In this webinar, we heard from Chris Pynn of Arup and Steve Fox of BIM Consulting on how organisations use BIM across project phases and their entire team to accelerate reviews and improve decision making. It also covered key trends in BIM adoption and some of the remarkable achievements from using BIM in the construction industry.
6. Challenges of realizing the full benefits of BIM
project-wide
• Increasing project complexity
• Information silos
• Software accessibility
• Design focused
• Handover to owner
• Initial investment
• Industry adoption
• Training
7. Who is BIM Consulting?
• Strategic advisory services
• Design to construction to operations
• Practical approach to Building Information Modelling (BIM)
8. BIM Management and project implementation
*Considered predominantly low BIM capability in the industry and may not be included as a sub-contractor Contract model.
Federated Construction stage BIM
The most current Contract models are aggregated by individual consultants & sub-
contractors within their own software environment for coordination and collaboration
Fire
SC
Mech
SC
Mech Elec Hyd Fire
Structural
Concrete
Steel
Structural
Steel
Concret
e
Elec
SC
Hyd
SC
Federated (WIP) Navisworks
Works in Progress Construction
Models for Clash Detection/ 3D
Coordination
Federated (WAE) Navisworks
Works as Executed handover model to
the Principal
9.
10. Central Park, Sydney – To be built twice, once virtually
Image: NSW Planning and Environment
11. What are we trying to achieve?
• Faster project start up times
• Better decisions
• More efficient review cycles
Improved project outcomes
12. Challenges to realizing value of project-wide BIM
People, Process, Technology & Policy
• Ensuring the right contractual conditions and framework
• Determining the activities and BIM processes to be adopted
• Selecting appropriate hardware and software
• Defining and controlling model & data structure and versioning
• Facilitating efficient and effective collaboration and communication
• Supporting project teams with a wide range of BIM maturity
13. How are we achieving goals?
Standardized
processes
Innovative use of
data
Project-wide access
to models and data
Tailored implementation by organization and project
14. Results
• Faster design development
• Informed and integrated decisions
• Accelerated review cycles
Deliver a better quality asset
15. Chris Pynn
Associate Principal
BIM Leader | Melbourne, Australia
Marina Bay Bridge
Manchester Stadium
Singapore MRT
Singapore Flyer
Marina Bay Sands
Singapore Sports Hub
“We shape a better world”
16. Together, we shape a better world
From more than 90 offices in over 38 countries, over 12,000 planners, designers, engineers
and consultants deliver innovative projects across the world with creativity and passion.
17. Recommendations for
BIM for FM
Department of Defence
University of Sydney
CAMPUS BIM Utilities and
GIS Strategy
Brisbane Airport
BIM Requirements &
Implementation Strategy
City of Sydney
Digital Strategy
Perth Stadium
Project BIM Strategy
BIM Advisory for
Investa Property
18. Arup Global BIM Strategy - Implementation
Getting the basics right
19. • Greater productivity
• Reduction in risk
• Greater value for our clients
• Greater satisfaction in our work
• Future proofing our business
24. Putting the model first
For design
Use the model to drive design coordination
across the entire project team.
25. Project-wide BIM
Benefits of a “Connected BIM” project
• Common Data Environment (CDE)
• Accelerated design reviews
• No need for proprietary software
• Full project-team can access the model
• No file size restrictions
• Issue tracking
• Connecting data sources
One
Model
Design
Teams
Contr-
actors
Client
Stake-
holders
Consul
-tants
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How BIM can accelerate project-wide
review cycles
John Barkwell, Aconex
How BIM can accelerate project-wide review cycles
John Barkwell, Director of BIM, Aconex
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Cloud & Mobile
Information & Process
Management
Engineering
& Construction
Project-Wide
Across the
Project Lifecycle
Plan Design Construct OperateBid
OperatorSub-contractorsContractorConsultantsOwner EPC Designer
Aconex collaboration
Save money, increase productivity. Manage project risk.
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Managing model files Managing project data
Disconnected BIM
Limited to the design team Everyone on the project
Disparate datasets Fully connected dataset
Design & Construct Full lifecycle, handover
Restricted access, requires
specialized software
Common Data Environment
via browser and mobile
Connected BIM, for better delivery
Connected BIM
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Design team
Rest of your project team
Document
Control
RFIs &
change
orders
Bidding &
Tenders
Workflows &
approvals
Commissioning Submittals Field
Inspections
Handover
Authoring tools Coordination tools
But “Traditional BIM” leaves project teams,
information & processes disconnected
How do I…
• View models without special software?
• Link RFIs with objects for resolution of clashes
and issues
How do I…
• Link information into my model for a
complete BIM handover?
• Get an audit trail of decisions made?
How do I…
• Distribute huge BIM files?
• Reduce cycle times on clash resolution?
• Version control to avoid errors on out-
of-date models?
How do I…
• Access models on my mobile device?
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Rest of your project team
Authoring tools
Coordination tools
Document
Control
RFIs &
change
orders
Bidding &
Tenders
Workflows &
approvals
Commissioning
Packages &
Deliverables
Field
Inspections
Handover
Document
Control
RFIs &
change
orders
Bidding &
Tenders
Workflows &
approvals
Commissioning Submittals Field
Inspections
Handover
Native model data
Open BIM, IFC, COBie
The Solution: Aconex “Connected BIM”…
driving everyone project-wide to participate in BIM
Open
BIM
Handover
Design team
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Updates
model, submits
to Aconex
Retrieves
models, runs
clash detection
Submits clash
report, assigns
to disciplines
Retrieves
assigned
clashes
Smarter and faster processes and decisions
Example: Clash detection / design coordination
Designer / Engineer BIM Coordinator
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Finds issue
on site, checks
BIM model
Resolves issue
on site
Responds with instruction
Receives RFI,
clicks through
to BIM model
Reviews linked
information for
full context
Raises RFI
Accelerated and connected review cycle
Example: RFI process
Contractor Designer / Engineer
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Leading to better delivery of your asset
Better design
coordination and
constructability
Construction
Streamlined
processes & better
decisions
Operations
A richer, higher
quality BIM into
asset operations
Design
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Summary
Traditional BIM
• Disconnected teams and
information
• BIM in silos
• Managing files not data
Managing files instead
of data
Connected BIM
• Improved coordination
• Better decisions
• Accelerated review cycles
• Higher quality model into
asset operations
Managing files inst
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Process improvement with Aconex
Delivering value through
customer engagements
• Process Discovery Workshop
• Process Mapping & Assessment
• Enterprise Deployment Standards
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Asset value delivered across 50,000
orgs, more than any other platform.
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Training & support for your entire project
community guarantees everyone’s success.
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Scalable, reliable platform to support global
projects. ISO 27001 certified.
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With thanks to our participants from
Arup and BIM Consulting
Learn more at
aconex.com/Demo
BIM Consulting
Editor's Notes
Moving from Disconnected BIM to Connected BIM, for better project delivery.
From managing model files to managing project data.
Taking BIM beyond the design team to everyone on the project.
From disparate datasets across multiple systems to one fully connected dataset
Benefits of BIM go beyond just Design and Construct phases – full project lifecycle, to handover and into operation.
No longer requires expensive specialised software. Connected BIM is a TRUE Common Data Environment for all project data, accessible via browser and mobile.
That’s because project teams, processes and information remain disconnected
That’s because project teams, processes and information remain disconnected
Bringing models into a common data environment
Publishing directly from native authoring software
Merge models from different authors
Visualize the design
Linking docs / specs
Identifying clashes and issues
Version control of model objects
Viewing of very large merged model sets
Export using Open BIM formats
Connected BIM helps to facilitate smarter and faster processes and decisions. For example, simplifies clash detection / design coordination processes especially when design team are working in different tools…
Mechanical Engineer, who uses Revit for authoring, has just made some updates to the MEP model, and uploads it to Connected BIM in an Open Format for the wider project to access.
BIM Coordinator/Manager, who using Solibri for analysis, needs to perform clash detection on the project’s various disciplinary models (MEP, Structural, Architectural, etc.). Downloads all models from Connected BIM, runs clash detector and generates clash report. Uploads report to Connected BIM in an Open Format, assigns clashes to various disciplines.
Mechanical Engineer downloads assigned clashes, works through list and makes updates to MEP model. Uploads to Connected BIM again when finished.
This process will be repeated numerous times throughout project. Important that it can be performed as smoothly and efficiently as possible to avoid constructability issues and deliver the project on time.
Connected BIM helps to facilitate smarter and faster processes and decisions. For example, it can simplify the RFI process and record resulting correspondence in the context of the model…
Contractor finds an issue on site. Checks the model first using mobile device, but still needs to consult Mechanical Engineer. Creates and sends an RFI from within the model, connected to the object he is looking at on site.
Mechanical Engineer received RFI, clicks through to same viewpoint the Contractor was looking at. Might make some adjustments, then responds with instruction. This thread has been captured in the context of the BIM model for future reference.
Contractor receives instruction and can resolve issue on site.
John:
I’ll move into the demo now and show you how folks manage processes for complex infrastructure projects, on the Aconex platform.
Just bear with me for one minute while I move from Power Point to the Aconex system.
Lori makes Steve presenter
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