By

Thomas A. Gay

Assistant Vice President

FM Global - Engineering Plan

Services

Chairman Board of Direction buildingSMART alliance

Back to Where We

Once Belonged FM Globals journey to

OpenBIM

FM Global The Factory Mutual Insurance Company

the company

FM Global provides comprehensive global commercial and industrial

property insurance, engineering-driven underwriting and risk management

solutions, groundbreaking property loss prevention research and prompt,

professional claims handling.

Based in Johnston, RI, USA with 5000 employees operating in more than

120 countries, FM Global offers a unique combination of insurance

products and engineering services seamlessly around the globe, and

through a single point of contact. FM Global offers products and services

that can overcome global risk management challenges, and accommodate

any/all commercial property insurance and protection needs

FM Global

Founded n 1835 by Zachariah Allen, a prominent textile mill owner, the idea that

property improvements would minimize the chance of fire loss was virtually

unheard of at the time. But to Allen and his partners, a proactive approach to

preventing losses made good economic sense.

177 years later FM Global, as a Fortune 500 Company with nearly $6bil US

Premium Income, has emerged as an international property insurance and loss-

prevention engineering leader with market-leading capacity and coverage.

the history

American Steel Corporation (1912) Northeastern University (2012)

The facilities we insure vary in size, scope,

location and occupancy

The services provided are varied

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The documentation extensive!

The building industry, in general, and FM Global,

specifically, was and still is faced with a need for

change and future requirements for not just construction but

improved costing, functional and performance efficiency!!

FM Global the Challenge

Respond to Client capabilities/needs in regards to technology

Consume information from any source (Client/Brokers/AEC)

Combine information from multiple disciplines (CAD/BIM/GIS/Images)

Start our process with Virtual Inspections

Convey that information in a standard coordinated format

Export information back to drawings/models/maps

We are data Consumers as opposed to data Creators

Diverse Client base using everything from napkins to BIM

A Corporate Culture based on Paper

The BIM software industry, much like the CAD software industry of 30years ago, has

been discipline specific with very little interoperability built in.

FM Global currently (and this is not uncommon) requires multiple software platforms

and methods to service our client base

FM Global the problem

True BIM Authoring

Autodesk Revit Architecture

Autodesk Revit Structure

Autodesk Revit MEP

Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture

Autodesk AutoCAD MEP

Autodesk AutoCAD Structural Detailing

Graphisoft ArchiCAD

CAD/3d Modeling

Autodesk AutoCAD

Autodesk Inventor + Fusion

Bentley MicroStation

Informatix MicroGDS

Avia Scan2CAD

IMSI TurboCAD

Google SketchUp

Eos Systems PhotoModeler

Autodesk Photofly (now called 123D Catch)

BIM Analysis/Viewing

Autodesk Navisworks Manage

Autodesk Navisworks Freedom

Autodesk Quantity Takeoff

Autodesk Revit Architecture Viewer

Tekla BIMsight

Solibri Model Viewer

NIST IFC File Analyzer

175 years of History

+/- 350,000 drawings on paper/linen

Existing paper centric process

Traditional & long tenured Workforce

Presentation/Viewing

Autodesk 3ds Max Design

Composite (Film compositing and visual effects add-on)

Backburner (Render farm utility add-on)

FBX (file import/export utility)

Autodesk Showcase (Interactive 3d presentation tool)

Graphisoft Virtual Building Explorer

Graphisoft BIM Explorer

Autodesk SketchBook Designer (illustration and markup)

RasterEx Rx Highlight

Autodesk Design Review

Autodesk DWG True View

Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended

all for the lack of a solid and fully implemented suite of standards!

That is, of course, until buildingSMART started working on

interoperability allowing an approach more like the GIS

Industry.

FM Global uses only 2 GIS Software Suites:

Cadcorp SIS

ESRI ArcInfo

Implemented under the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

Open GIS Standards like WMS, WFS, CityGML, etc.

Virtual Design, Construction & Ownership

Procurement from openBIM

Plan, Visualize and Coordinate

e-trade from openBIM

Construct

Facilities Management/Handover

Financial Planning and Impact Analysiis

Corporate Values (2011 Corporate Objective)

Facilities Management Preventative Maintenance

Construction/Tenant Fit Up

Construction Coordination

Property Valuations

Data Collection (2012 Corporate Objective)

Pre-Visit Products (2012 Corporate objective)

FE/AE Effectiveness

Approvals BIM Objects (2012-2013 Corporate Objective)

Virtual Visits/Training (2011-2012 Corporate Objective)

Plan Review

FM Global some opportunities

In todays world we must be prepared to adapt our process To Insure Our Clients Investment

and be prepared to do it more than 50,000 times a year

But where to start?

How about going from this

to this

for a very diverse client base.

to this! Insurance, Loss Prevention

and Pre-Incident Planning

A Traditional View

GIS NatHaz Overlays (flood)

GIS Nat-Haz Overlays (flood & images)

Building Hazard (explosion) with NatHaz Exposure

Highlighting Maximum Foreseeable Loss

Recommendations for Improvement

Insurance, Loss Prevention

and Pre-Incident Planning

In todays world we must accomplish the Re-Engineering of our Internal Analysis Tools

to participate in and realize all of the benefits offered by

openBIM.

American Steel Corporation (1912) Northeastern University (2012)