

• Management and ownership of the model

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Architects, Engineers, Designers, & Contractors

should engage to develop a complete

lifecycle solution.

• Continue on the track of a National BIM

Standard to drive adoption.

• Focus on BIM Integration and understanding

from a top down approach.

• Select and engage consultants that are able

to assist the owner as a third party and does

not have a stake in the project.

For BIM to FM Success:

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

Cloud Computing

• Cloud Computing is where most

products are being developed

with this in mind.

• The Cloud provides a flexible

external solution for hosting and

processing.

• Some IT professionals are still

against these technologies due to

security concerns. The majority

have embraced these

technologies.

Mobile & RFID Technology

• Radio-frequency identification (RFID)

is a wireless noncontact system that

transmits information from a tagged

object to a scanning device.

• RFID offers facilities managers a

means to tag and track assets.

• The other advantage is to tag assets

behind walls, under floors, or above

ceilings while combining mobile

technologies can help facility

managers see these items while in the

space.

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

Augmented Reality

(VR)

Augmented Reality is

already being

Implemented using

geospatial Information to

associate model,

location and equipment.

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

Energy & Sensor

Technology • Another large ROI for the

owner is real-time energy

analysis for the knowledge of

actual vs. design in their

building.

• To watch energy usage to

predict when equipment

might have to be serviced or

adjusted.

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

• As sensors improve energy

software is looking at gaining

real-time feedback

3D Printing of Components

Body Parts

Guns Why not FM components?

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

YOUBIM – BIM TO FM

• Incorporation of any changes to facilitate into the model

• Portal for general maintenance and facility management

• Tie BMS system to FM tool • Remote access for tenants,

FM/tech, operations managers etc

YOUBIM – BIM TO FM

YouBIM extracts all

BIM graphics and

meta data into a

platform agnostic

database and

cloud based FM

solution.

BIM and Fabrication Models

YOUBIM – BIM TO FM

Once all the unique data sources

are all married together inside the

YouBIM cloud, this data is ported

over to the owners Asset

Management platform of choice.

Traditionally this process would take

weeks of effort and was seriously

error prone due to the amount of

people involved but with this

process it happens seamlessly with

a very limited amount of "human"

time involved at all.

Translation of Data from YouBIM to Asset Management platform(s) (Maximo, Archibus, etc.)

YOUBIM – BIM TO FM

Once YouBIM is deployed with

the online navigation of the

facility, connecting the virtual

representative geometry inside

the navigation model to the

actual equipment the geometry

represents allows the facility

operation technicians to remotely

access that equipment's controls

to inspect its performance or to

make adjustment all from their

desk.

Tie BMS system to YouBIM to associate 3D model to existing BMS functionality

THANK YOU

Further Information:

Donald Cant Watts Corke www.dcwc.com.au

ENGworks www.engworks.com

YouBIM www.youbim.com

Acknowledgment:

Chris Di Iorio, CEO ENGworks