tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89936950091148599372024-03-15T01:18:57.598-07:00AEC Connect BlogDeveloping strategies and implementing technology to connect architects, engineers,contractors and ownersinfo at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-3232744085155458212013-10-30T02:27:00.002-07:002013-10-30T16:31:08.219-07:00BIM for Interiors, Land Surveyors and Sub-contractors<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgquYULvSpgNpzYR4EnyG7puCpKO4waCv4rHYbqbdKSskGlPs91O-Uno7nzl-gyJ7bXcvDyszS7HxbE9Cs5ccX7bP8SdOmKQqZJtzcfV5MB80T3fTbaBB_f60tRa6RpfL3Vbbxk989Qy0St/s1600/O710_covers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgquYULvSpgNpzYR4EnyG7puCpKO4waCv4rHYbqbdKSskGlPs91O-Uno7nzl-gyJ7bXcvDyszS7HxbE9Cs5ccX7bP8SdOmKQqZJtzcfV5MB80T3fTbaBB_f60tRa6RpfL3Vbbxk989Qy0St/s320/O710_covers.jpg" width="320" /></a>There are 3 new practice papers available from the joint AIA (Australia) / Consult Australia BIM Steering Group. They are an extension to the 7 Outreach papers that were published last year:<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>O1</b> Educating Clients - What to ask for when requesting “BIM”</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>O2</b> BIM for Architects and Building Designers</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>O4</b> Possible uses of BIM for Construction</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>O5</b> Quantity Surveyors and Cost Planners: How can BIM improve my business?</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>O6</b> Facilities Managers: What benefits are there for me in engaging with a BIM process?</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>O7</b> Manufacturers and Suppliers: What can BIM do for my products?</span></span></span><br />
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As chair of the BIM & IPD Steering group of the Australian AIA
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You can download these three new documents for free (together with the other 23 documents that were released previously) via the <span style="color: #073763;"><b><a href="http://bim.architecture.com.au/groups/outreach.php" target="_blank">AIA website</a></b></span>. A simple login will give you access to the material.<br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">O8: BIM for Interior Designers </span></b></span></span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Julia Allen, </span></span></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Geyer</span></span><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> / Dominik Holzer, </span></span></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">AEC Connect</span></span><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> / Edited by Belinda Hodkinson, </span></span></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">SKM</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Chris Houghton, </span></span></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Peddle Thorp Architects</span></span><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> / David Berry, </span></span></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">V-Mark Design</span></span><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> / Michael Byrne, </span></span></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hellier McFarland</span></span><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> / </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nicholas Davies, </span></span></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lester Frank</span></span><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> / </span></span></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Edited by</span></span><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Dominik Holzer, </span></span></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">AEC Connect</span></span></div>
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At the outset it was important to highlight that this paper is dedicated to Land Surveyors and partially also to Civil Engineers (as opposed to Quantity Surveyors). Surveying for BIM contains essential advice on dealing with data sources and accuracy of information related to the BIM process. The major changes experienced by Land Surveyors in relation to the tools they use (e.g. 3D terrestrial laser scanning) and the associated accuracy/type/format of information they now provide, offers multiple opportunities for interaction with other parties in a BIM context.<br />
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The paper outlines recent developments in going form 'Field to Survey information Models' (SIM) by looking at survey and data formats, topography, and features. It then analyses workflows and process changes inherent to new ways of collaboration between Land Surveyors, Civil Engineers, and Consultants, finishing with an analysis of associated briefing requirements.<br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">O</span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;">10</span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">: BIM for Specialist Subcontractors and <b>T</b>rades</span></b></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dominik Holzer, </span></span></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">AEC Connect</span></span><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> / Sumit Oberoi, </span></span></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">AMCA</span></span><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> / Philip Shanks, </span></span></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jackson Roxborough</span></span><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> / Craig Kennedy, </span></span></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BSA Limited</span></span><br />
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There has been substantial progress in Australia for BIM related work undertaken by subcontractors and trades. That progress is not uniform across the industry and the paper highlights
challenges as much and it offers possible solutions, based on the
experience of leading professional groups and users. There is a strong focus on the processes that ltie 'Design Intent BIM' to 'Construction BIM' and the associated workflow-changes that are required across disciplines. The paper thereby analyses skills and training requirements, model development pathways, and significant workflow changes that affect the supply chain. The paper ultimately hints at a future where a higher degree of automation and offsite prefabrication may well become the norm for a large number of trades using BIM.<br />
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I hope the information we provide assists the entire industry in advancing BIM uptake, be it in Australia or elsewhere. Most of the content in the paper is as relevant internationally as it is here in Australia.I'd like to thank each and every author, editor and reviewer who helped to publish the documents and I look forward to some great feedback about the papers from a global audience.<br />
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After traveling the continent for the AIA National BIM Seminar for two years in a row, I've handed over the baton to Dan Jürgens, the National BIM Manager at Cox who will start his 'tour' on Wednesday, 23 November in Perth. The AIA will run the seminar in a slightly different format this year: A networking lunch with an expert panel session. <br />
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Dan is a great presenter with in-depth knowledge about BIM. From what I've seen so far he will be a fantastic host and the material looks amazing. I would like to encourage everyone to join his session on: <b>BIM in Design, Construction and Facilities Management.</b><br />
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From what I can tell, Dan has assembled a great panel for each of the six cities the AIA will run the event.<br />
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Dan and the panel will provide those who are new to BIM with a great overview as well as offering those more advance some first hand insights about latest developments across a range of issues associated to the life-cycle aspect of BIM. In the tradition that we established 2-3 years ago with the AIA, the seminar therefore caters for a large group of stakeholders throughout the industry (and not just architects). <br />
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Please continue <a href="http://www.architecture.com.au/cpd-education/national/cpd-events" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more and register for the seminar!info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-5954817261327019642013-09-18T23:24:00.000-07:002013-10-27T16:37:55.651-07:0010 Things a Client Should Know about BIM<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Written by Dominik Holzer </span></b></span><br />
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As a client on any medium to large scale construction
project you would have come across the acronym BIM (standing for Building
Information modelling) one way or another over the past 1-2 years. BIM is an
industry buzzword that can relate to many things. It is often misunderstood or
at times even deliberately misused in order to promote the goals of individual
parties.<br />
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This essay provides clients with a straightforward summary
of 10 things that are useful to know about BIM. In putting these points
together, the author draws on extensive industry knowledge as well as exposure
to some of the most prominent BIM projects that have been delivered in
Australia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_1__BIM___BIM"></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>BIM
will change the way you procure and operate your assets</h2>
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‘Why should I care?’ is often the first question that clients
ask about BIM. For clients, BIM is often associated with 3D software applied by
consultants or contractors to facilitate their documentation. So what’s the
benefit for clients who don’t engage much with this sort of technology anyway? </div>
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The answer is simple: BIM is about much more than just
‘intelligent 3D models’. A key value for clients lies within the data that can
be embedded in BIM; this data ties into the design and construction process as
much as it can tie into your procurement and operational procedures. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through BIM, you can test the value
proposition associated to a newly proposed project and you can fine-tune it
during feasibility studies. In doing so, you can derive relevant clues about
the most appropriated procurement and delivery methods for the following
project phases. As a client, you can also benefit from well-structured and
up-to date BIM-data in the commissioning phase. This data responds to your
requirements as a developer and possibly also the needs of your Facility
Managers. </div>
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The bigger picture related to BIM is that it offers you more
certainty about an asset even before it gets built. The information-rich
environment provided by BIM will assist you in reducing risk and gain more
certainty about your assets during operation. If implemented correctly, BIM
results in higher quality buildings, a reduction in (planning &
construction) time, and ultimately in significant cost-savings throughout the
life-cycle of an asset.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>BIM doesn’t come off the shelf</h2>
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BIM is not a preconfigured product that you can buy off the
shelf. It is a process that allows you to strengthen your core business through
the use of cutting edge technology. It gives you the opportunity to manage
building information that counts for you on any given project. BIM therefore affects
each client (and even each project) differently and there is no common formula
that fits all enterprises. Whether you just develop a project to sell it off
straight away or if plan to operate the facility over a prolonged period of
time has a major impact on the BIM output relevant for you. The advantages you
derive from BIM will always depend on your specific business goals, the project
requirements, and a customised strategic BIM approach associated to them. </div>
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A common mistake made by clients is that they ask their
consultants and/or the contractor for BIM without specifying what
information-content they are ultimately after. This mistake more often than not
results in consultants/contractors overpromising and under-delivering. The more
reasonable approach is for you as a client to be able to specify (or at least
explore with your team) what information you want to get out of BIM on any
given project.<br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_different_advantages_depending_on_clien"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_simple_developer"></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Not everyone does BIM yet, but it pays off to
get involved<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_2__It_pays_off_to_get_involved"></a> now</h2>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_The_client_as_BIM_expert__No___but_an_i"></a>As a
client/developer, you clearly don’t want to know about the technical nuts and
bolts of BIM. It is one thing to consider what the consultants and the contractors
get out of it, but in the end what counts for you are the benefits for your
business. Not everyone in the industry is fully BIM enabled, so why would you
as a client risk engaging with this topic now?</div>
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In short: you will be able to make better decisions about
the assets you develop if you link the detailed building information produced
by your project team to complement your own business processes . With you as
the client in the driver’s seat you can start to articulate clearly (and early
on) what information you’d expect to get out of BIM. You may go as far as to
preference those consultants who can deliver the information that counts for
you, or at least those who are willing to engage you in that dialogue. The
clearer your demands on information content, the more likely you will see
others follow your lead.</div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Distinguish_what_you_need_to_know"></a>BIM policy
makers in the UK have developed an “Employer Information Requirements (EIR)” document.
It is a matrix to be filled in by clients and their Asset/Facility Managers at
the outset of a project to articulate what data (and ultimately: information)
they expect to get out of BIM on a given project. The deliverables defined in
the EIR then forms the basis for the consultant and contractor team to develop
a BIM Execution Plan (BEP) – a document they establish to identify how BIM is
implemented across a multi-disciplinary team. </div>
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Currently most BEPs only consider the needs of the
consultants or the contractor. They only really make sense if they start off
with what you as the client expect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<h2 style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_O_M"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_3__BIM_is_as_much_about_MANAGEMENT_as_i"></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>BIM is as much about MANAGEMENT as it is about
TECHNOLOGY</h2>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Don_t_write_it_off_as_a_technology_thin"></a>As a
client, BIM can have a major effect on the way you manage your entire portfolio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is true that BIM processes are facilitated
through new technology, but that’s just an enabler. The changes inherent to BIM
have a fundamental impact on your business procurement and management strategies.
It is pivotal to query your Project Managers and your legal counsel on their
position on BIM. Ensure they become knowledgeable about BIM in order to provide
you with consistent feedback about the impact of BIM on a policy, procurement,
and a business level.</div>
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As a client, you are well advised to become strategic about the
opportunities and the impact of BIM on your business in order to minimise risk
and maximise ROI. A stronger focus on information management will help you to communicate
your expectations clearly with your project team and to fine-tune parts of your
project briefs and contracts that deal with BIM. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You should also consider involving BIM
consultancy from third parties who help you to formulate your strategic
approach to BIM in close alignment to your business model.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Don_t_let_run_by_technologists_alone"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Understand_the_impact_on_your_business"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Get_support"></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_5__It_affects_each_client_differently"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_6__You_determine_the_value_of_BIM"></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>You determine the value of BIM</h2>
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Return on Investment
is relevant for any business; when it comes to BIM, it is not the only driver
for adoption. If you consider the process-change inherent to BIM, there are
some other opportunities that allow for stronger engagement between you and the
work undertaken by your consultants and contractors:</div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_First___Understand_the_value_for_your_b"></a>Firstly,
clients can get stronger involved in the early planning process through better
engagement with the 3D aspect of planning. Those of your consultants who use
BIM will find it easier to update you with 3D screenshots and simple renders of
the planning process. </div>
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Secondly, collaborators on BIM projects will search for
integrating information from various trades earlier than they were able to with
traditional methods. The associated risk mitigation leads to increased
certainty and to a decrease in RFIs during construction. You as a client will
ultimately benefit from a project that is more likely to be delivered on time
and on budget.</div>
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Thirdly, owner/operators have the biggest stake in BIM of
all clients. They want streamlined transfer of planning and construction data
through to commissioning and operation. Imagine a process where your project
team interacts with you Facility Manager to determine the kind of information
useful for them for Asset Management and Maintenance right at the start of a
project. Through early supply chain interaction, the team appropriates their
BIM output throughout the process to facilitate handover of the information
useful during operation.<br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_7__Expect_more_of_your_consultants___th"></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Expect more
(& something different) from your project team</h2>
<div class="MsoNormal">
BIM is in many ways a game-changer. If implemented well by
your project teams, it will allow them to communicate their design with an
unprecedented level or clarity. The 3D interface comes as a by-product of their
documentation, which in return makes it easier for you as a client to engage
with their proposal at any stage. Whereas your team will still deliver you 2D
documents, such as with traditional forms of delivery (CAD), they can now also
associate other data (such as quantities, construction-sequences, or O&M
manuals) to the documentation they produce. You should not expect to get all
this information from them for free, but it makes sense to ask them what they
can or cannot deliver. Paying for these extras will make sense as long as you
are clear about what constitutes your cost-benefit equation for BIM.
Consultants or contractors are often still hesitant to provide you with extras
if they are not adequately compensated for the additional work-effort it causes
them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_It_s_disruptive_"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Scrutinise_their_BIM_Maturity"></a>As a client, you should clearly state
your intentions related to BIM as part of the project brief and the
professional service agreements. You also need to scrutinise the BIM-maturity
of your project team.</div>
<h2 style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Consult_feedback_form_BIM_experts_"></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>It's the data that you're after</h2>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_What_information_do_you_want_to_get_out"></a>Consultants
and contractors often overlook that clients don’t have much use of 3D models.
What really counts for you is the data associated with geometric objects in
BIM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What information do you want to get
out of BIM and how does that information relate do data embedded in the model.
In order to answer this question you as a client should engage your project
team and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Work_form_back_to_front"></a>‘work form back to front’,
namely define your data requirements (even for O&M) right at the start. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Consultants in particular are more often than not fixed on
the graphical output they produce as part of their documentation. During the
design process, they usually don’t engage with your Facility Managers who in
return see little reason to talk to the consultants about what concerns them
once the building gets handed over. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Involve_FMs_from_day_1"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Elaborate_on_data_drops"></a>As a client you are well advised to bring
those parties to the table (also involving the contractor) in order to elaborate
on data drops the team can provide your FM experts with throughout the various project
stages. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_COBie_or_whatever"></a>BIM allows for facilitations of FM
relevant data to be exported in a fairly straightforward manner (via a format
called COBie) as long as the key stakeholders are on the same page about your
basic data requirements. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Make_sure_you_have_sustained_benefits"></a>Make
sure you have sustained benefits of this process by considering how data that
stems from BIM can be <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_always_maintain_the_data_over_time"></a>maintained
over time.<br />
<br /></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>BIM is still evolving and it will keep doing so</h2>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_4__BIM_is__still__evolving"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Uncertainty_due_to_changing_nature"></a>BIM is still a moving target.
From the previous comments you will gather that there is still a lot of room
for improvement when it comes to uniform industry uptake and clarity among
stakeholders about what constitutes ‘best practice BIM’ on a project. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Still, it is not advisable to wait until the BIM train has
left the station. The time to engage with BIM is now. The sooner we see clients
in the driver’s seat for BIM with clearly established deliverables, the sooner
the industry will (have to) respond to their demands for better information
content that gets passed on to them. The majority of BIM development still
focuses predominantly on the consultants and the contractor. It is time to take
on board how BIM is changing their processes in order to work with them on
solutions that equally benefit you as a client. This engagement will ideally be
bi-directional as clients also have a responsibility in considering their
contracts in the light of the opportunities BIM provides to all stakeholders. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
There is currently no government mandate for BIM in
Australia, but several state departments and groups have issued BIM protocols
that outline their expectations to the project teams.<br />
<br /></div>
<h2 style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Linking_all_the_way_to_Facility_Manager"></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>BIM also works for your existing building stock<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_10__BIM_is_the_starting_point_for_your_"></a></h2>
<div class="MsoNormal">
There exists a misconception among a number of clients who
believe that BIM only makes sense on new projects. It is true that the
application of BIM is best considered right at the start of a new project in
order to encompass its entire lifecycle and supply chain. At the same time,
clients have numerous opportunities to include aspects of BIM on their existing
stock, in particular where a link between O&M management systems and a
geometrical representation of an asset is desired. A key example where this
currently happens in Australia is BIM4 FM approach by the Sydney Opera House. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
One additional facilitator of applying BIM on existing
projects, is the recent technological advance in 3D terrestrial laser scanning.
Land surveyors, civil engineers and architects alike are increasingly capturing
‘real life’ geometric data and combine it with object based models via BIM. It
will become relevant for you as a client to understand the potential of this
technology for creating a BIM enabled inventory of your assets. It may not
include the same information-rich context that is usually achieved if BIM is modelled
from scratch, but it may nevertheless allow you<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>to capture essential building data for O&M and link it to 3D
geometrical environments.<br />
<br /></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>BIM is just the starting point for your
Enterprise Information Model</h2>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The final point
looks at BIM beyond the application on single projects. Imagine how useful well
integrated building data may present itself if several of your assets or even
your entire portfolio gets linked together in one environment. The step BIM to
Enterprise Information Models (EIM) is just a logical continuation of the
principles behind intelligent data management. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Think_BIG_DATA"></a>When considering the bigger
picture, and by linking BIM to FM to Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) countless
opportunities arise. You can start connecting the dots in order to get relevant
operational data about your portfolio in one environment. By combining this
information with other sources of information (think BIG DATA)<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Connect_the_dots"></a>, one can soon understand the potential benefits
for clients to:</div>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Extract_what_you_need_to_know_to_make_d"></a><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Extract what you need to know to make decisions
(quicker)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Have_all_the_information_of__your_combi"></a><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Have all the information of your combined assets
at your fingertips </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Appropriate that data once and re-use it again
and again</li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_Develop_briefs_for_future_projects_base"></a><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Develop briefs for future projects based on that
knowledge</li>
</ul>
<div class="MsoNormal">
BIM is the enabler for these activities to unfold. It is a
stepping stone to an information-rich future where you as a client are far
better informed about the performance of your assets no matter what aspects you
want to focus on. With all of the opportunities mentioned above, you will learn
to engage with BIM to get out of it what benefits you most. This process will
take time and it will possibly ask of you to consider changing parts of your
traditional contracts. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
In the long run, you may want to consider viable options in
procuring your projects that are better tuned to enable more adequate handling
of risk and responsibilities between the various project team members.</div>
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BROOKING PRICE HIGH COMMENDATION<br />
<br />
AEC Connect's Dominik Holzer has recently been honoured with a High Commendation for co-authoring the above paper (with Ilsa Kuiper) for this year's Brooking Price entry. The Brooking Price of the Society of Construction Law Australia awards this price for the best essay submitted in their field. It is named after The Hon Robert Brooking AO QC in recognition of his Honour’s pioneering contribution to the study and practice of construction law in Australia.<br />
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Both authors are excited about this outcome and they started to investigate channels for publishing the paper with advice from the Society of Construction Law Australia. A full list of winning entries can be found <a href="http://www.scl.org.au/data/Brooking_Prize_results_announcement_2013.pdf" style="color: #45818e;" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />
The Society of Construction Law Australia will hold their <a href="http://www.socla2013.com.au/" style="color: #45818e;" target="_blank">annual conference</a> from 2-4 August in Sydney. One focus of the conference will be on new Technologies and about Building Information Modeling (BIM) in particular. AEC Connect is planning to attend the event and report back in a future blog-entry.<br />
<br />
<i>Rethinking the contractual context for Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the Australian built environment industry </i><br />
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The paper introduces the legal context of BIM in Australia in reference to contemporary local and international approaches. It highlights the relations between the various contractual framworks applied on construction projects in Australia and the associated opportunities and challenges for collaborating via BIM. <br />
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The authors will be able to share the full abstract once a suitable context for publication has been found.info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-52578111707628014222013-05-08T00:17:00.002-07:002013-05-09T04:59:39.934-07:00BIM - 10 years on<!--[if !mso]>
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A reflection on achievements (and misses) of BIM in the past 10 years based on a range of highly diverse, BIM related conferences that are currently on the way in Australia.<br />
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It has now been over 10 years since
BIM became officially accepted as the industry acronym to represent the breadth
of investigations into object-based virtual modelling and building product
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Back in 2003 BIM had been around in one way or another for 2-3 decades, but it was not until that year that the construction industry globally started using this three letter acronym.</div>
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Where do we stand with the adoption of BIM right now? What
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I won’t attempt to produce a full chronological account of
the achievements and challenges leading up to this decennial (I’m sure these
will pop up elsewhere). Instead, I will reflect on the path we have taken by
illustrating the breadth and depth of developments surrounding BIM on the hand
of 6 conferences that are about to take place in (in around Australia) which
all deal with BIM one way or another. The density and the diversity of these BIM
related events, on a national (and partly international) level, are
unprecedented. This BIM “mainstreamification” is in no way limited to the
Australian region. It follows an international trend where more and more
developed countries are becoming savvy in the implementation and application of
BIM related processes, policies, training, and procurement. </div>
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The suite of large industry events in this ‘BIM season’ is
kicked off by a VANZI conference & expo on 13 & 14 May in Sydney. VANZI
stands for ‘Virtual Australia & New Zealand Initiative’ and I was fortunate
to pre-view the Keynote presentation by VANZI’s CEO Michael Haines just before
the start of this exciting event. Central to the initiative is buy-in from
government, large corporate organisations, academia and leading thinkers in the
‘virtual space’ overall. VANZI thereby addresses a broad range of spatial,
social, environmental and built-environment related issues in their virtual,
physical and legal context. It becomes evident that BIM now plays an important role as a stepping stone to connect
geometric information and spatial data from the building level, to a ‘precinct’
scale (PIM), and finally the overarching geospatial context (GIS).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><a href="http://www.activebusinesscommunications.com/vanzi/program.php"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></a><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
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to this year’s Australasian Revit Technology Conference (RTC) that will take
place in Auckland (NZ) from 16-18 May. RTC has established itself as the BIM
user conference. It so happens to be initiated by Revit users, but it has long
expanded from this focus to become a true BIM event with an ever increasing
spectrum of presentations that deal with broader aspects of implementing BIM
and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) in practice. An example of this broad
(but still very practice centred) approach is the expansion of the “Principals’
Stream” from one to two days. Next to the peer-to peers support usually
provided in the other (more technical) streams, the principals’ stream offers
insights from legislators, quantity surveyors, client representatives, facility
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seems to be a mainly user-centric event (proclaimed as ‘BIM festival’ by the
organisers). As much as RTC jumped eastwards over to NZ this year for the first
time, the BIM Day Out may well be its western cousin. It will surely cater for
the steadily growing West Australian audience, but the organisers don’t hide
their ambition to make this a national event. It is too early to tell the exact
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BIM-MEP<sup>AUS </sup>and Executive Director AMCA (VIC) I am getting excited
about this year’s Construction Innovation Forum in Melbourne from 25-26 July.
For the first time, the AMCA runs this as a two day event and it further
demonstrates their BIM leadership role as a national organisation representing
a group of subcontractors. As noted in a previous post, last year’s BIM-MEP<sup>AUS
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doubt that this year will continue this trend. Respect is due for AMCA’s
approach to deliver both: The big picture of where the entire industry is going
as well as subcontractor focussed reports and case-studies that provide a thorough
grounding on current best practice in Australia (and beyond). I won’t hold back
with my opinion that this annual forum is the leading sub-contractor-initiated
BIM event globally and it puts the outstanding work of this Australian industry
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The next BIM-related event tackles the subject from a different
angle. The national conference of the Society of Construction Law (SOCLA) will take
place in Sydney from 2-4 August. They focus on Construction, Technology &
the Law and a short glimpse of their speaker line-up promises a strong bias
towards BIM and associated approaches for integrated project delivery (IPD).
Based on my knowledge about the Australian BIM scene I would argue that 2012-2013
has seen a substantial increase in interest by lawyers who investigate the
impact of BIM. Contract and dispute law are the two key areas affected by BIM. The
establishment of new agreements that better fit a BIM workflow are currently
under development by a number of firms. The development of contractual
frameworks that focus on the Managing Contractor model as well as Relationship
contracting (such as currently investigated by the Department of Defence) is
pivotal to the success of BIM on the procurement side. Key contributors to the discourse
about contractual implications of BIM are present at the conference. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This shows substantial promise for advancing
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in Sydney on August 26 & 27. In its third year, and organised by Informa,
the Summit has established itself as one of the premier events on the annual
BIM calendar in the Australasian region. The elevated price tag indicates that
the Summit is not your average user conference. Instead, it is a high-class
get-together of the leading global BIM facilitators and ‘doers’. The Summit has
an ambitious line-up of speakers with keynote addresses from some of the biggest
hitters from the UK, the US, Asia, and our region. The Summit thereby covers a
broad spectrum of BIM related activities in the planning, construction, and
management of building assets. This spectrum ranges from policy related matters
to BIM research & skill development, Project Management, Collaboration, BIM
for Quantity surveyors, BIM for Facility Managers, BIM for Consultants,
contractors, and BIM for Owners. In addition to covering all these topics, the
organisers also call for submissions for the first Australian BIM awards.</div>
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After 10 years of BIM we start to see convergence between
the efforts by various professions in the construction industry and those who facilitate
its progress through legislation and the supply of building products. BIM is
now steadily expanding into PIM (precinct information models) on the geospatial
and infrastructure side, while witnessing tighter integration between design,
construction and operation. Legal frameworks and policies are reconsidered in the
context of enabling ever more transparent sharing of information while managing
the risks associated to the BIM workflow. </div>
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Many challenges still lie ahead: <br />
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against the code)</div>
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10 years have shown substantial progress and a fundamental impact of BIM on the
way we conceive and deliver buildings. Working in the cloud is about to become
the next stepping stone in this development and some of us are already in the starting
block for this to happen. </div>
info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-16010306248193661632013-03-24T07:00:00.000-07:002013-03-24T04:25:12.440-07:00Announcing: Strategic Partnership between AEC Connect in Australia and CASE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>AEC Connect</i></span> will expand its services offered in Australia through close collaboration with the 20+ strong <a href="http://www.case-inc.com/" target="_blank">CASE</a> team in the US and the UK. The newly formed partnership with <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>CASE</i></span> will foster <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>AEC Connect’s</i></span> <strong><a href="http://www.aecconnect.com/aecc_areas_BIM_Strategy.html" target="_blank">Strategic Design Technology</a></strong> consultancy and take advantage of <i>CASE’s</i> exhaustive experience in <strong><a href="http://www.case-inc.com/content/project-consulting" target="_blank">Project Consulting</a></strong>.<br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>AEC Connect</i></span> Australia will be working with the <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>CASE</i></span> <strong><a href="http://www.case-inc.com/content/software-development" target="_blank">Software Development</a></strong> team to provide clients with custom solutions that go beyond their ‘out of the box’ tool ecology. Together, <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>AEC Connect</i></span> and <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>CASE</i></span> will provide Australian clients with tailored solutions for appropriating and visualising complex project BIM data, ranging from decision support to asset management and the setup of enterprise/precinct information models.<br />
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The strategic partnership will help to increase the global outreach of <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>CASE</i></span> and allow them to venture further into the Australian market. With <i><span style="color: #0c343d;">Dominik Holzer</span></i> from <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>AEC Connect</i></span> on their side, <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>CASE</i></span> can rely on a highly respected, local representative with exhaustive industry experience. At <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>AEC Connect</i></span> Australia and <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>CASE</i></span>, we see strong synergies in this collaboration that will broaden our outreach and ultimately serve to the advantage of our clients.info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-74925407321277824162013-03-12T23:11:00.000-07:002013-03-24T05:17:55.111-07:00How BIM changes effort levels across the AEC industry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a short overview of a recent industry study conducted by AEC Connect in order to establish the sentiment among some of Australia’s leading architecture and engineering consultants who use BIM to deliver projects on a day to day basis.<br />
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This short report is the outcome of a recent industry study conducted by AEC Connect in order to establish the sentiment among some of Australia’s leading architecture and engineering consultants who use BIM to deliver projects on a day to day basis. <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8iT3_UsbrTFVWZJUzNvWFM3QjQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Download the full report here</span></b></a>!<br />
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Manifold conversations (some of which rather passionate) with industry expert preceded the research undertaken here. The following questions came up again and again:<br />
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<li>Does working in BIM save consultants time and money?</li>
<li>What effect does BIM have on the quality of documents consultants produce?</li>
<li>Can consultants/contractors ever expect to be paid higher fees for delivering projects using BIM?</li>
<li>What value-add is the use of BIM on projects to clients?</li>
<li>How could clients judge the quality of BIM outcomes they are presented with?</li>
<li>Why would they pay an extra cent if it saves the consultants/the contractor money?</li>
<li>Should fees actually go down? </li>
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Some of these ‘hot topics’ are rarely discussed publicly. Clients seem too little informed to be able to make a sound judgement in how far BIM affects fees. Consultants and contractors are at times uncomfortable discussing the effort-level that goes into establishing BIM as most go through a substantial learning curve with fast moving targets. Ultimately, the success of implementing BIM on projects is not decided by those who apply it best, but rather by those who are least advanced, thereby holding back progress of others. In addition to this, the ROI of BIM is difficult to grasp as it depends on a large variety of factors that seem to change dramatically as building industries globally go through the BIM adoption process. <br />
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In early 2013 McGraw Hill released an in-depth report reviewing the rate of BIM adoption across North America between 2009-2012. The report highlighted two key findings: <br />
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<li>Using BIM is no longer a distinguishing factor, but rather a means for consultants to maintain repeat business from their clients</li>
<li>A positive ROI when implementing BIM is not per se a given. It depends strongly on the quality of implementation and the profession you belong to (with engineers finding it particularly tough). </li>
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Whereas the reasons for the ROI dilemma are not easy to grasp, the McGraw Hill report highlights that the construction industry in North America is still experiencing major challenges in the adoption of BIM. It can be argued that the situation elsewhere is not much different. What is good ‘BIM value for money?’ How does one justify the cost of implementation? Does the market simply dictate the level of BIM services clients can expect from consultants and contractors? What are the benefits for those who ‘do’ BIM well? <br />
The core reason why these questions cannot easily be answered at this point is the lack of clear measures of BIM competency and the quality of work delivered through BIM. By nature, BIM redistributes the roles and responsibilities of various participants on design projects as Quality Assurance occurs much earlier on projects than in pre-BIM times. Not only does QA occur earlier, it is also conducted by different parties with a shift away from costly checks on site, to eliminating clashes/inconsistencies in the planning phase through more detailed coordination. Even though the final outcome may look familiar, with BIM we ultimately produce a higher quality product that entails a new distribution of effort and value. <br />
Clients, who are not aware of the underlying dynamics inherent to BIM, easily overlook the relationship between effort, quality, and value. This oversight (ambivalence) is more likely to occur if they apply traditional contracts to procure projects, set up teams, and determine the associated fee structure. <br />
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In order to address some of the issues mentioned before, this report provides a starting point for further discussion. It contains responses to 13 questions that were asked to a group of leading architects and engineers who are at the forefront of using BIM across Australia. 15 practices participated in this short survey. This report does not offer a comprehensive and detailed picture of BIM uptake in Australia. Instead, it provides an insight about the current sentiment these leading practices have regarding the level of effort that goes into implementing BIM. </div>
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Some respondents struggled to quantify the effort levels for the use of BIM in relation to pre-BIM approaches. This does not come as a surprise, as – similar to issues related to ROI – effort sometimes is nearly impossible to quantify as it depends on manifold factors that undergo substantial variations over time. In some cases there simply is no precedence: <br />
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Still, the overwhelming majority of respondents embraced the challenge to provide a ball park figure (of effort) based on their initial ‘gut-reaction’. In addition, a large number of survey participants added more detailed comments to their responses in order to contextualise their responses within a wider context of their implementation effort. The combined percentages, complemented by the associated descriptive comments offer valuable insights into the perceived effort levels associated to various tasks we undergo when using BIM.<br />
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In the graph presented here you can find combined results. The numbers on the left represent percentages of perceived change in effort when using BIM.<br />
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<span lang="EN-AU">buildingSmart Australia recently
hosted Jon Mirtschin from <a href="http://geometrygym.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Geometry Gym</a> at Arup in Melbourne. </span>Jon was part of an exquisite line-up of industry experts who discussed current developments in moving between parametric exploration, engineering optimisation and documentation in BIM. Find a summary in this blog entry.<br />
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span a broad range of Design Technology related matters, highlighting the level
of conversion that is currently emerging between tools for design exploration
and delivery.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Members of the Cox/Arup
team working on the Adelaide Oval redevelopment kicked off the night with great
insights about the sharing of parametric models for co-rationalising design,
structural optimisation and fabrication. I was able to draw from my own experience
working with Arup on the optimisation of a comparable steel roof-structure for
the <a href="http://www.aamipark.com.au/desktopdefault.aspx" target="_blank">AAMI Park Stadium in Melbourne</a> (also by <a href="http://www.coxarchitecture.com.au/" target="_blank">Cox</a>). Back then, strong
reservations prevailed on interactively sharing the roof geometry between the
architects and engineers.The account of the Adelaide Oval team illustrated how
these concerns are being replaced by an open dialogue where all parties work
jointly on fine-tuning geometry to optimise performance and buildability. </span></div>
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After an introduction
by Matt Rumbelow with a short history about IFC,<a href="http://geometrygym.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Geometry Gym</a>’s Jon Mirtchin
introduced the mixed audience of architects and engineers to his approach for
bridging the gap between intuition and precision via his custom tools that
export design data from a Rhino/Grasshopper based tool environment into more
BIM focused applications such as Revit or ArchitCAD. Jon highlighted the
advantages of <a href="http://www.buildingsmart-tech.org/specifications/ifc-releases/ifc4-release" target="_blank">IFC4</a> in handling NURBS based geometry and he gave a live
demonstration of the schemers he wrote for translating parametrically created
free form geometry into the more controlled Revit environment.</div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Countless opportunities
for design and delivery seem to emerge from these promising steps to bridge
between design exploration, analysis and documentation. It appears that Grasshopper’s parametric
capabilities are used ever more frequently by architects and links to
engineering analysis add-ins (like <a href="http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/kangaroo" target="_blank">Kangaroo</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3R134IghbE" target="_blank">Salamander</a>, <a href="http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/geco" target="_blank">Gecko</a> or <a href="http://www.grasshopper3d.com/profiles/blogs/karamba-parametric-structural" target="_blank">Karamba</a>) become
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<span lang="EN-AU">Jon’s contribution to the
field is substantial and unique, possibly on par with similar work undertaken by
<a href="http://www.theprovingground.org/" target="_blank">Nathan Miller</a> from CASE in the US. We are going through truly exciting times and it is worth while to closely monitor the developments coming from Jon and his peers in this area over the coming months.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">A critical review of this recent conference in Sydney that gathered k</span>ey national and international experts to share their progress on implementing BIM on a variety of projects.</div>
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I was delighted to close
out the inaugural ‘<a href="http://www.bim-in-practice.com.au/Event.aspx?id=825586" target="_blank">BIM in Practice</a>’ Conference with my
presentation on: <i>Why clients shouldn't pay an extra cent for BIM (and why they
should)</i>. Key national and international experts from a broad range of
professional backgrounds shared their progress on implementing BIM on a variety
of projects.</div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">The conference organisers
IQPC managed to gather an excellent and varied line-up of speakers. It was
noticeable though that the hefty price tag (at points ticket prices for the two
days were above 3k per person) seemed to have warded off potential attendees
and the number of speakers (around 20) seemed to be equalled by the number of
audience in the room. The event thus had somewhat
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<span lang="EN-AU">After a short introduction
to the current National BIM Initiative by John Mitchell (buildingSmart ) and a
short discussion about Collaborative Contracting, Andrew Guttridge and his
colleague Michael Carlotto from <a href="http://www.arkhefield.com.au/" target="_blank">Arkhefield</a> provided the most compelling
presentation of the entire conference, highlighting their approach for architect
driving design coordination with early sub-contractor involvement and in
consideration of requirements to Facility Management. </span><br />
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Day one was followed by a
series of presentations related to the intricacies of BIM adoption by various
industry players and government agencies. Most notably, Simon Lloyd-Evans from
the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, New Zealand introduced us
to their <a href="http://econtent.tauranga.govt.nz/data/building/files/geobuild.ppt" target="_blank">GeobuildTM</a> framework to bring together building information and
geographical and environmental data. It is interesting to witness of these
areas are currently converging and how they add new impetus to the adoption of
BIM type technology by adding new dimensions of associable spatial information
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<span lang="EN-AU">Later in the afternoon,
Arup’s Ricci Piper updated us on the work undertaken to assist Health Infrastructure (HI) in NSW to provide
guidance to consultants and contractors about their BIM mandate that came into
place at the end of January. Ricci summarised the content of four documents
that HI had put forward for review by their key stakeholders. HI issuing these
documents is a major step in Australia; (to my knowledge) it is the first time
that a State Department related organisation releases a document that clearly
outlines their (not only project specific) BIM requirements while at the same
time mandating the use of BIM on any of their projects (above 30 Million AU$) as
of now. It would not come as a surprise if Health Departments in other states
will refer to these documents in one way or another when issuing their BIM requirements
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<span lang="EN-AU">Day two of the conference
was marked by several more presentations on either strategic, or project
related BIM implementation progress on the consultant and contractor side. One
issue in particular became apparent: The
overall knowledge level about BIM in Australia is increasing. A solid number of
key players (mostly the tier 1 consultants and contractors) are progressing
steadily in adopting BIM related policies, standards and in advancing their in
house skill level. As much as this is clearly a positive development, it leads
to the problem that one starts to get confronted with a substantial level of
repeat information over the duration of a 2 day conference. Truly new aspects
of BIM and its context become harder to cover and the audience seems to consist
mostly of a circle of converted. Clients were still under-represented at the
conference as a target audience. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In retrospect, the above observation leads to
the question if 2-day conferences with generally themed BIM topics will remain
relevant in the future. Given a price tag of 2k or even 3k plus, I’d expect for
the audience to walk away with a bag full of new ideas, great references and a
number of contacts of potential collaborators. This is certainly the case when
one considers user conferences such as the Revit Technology Conference (RTC)
that is built on substantial peer to peer support as well as a ‘Principals
Stream’. In the case of the BIM in Practice, conference I believe that despite
best efforts of the organisers, the industry may well be beyond the point where
such general introductions are still necessary. With BIM seminars and user
meetings held 2-3 times every week in most major Australian cities, the
‘market’ seems to become fairly saturated. I’m not arguing in any way that we
are already well enough informed and I truly see extensive requirement for
educating the industry about BIM; it may well make more sense in slightly
different formats and for a target audience that constitutes a few fresh faces
(and in particular: clients, project managers and lawyers)</span></span>info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-53292329207184482272013-02-04T07:30:00.000-08:002013-03-24T04:39:09.887-07:00Dominik Holzer of AEC Connect appointed as Senior Lecturer at The University of Melbourne<br />
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<span lang="EN-AU">As of early February 2013 AEC
Connect’s Dominik Holzer occupies a half time position as Senior Lecturer in
Digital Architectural Design at The University of Melbourne where he complements his
activities as a consultant with an 'academic edge' at this highly regarded University.</span></div>
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As one of the leading
academic institutions in Australia, The University of Melbourne provides a
fertile ground for critical reflection on contemporary architectural and
construction practice.<br />
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info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-30796486434653861052012-10-22T17:47:00.001-07:002012-10-22T17:54:29.275-07:00'BIM in Practice' Seminars<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Blog entry: Dominik Holzer</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After a successful launch of the 23 'BIM in Practice' <a href="http://bim.architecture.com.au/" target="_blank">documents</a> back in late August, I will now embark on a 15 city tour of Australia to share detailed insights from the work undertaken by the BIM and IPD Steering Group of the Australian Institute of Architects and Consult Australia.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> In contrast to the launch, which was set up predominantly as a networking function, this Seminar Series will provide a more in-depth presentation and discussion of the following three topics:</span><br />
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- Effects of BIM on the legal and procurement aspects of delivering projects<br />
- Proper management of BIM collaboration across disciplines, and<br />
- Involving clients and other stakeholders to communicate benefits and challenges
of BIM<br />
<br />During the second part of the seminar, I will be joined by a high profile local engineer and contractor who use BIM to in everyday practice. We will encourage strong participation and comments by the audience.<br />
</span><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="color: #231f20;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Those present should be able to walk away with increased knowledge about the following aspects:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Understand how to deal with issues regarding the Intellectual Property (IP)
of their BIM output </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">List the effects of BIM on Professional Indemnity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Identify stakeholders’ responsibilities on BIM projects</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Generate a BIM Management Plan</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Identify the effects of BIM on various stakeholders in the industry</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12.30-2.30PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GEELONG</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mercure Hotel Geelong, Cnr Gheringhap and Myers Streets </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">THURS 1 NOV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9.00-11.00AM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SYDNEY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NSW Chapter ‘Tusculum’<br />3 Manning St, Potts Point</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">THURS 1 NOV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6.00-8.00PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NEWCASTLE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NEWCASTLE Division Office<br />Shop 2, 149 King Street</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FRI 2 NOV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12.00-2.00PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CANBERRA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ACT Chapter<br />2A Mugga Way, Red Hill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MON 5 NOV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5.30-7.30PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PERTH</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">UWA, CLEWS LECTURE THEATRE<br />Room 243, Physics Building, 35 Stirling Highway</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WED 7 NOV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9.30-11.30AM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BRISBANE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">QLD Chapter<br />Level 1, 70 Merivale Street South Brisbane</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WED 7 NOV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6.00-8.00PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GOLD COAST</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Griffith University<br />Room 3.11, Building G39 Parklands Drive</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">THURS 8 NOV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12.30-2.30PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CAIRNS</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cairns City Library<br />151 Abbott St</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MON 12 NOV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12.30-2.30PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PARRAMATTA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Office of Environment & Heritage<br />3 Marist Place, Parramatta</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WED 14 NOV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12.30-2.30PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DANDENONG</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Comfort Inn Dandenong<br />124 - 126 Princes Highway</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">THURS 15 NOV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9.30-11.30AM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">LAUNCESTON</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">UTAS School of Architecture and Design<br />Inveresk Railyards, 2 Invermay Road</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">THURS 15 NOV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3.00-5.00PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HOBART</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tasmanian Chapter<br />1/19a Hunter Street, Hobart</span></div>
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info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-10999640166403267762012-09-16T23:53:00.003-07:002012-09-19T04:16:16.126-07:00How full is your BIM? (Part 2)<h3>
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The urgent need to clearly define BIM ‘Scope of Services’ </span></h3>
<b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Blog entry by: Dominik Holzer</span></b><br />
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The dangers of a ‘Full BIM’ scope</h3>
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I was recently approached by a lawyer during an industry function where I presented the (amongst others) four documents discussing ‘Legal and Procurement’ aspects of BIM. The lawyer was pleased to see that the construction industry is now increasingly considering the legal aspects of BIM. “We are currently having a lot on our plate”, he said “…lots of disputes between consultants, contractors and clients who collaborate on projects using BIM; there seem to be large discrepancies between the clients’ expectations and what ultimately gets delivered by the consultants and contractors – More work for us lawyers!”.<br />
<a name='more'></a>These comments do not surprise me in any way. I’ve recently written an<strong><span style="color: #0c343d;"> </span></strong><a href="http://aecconnect.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/how-full-is-your-bim.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #0c343d;">essay on this blog</span></strong></a>, debating the dangers of using ambiguous acronyms such as ‘Full BIM’ in project briefs or even in contract documents. <br />
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<br />Pervasive use in contracts and high level industry documents</h3>
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I am at times torn between a smile and horror when I hear a presenter say: ‘We do Full BIM!’ Unfortunately, the ‘Full BIM’ phantom has made its way into nearly every BIM presentation or document. <br />
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The South Australian Government Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) has recently published a position paper <a href="http://www.bpims.sa.gov.au/bpims/library/library_frameset_2.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0c343d;">(search for: <strong>'PO42'</strong> in their library)</span></a> describing their goal to mandate ‘fully integrated BIM models’ from their consultants by 2015 (with increasing BIM deliverables staged between 2013 and then). ‘Full BIM’ even features in a report by the Australian branch of buildinigSmart . Their <a href="http://buildingsmart.org.au/the-national-bim-initiative" target="_blank">‘<span style="color: #0c343d;"><strong>National BIM Initiative</strong>’</span></a> document was recently handed to Federal Government for consideration. In the report, the implementation of ‘Full collaborative BIM’ is proposed by 2016. There is no doubt that buildingSmart refers to lifecycle BIM, addressing various aspects of building procurement to planning, delivery and operation. At the same time, we are entering a phase in the adoption of BIM where such definitions are too ambiguous and the report would benefit from a reference page where the scope of ‘Full Collaborative BIM’ is laid out in greater detail. Even if that were the case, I still doubt that there even can be such a thing as ‘Full BIM’. Any project has its own affordances for BIM deliverables; a buildingSmart definition of ‘Full BIM’ may by far exceed what is required for individual cases and rather confuse clients than providing greater resolution about this topic. <br />
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<br />BIM for FM – No standards yet!</h3>
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A simple example where things go wrong is the request by clients for ‘FM ready BIM’ (in my view: most clients’ expectation of ‘Full BIM’). I’ve recently learned that, even from an FM perspective, a general response to such a request (or worse: a clause in the contract) is impossible to achieve at the current point in time (in Australia). The Facility Management Association of Australia <a href="http://www.fma.com.au/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #0c343d;">(FMA)</span></strong></a> is still working on FM Standards in Australia. Given the lack of such standards, there exists no consensus about what ‘FM ready’ actually constitutes in the context of BIM. As a key policy advisor at the FMA admits: “… any FM expert is likely to list different BIM deliverables than those listed by a colleague”.<br />
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<br />Moving forward – Addressing ‘BIM Scope of Service’</h3>
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I suggest for those in the industry who include ‘Full BIM’ in their vocabulary to apply a more humble approach and stick to already existing industry definitions. The RIBA in the UK has made a start to generating a <a href="http://www.ribabookshops.com/uploads/b1e09aa7-c021-e684-a548-b3091db16d03.pdf" target="_blank">‘<span style="color: #0c343d;"><strong>BIM Scope of Work</strong>’</span></a> document by proposing an - as yet limited to architects – BIM Overlay to their ‘Outline plan of Work’. Elements of a ‘BIM services’ catalogue already exist, woven into the American AIA’s <a href="http://info.aia.org/aia/digitaldocuments.cfm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><strong>E203 document</strong></span></a> where BIM deliverables are split into Level of Development (LOD) and Model Element Authors (MEAs). Still, the E203 is rather aimed at supporting collaboration between consultants and a different catalogue is required that lays out BIM scope of work to clients and contractors as well and that gets certified by an independent industry association.<br />
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Clients should then refer to elements of that catalogue to determine the aspects of BIM they expect on their project(s). As stated in the first part of this essay, clients need to be encouraged to become more proactively engaged in BIM. Ticking all the boxes (of what is possible) would less likely get signed off by consultants or contractors who already struggle to match their fees to the changing effort related to an increasing list of potential deliverables.info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-36748511661606227432012-09-11T19:30:00.000-07:002012-09-18T00:20:12.028-07:00‘BIM in Practice’ - A great start!<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Blog entry by: Dominik Holzer</b></span>
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Over the past 3-4
months one of my main occupations as partner at AEC Connect has been to support
the <i>Australian Institute of Architects</i> and <i>Consult Australia</i> in their efforts
to publish their first collection of Practice Papers about BIM. Chairing their
BIM and IPD Steering Group is a challenging yet rewarding task.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Our first ‘outing’
- the release of 23 documents - is receiving very positive feedback from the
large number of practitioners within Australia and beyond. It has been a tremendous
effort to this point and we pushed hard to produce a cohesive set of documents
within a comparably short timeframe, based on the input of 50+ industry
experts.<br />
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My thanks go out to
Rob Malkin from Autodesk who first introduced me to those looking after BIM
from the Institute’s and Consult Australia’s side, during a series of BIM
forums in November 2010.</div>
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We’ve come a long way
since then; a BIM & IPD Steering Group was founded in mid 2011 and we
started by identifying topics as well as nominating four Working Group chairs
and several group members. With Chris
Needham from <a href="http://c3consulting.com.au/home.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">C3</span></b></a>, Peter Scuderi from <a href="http://www.arup.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">Arup</span></b></a>, Bilal Succar from <a href="http://www.changeagents.com.au/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">Change Agents</span></b></a> and
Toby Maple from <a href="http://www.hassellstudio.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">HASSELL</span></b></a>, we found four highly motivated and talented individuals
who managed to get the best out of their Working Group members. By late
2011 we had all four groups running and by March/April 2012 first outlines for
industry papers emerged from the groups. By mid 2012 we started technical and
editorial review, to then ‘go live’ in 5 cities across Australia during the end
of August. <o:p></o:p><br />
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In full awareness of
efforts by other industry bodies, government initiatives and practice groups,
we ensured that the we would rather complement than double up work by others.
Further, it was our clear mission from the outset to produce easily understandable,
short and snappy industry papers that assist newcomers to BIM as well as providing useful
feedback to advanced users. Despite being driven by industry bodies representing
predominantly Architects and Engineers, we also appointed members from Contractor,
Client, QS, Risk Management, Facility Management, and Legal background. <o:p></o:p><br />
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The documents we produced are listed below and they can be downloaded for free via the website we launched in parallel to releasing the documents: <a href="http://bim.architecture.com.au/"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">bim.architecture.com.au</span></b></a><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Introduction, Chair, BIM & IPD Steering
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Our initiative is continuing and the Australian Institute of Architects and Consult Australia have already started mapping out the future with the Steering Group. Feedback options on the website and responses we receive from group members and third party professionals are providing us with ideas for future topics. Addressing 'BIM Scope of Services', BIM/IPD contracts and providing sound value arguments for BIM are some of the emerging topics. </div>
info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-27386181243452159192012-09-03T00:07:00.000-07:002012-09-19T18:23:53.390-07:00BIM MEP Aus Forum 2012 - Review<b style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Blog entry by: Dominik Holzer</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4lcce9_mpleSZtPHpk2L-miWAqi_ef2sTERNOe9xtXAGrkkf3xwIEXxFk4RI2YZt6W_Ln5iGppaiZj4m-LjfR8MMiBJea0WdS1ERjeHAu-LblLp6TaVlhrYoyGMIGzTuOYPHkA7DDQ2Y/s1600/BIM_MEP1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4lcce9_mpleSZtPHpk2L-miWAqi_ef2sTERNOe9xtXAGrkkf3xwIEXxFk4RI2YZt6W_Ln5iGppaiZj4m-LjfR8MMiBJea0WdS1ERjeHAu-LblLp6TaVlhrYoyGMIGzTuOYPHkA7DDQ2Y/s200/BIM_MEP1.jpg" width="200" /></a>The <a href="http://www.bimmepaus.com.au/home_page.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><b>BIM-MEP Aus</b></span></a> guys are at it again! For the third year in a row now, the BIM group within the <span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">BIM group within the organisation of the Association of Mechanical
Subcontractors in Australia (AMCA) is hosting their national forum in
Melbourne.</span></span><br />
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Conference Review</h3>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">It
is truly exciting to see how a group of trade contractors (who you would
not necessarily expect to lead BIM among the wide range of
stakeholders in the AEC industry) are advancing their industry
initiative to promote and propagate the use of BIM among their members and
beyond.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What
stands out with the </span></span>
BIM-MEP Aus F<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">orum is the well balanced approach in presenting the
latest tools and revised work-flows to address specific needs of their
members with selected guest speakers who highlight the big picture of BIM
in our industry. The AMCA is certainly taking risks with this holistic approach:
Addressing BIM from a broad industry perspective may challenge some
AMCA members who’d prefer to focus on ‘their’ specific role as subcontractors within
the wider industry. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Still, the AMCA approach is right! As illustrated by <a href="http://www.acif.com.au/"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">ACIF</span></b></a>’s Peter Barda’s introduction during
the Forum where he highlighted the political nature in which BIM is currently
changing our industry. Peter’s comments were seconded by the presentation of
Mr. Cheng Thai Fatt (<span style="background-color: white;">Group Director, Corporate Development Division,
Singapore Building & Construction Authority</span>), who reported on the extensive efforts by the
Singapore Government to promote BIM throughout practice and education in order
to increase efficiency across the entire building sector. Current development
in Australia are dwarfed by the vast array of BIM related Government incentives and support programmes available in Singapore (BIM e-Submissions, Pilot
Projects, Centre for Construction, BIM Competitions, etc). <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Singapore Government BIM E-Submission System</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The presentations before and after midday focused predominantly
on BIM-MEP Aus specific workflow and software interoperability as well as an
outlook into the future of BIM collaboration tools exemplified by the upcoming
product </span><a href="http://www.m-six.com/Video/li/VEO-Preview.html" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">VEO</span></b></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> by M-Six
and </span>Newforma.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">Alasdair MacDonald, director of Strategic Innovation at the Balfour
Beatty Group</span> portrayed a somewhat scary scenario of how much (or better:
how little) we currently know compared to the increasing wealth of knowledge
that can and will be shared across humankind over the coming years. Alasdair
did so by bridging the epistemological leap between the theory of knowledge,
and the affordances on our industry to work with, and apply this knowledge in everyday
practice. In a way, Alasdair’s presentation went full circle in confirming the
overall message of this forum to the audience. We can no longer hide behind
profession specific boundaries and we need to open up, collaborate and share
information with other professions in an unprecedented way if we want to stay
good at what we do. <span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">The
AMCA continues to show the rest of the world how this is done.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">A slide from Alasdair MacDonald's presentation</span></td></tr>
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Significance of the BIM-MEP Aus
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Considering the likely success of
the BIM MEP Aus initiative, one cannot stop but wonder how their approach could
be used as starting point by other industry groups: </div>
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Dropping off components that don’t
have a major market share and standardising the way Bim objects are defined (in
their case: plants, equipment and fittings) based on specific software are two crucial
elements to success. Further the BIM-MEP Aus initiative requires manufacturers
to develop BIM equivalents of their products in alignment with those standards –
thereby moving the pressure to generate quality BIM content from the end user
to the producer. One could (rightfully?) argue that this approach is not
necessarily socially sensitive (to all producers), but it seems to deliver results and benefits to
increase productivity in this sector. Mechanical building components are
usually based on a (fairly) well defined set of components. In contrast, many
architectural applications do not conform to the same level of definition; they
are by far more complex and multi-facetted. The BIM-MEP Aus ‘Design BIM’ to ‘Construction
BIM’ translator seems to draw from the capability of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge-based_engineering" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">knowledge-based</span></b></a>
interpretation of design intent data, by matching it to a pre-existing (and
fabrication-ready) product catalogue. Such an approach could be applied for façade
systems, steel structures (which already the case for Trimble’s <a href="http://www.tekla.com/international/products/tekla-structures/steel-detailing/Pages/Default.aspx" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">Tekla</span></b></a>) and wall/roof
configurations. I would not be surprised if the industry will see progress in
these areas over the coming years that may have found inspiration in the
BIM-MEP Aus model.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Most presentations of the 2012 BIM-MEP Aus Forum can be found on their <a href="http://www.bimmepaus.com.au/forum-2012-program_page.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><b>website</b></span></a> for all to view</span></span>info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-21295379955458031222012-07-03T23:07:00.000-07:002012-09-16T20:21:45.766-07:00How full is your BIM? (Part 1)<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Or: How the ambiguous definition of BIM deliverables keeps
holding us back</span>!</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ambiguous interpretation of deliverables is one of the
main hindering factors for progress in the uptake of innovative technology and
the adoption of BIM in the construction industry. I have been debating the
dangers of ill-defined services and in particular the notion of ‘Full BIM’ for
a while now across the industry. The feedback I receive about my ‘Full BIM’
criticism reflects on the struggle our industry
is going through: Collaborating parties too often experience a mismatch
between their initial expectations and the benefits they ultimately receive
when requesting BIM. Others have commented on the ‘hype factor’ when inflated expectations about BIM don’t match up in practice. The point I’m
making is slightly different though: I
argue that there exists a lack of differentiation of what constitutes BIM among
those offering it as part of their services as well as those requesting it as
part of their deliverables.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">BIM is multi-facetted and evolving. It was always conceived
by its propagators as a multilayered method allowing suppliers, designers,
engineers, contractors and facility operators to streamline the flow of
information across the entire lifecycle of a project. In practice it did not
fulfill this promise initially. Tools available to the industry would
predominantly focus on increasing efficiencies within the workflow of
individual professions – in particular consultants. One could rightfully argue
that early users of BIM tools would do ‘3D rather than BIM’. Over the past 4-5 years the applications of BIM
have continued to change:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>Coordination of BIMs among collaborating parties
across disciplines has become commonplace</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>Architects and Engineers experience stronger
convergence between design authoring and analysis </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>Contractors start to experience benefits from
BIMs by being able to tender with high-precision and by linking time factors to
models for scheduling tasks on site, </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>Sub-contractors continue to explore the
automated generation of construction models via knowledge-based systems, </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>QS can now reduce their efforts of quantity
takeoff and the association of cost to BIM components</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>Clients can benefit from data drops derived from
BIMs and link them to their Facility Management systems. </span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mapping a BIM Spectrum of services associated to the project lifecycle</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Overall we experience greater convergence between the
various tasks undertaken by the major parties that are involved in the
planning, design, construction and operation of facilities. BIM is starting to
fulfill its earlier promise of addressing the entire building lifecycle. This
is obviously a positive development, but as much as technology has advanced,
the means of collaboration and the mentality of collaborators is not changing
at the same pace. A holistic understanding about the implications of the
transformative factors listed above can rarely be found within project teams,
including the client. BIM proponents have started to associate coarse
definitions to distinguish various aspects of BIM such as 4D, 5D, 6D and 7D.
Still this classification is limited and it remains on a very rudimentary level.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Along with the increased connectedness offered through
BIM comes a more differentiated and multilayered spectrum of services
associated to what can be achieved by it. In my time as Design Technology
Director at BVN, I developed a 28 point ‘BIM Spectrum’ of services the firm
could potentially offer associated to their architectural deliverables.
‘Potentially’ being an important word here as the spectrum was conceived as a
discussion starter to first determine which out of those 28 points the firm
would actually want to focus on. BIM-wash has become common place and those
involved with the development of BIM throughout the industry are aware of the
dangers of inflated expectations by others. Whereas my list contained 28
points, the US based BIM pioneers around John Tocci’s firm listed up to 150 BIM
services they could think of. If we look at the client side, the current issue
of Australia’s FM magazine lists 40 distinct tasks associated to Facility
Management. How do consultants and the contractor deal with these in a BIM
context? If the client wants ‘BIM for FM’ how <i>full</i> does their BIM have to become now? </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small selection of the 'Full BIM' phantom that goes around in diverse project briefs and consultants' tenders</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ultimately ‘Full BIM’ has no meaning at all. Still,
clients (confused about what it all means, but taken by the buzz) increasingly request
it within their project briefs. Given
the lack of understanding about what ‘Full BIM’ constitutes among stakeholders
involved in the delivery of projects, it makes me wonder if clients use the phrase to check how consultants and contractors react to such a request.
Those well informed would probably reject it, aiming to develop a more detailed
and targeted list of realistic deliverables with the client that matches their
aspiration, the fee and the team’s capability to deliver (plus the option to
adjust deliverables over time). Those
less informed (or simply desperate to gain the job) may be tempted to agree to
delivering ‘Full BIM’ initially, to then aim at minimising the extent of their
BIM services as the project evolves. I would argue that we are likely to
experience the latter in most cases. Clients are partly to blame for this
development as they appear to be lenient when it comes to the interpretation of
what they considered at ‘Full BIM’ in the first place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The problem with such a development is that the quality
of BIM efforts across the industry is likely to stagnate. If we only address a
portion of what could be achieved through BIM due to a lack of clear
communication, if consultants and contractors rather aim at what they can ‘get
away with’ than what could be achieved, if clients don’t bother to engage with
the subject matter to understand the benefits, the value-add of BIM in the
construction industry will remain mostly untapped. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Clients are in a key position to ask for (or better:
demand) BIM on their projects. Currently they appear to derive their knowledge
about it mainly from software developers’ propaganda and from publications that
highlight the ROI aspect of BIM. Consultants or the contractors who have gone
through a period of implementation and consolidations over the past years have
a more realistic view on what can be achieved within their realm. Nevertheless,
they currently lack deeper understanding of what the client could get out of
BIM on a project to project basis, and also as part of their entire enterprise.
What remains to be done now is to communicate and to reach out to various
stakeholders in order to increase understanding about BIM. Communication is important not
merely for the purpose of marketing one’s capabilities, but to raise the bar of
where our industry is going in the uptake of BIM. With BIM becoming ever more
encompassing, project teams require clear bullet point lists of BIM deliverables
that ideally form part of the contract. This list needs to be adaptable in
order to respond to the evolving nature of BIM, and the evolving level of
understanding/requirements various stakeholders may hold for its use. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I also strongly believe that consultants and
contractors ought to consider profiling themselves stronger in terms of their
specific capabilities when it comes to the use of technology. Instead of agreeing
to ‘Full BIM’ it is important to highlight and promote their specific areas of
expertise within that realm.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">A
good starting point would be to cross out ‘Full BIM’ wherever it appears in
briefs and contracts and to ask: <i>What do
you actually mean by that?</i> instead</span></span><br />
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info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-44399497210410545392012-06-04T21:22:00.000-07:002012-07-10T04:35:36.925-07:00Revit Technology Conference (RTC), Australia 2012<div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
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This year's Australian RTC was held in the coastal town of Woollongong (NSW) with a 400+ strong crowd of Revit users and affiliates. Over the past year's the RTC has established itself as the primary user forum of computational design tools in Australia (and it is on the to follow this path with its US and European offshoots as well). Its strength is derived from the mix of hands-on user feedback related to Revit and associated tools, plus an increasing focus on strategic BIM implementation and the use of innovative technology in practice. I presented my paper on the <i>Seven deadly sins of BIM</i> on behalf of AEC Connect during the <i>'Principals' Stream'</i> on day one of the three day conference.<br />
<a name='more'></a>Before that though, we heard the keynote from Lee Crockett (<a href="http://www.fluency21.com/" target="_blank">21st Century Fluency Project</a>) on current trends in Design Technology and their close connectedness with social media, changes in workplace, and cultural change within our networked society overall. Lee offered us his insights about all of the above in a highly entertaining, yet informative manner.<br />
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Given that strategic and managerial issues related to BIM are closest to my heart at this point, I spent most of day one at the principals stream that was kicked off by Rodd Perrey from Architectus and that had several presentation on BIM implementation, Risk management and process change topics on the agenda. Dan Jurgens (<a href="http://www.coxarchitecture.com.au/" target="_blank">Cox</a>) and Belinda Hodkinson (<a href="http://www.globalskm.com/" target="_blank">SKM</a>) gave a highly informative double act on the day to day implementation side, while Bilal Succar (Change agents) underlined once again why he is the man to talk to when it comes to the assessment of BIM Maturity. Bilal showed us the progress of an computational assessment platform that he has been working on for several years now (assisted by his lovely wife) and it seems the tool is just about ready to be launched to the greater public. You can engage with Bilal's tool via the web on: <a href="http://bimexcellence.net/" target="_blank">www.bimexcellence.ne</a>t <br />
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I was asked by the organisers to present the current progress of the AIA (Aus) and Consult Australia's joint BIM & IPD Steering group. Luckily there were a large number of working party members and industry affiliates present at RTC and we ended up with an extended discussion round involving key representatives from our group as well as the Australian Mechanical Subcontractor Association (<a href="http://www.bimmepaus.com.au/home_page.html" target="_blank">AMCA</a>), the national building specification (<a href="http://bim.natspec.org/" target="_blank">NATSPEC</a>), and buildingsmart. Together we were able to inform the audience of the range of BIM initiatives by the various industry bodies and we pointed out the imminent release of the working documents assembled by the AIA/CA group in late August this year.<br />
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On day two of the conference I mainly followed presentations that dealt with the periphery of Revit, such as Matt Rumbelow's and Nicholas Broadbent's presentation on games engine technology that can handle Revit models for interactive user checks. I further delved into the progress that's being made to augment Revit with capabilities of visual scripting for parametric geometry alterations (in Dynamo). Despite promising concepts for introducing a 'Grasshopper' type interface for manipulating geometry parametrically within Revit, there is still a long way to go for those investigating the development of this Add-in aspect to Revit.<br />
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I took part in the Revit API discussion - an ever evolving topic since Autodesk has decided to open up the Revit API for better user interaction. The highlight of day 2 for me thought was right at the start when listening to the joint architect/engineer presentation of Chris Razzell (<a href="http://www.hassellstudio.com/" target="_blank">Hassell</a>) and David Foley (<a href="http://www.ndy.com/" target="_blank">NDY</a>). David and Chris explained how they had to reconsider their collaborative process in order to tap into the potential new technology offered them for close collaboration via Revit and Navisworks.<br />
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Overall, RTC has shown its worth as the primary time to connect to other users of computational tools in the industry. I hope it will maintain its edge over the coming years as practitioners will become ever more confident in the use of BIM related technology as well as proficient in the implementation side of Revit and its associated products.info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-67513331415423574642012-05-19T20:41:00.000-07:002012-07-10T04:50:43.557-07:00Still us and them?<h3>
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organisers of the 2012 National Conference of the Australian Institute of
Architects need to be commended for their excellent effort in setting up a
fantastic event in Brisbane. It has been a while since Queensland last hosted
the AIA annual conference and by the feedback I got from those present, people
were delighted with the result. A strong Queensland focus was noticeable
overall as part of the introductions to the speakers as well as in
considerations of the speakers themselves. </span></div>
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was an event of international class, with a number of outstanding overseas
speakers who complemented the accounts of ‘home grown’ talent. No other
presentation exemplified this fact clearer than the presentation of the Chinese
protagonist and HangzhouWunderking Wang Shu. The event organisers showed
incredible foresight by securing Mr.Shu’s attendance, just weeks before he was
awarded this year’s Pritzker Price (the global equivalent of the ‘Oscar’ for
architects). Pritzker laureates are a rare breed (only one person is awarded this
honour per year) and it seems Mr.Shu would have returned to China just in time
for the ceremony on May 25<sup>th</sup>. Having the current Pritzker laureate
present was obviously quite a deal and the AIA event organisers again showed
great judgement by inviting no other than Australia’s own Pritzker laureate (in
2002) and ‘architecture royalty’ Glenn Murcott to do the honour. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">The 1400
plus audience got their money’s worth of design excellence and it seemed indeed
that there were two like-minded architects sharing the stage. What came next
though, was one of the more revealing parts of the conference and about
contemporary architectural design in general. Everyone in the audience would
soon experience the reasons behind Mr. Shu’s distinction and the approach to
architecture that separates him from the masses of professionals in his home
country and elsewhere: His uncompromising approach to designing in and with the
landscape. His ability to conceptualise and communicate ideas to a fine level
of detail by hand using sketched axonometries. His use of local ‘ingredients’
and traditional techniques in construction. His rejection of technology for the
sake of increasing efficiency in the delivery of projects; those are just a few
reasons explaining why Mr. Shu is in a class of his own. Even further, he
expressed pity for the thousands of colleagues who output one same looking
building after the other, most likely never having the chance to do anything
but doing exactly this throughout their entire career. </span></div>
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most speakers on the day illustrated an approach to design that seemed to
fluidly move back and forth between analogue and digital media, Mr. Shu
highlighted the use of computers in his practice to be limited to producing
documentation solemnly the authorities required him to do so. To a point,
technology was demonised by Mr. Shu as something he can’t quite control and
therefore something that rather impedes his design capability than supporting
it. Not surprisingly Glenn Murcott reemphasised this sentiment, praising Mr.
Shu after his presentation as: “finally somebody who knows what he’s talking
about”; thereby indirectly insulting all the distinguished speakers that came
before Mr. Shu on the day. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">It is
interesting to observe that 30 years after computational tools have started to
influence the way we conceive and deliver buildings, we still seem to
experience an <i>us and them</i> mentality by some designers – in particular
those who choose not to take any advantage of what technology can offer them. I
have rarely come across designer who argue that those colleagues who do not
wish to use technology to support their design process are in any way inferior
to those who do. At the same time, I’ve come across a large number of designers
who would consider those who take advantage of technology as inferior. What are
the reasons for this attitude? Are designers in danger of weakening their ideals
by getting caught up in technological gadgetry?
Is the quest for first principles – hence a strong design signature – at
odds with technological experimentation? Is a project conceived by hand more
meaningful than if conceived with the support of computational means? I believe
none of the above is true. What may be true though is the notion that a lot of
mediocre architecture is stemming from those who take advantage of technology
mainly for the reason of efficiency gains and ease of repetition. Those
architects who follow this path are an easy target for criticism by those who
focus on individual craft and excellence. In the end the two approaches are in
no way exclusive. There exist a large number of great designers who take
extensive (and smart) use of computational processes to enhance and profile
their design and delivery capabilities.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Still,
maybe there is more to the close parallels in the attitude towards technology by
Mr. Shu and Mr. Murcott. Is the critical
position towards technology and a focus on craft, manual labour and analogue means
of conceiving projects the recipe for success for becoming a world-leading
architect? One way to answer this question is to look at the list of Pritzker
laureates over the past years and analyse their approach to technology. It
soon becomes apparent that there is no pattern behind a techno-sceptic view
towards design. On the contrary, most of the recent Pritzker laureates showcase <span style="color: #e36c0a;"></span>how strong design
philosophies can be interwoven with highly innovative ways of applying cutting
edge technology to support and realise them. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">When
analysing the way leading architects and engineers realise highly complex projects,
one is likely to encounter a well-conceived structure within their
organisation, that incudes teams that focus entirely on technology aspects if
design. They support the project teams in their quest for excellence. In order
to set up such as structure, those firms rely on a visionary among their ranks
who understands and nurtures a culture of innovation and experimentation. Their
teams consist out of highly specialised and motivated individuals who are
expert in their fields. Such specialist
teams are of great benefit for any leading practice, at the same time the
dangers of an: ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">us and them’</i>
mentality persists. If those teams are not closely integrated with the
<i>‘ordinary’</i> project teams, a practice may experience a split between designers
and <i>‘tech people’</i>. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">As for Mr.
Shu’s practice, this is not likely to happen. He aims at keeping his staff
numbers under 10 and he usually rejects any offers for designing large scale,
commercial projects. I would not want to try convincing him any other way.</span></div>info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-20731680347151725232012-05-15T06:41:00.000-07:002012-07-10T04:38:07.352-07:00Review of the GSA and Penn State guides on BIM for FM/Owners<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b style="color: #134f5c;">Blog entry by: Dominik Holzer </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU">In early BIM days architects, engineers and manufacturers (hence those authoring BIMs) were the main parties of interest when it came to BIM literature, followed by contractors who would learn about BIM's advantages for coordination and site related work. This is changing and two recent U.S. publications illustrate that the</span><span lang="EN-AU"> focus surrounding BIM is currently moving towards exploring advantages for
Owner / Operators in general, and Facility Management FM in particular:</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"> The General
Services Administration (GSA) '<b><a href="http://www.gsa.gov/graphics/pbs/BIM_Guide_Series_Facility_Management.pdf" style="color: #0b5394;" target="_blank">BIM Guide for Facility Management</a></b><i>'</i> and the Penn State </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">'</span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bim.psu.edu/Owner/default.aspx" style="color: #0b5394;" target="_blank">BIM Planning Guide for FacilityOwners</a></span></b><i><span style="font-size: small;">'</span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-size: small;">As much as these are two different efforts, they share the same goal, namely educating clients on how to leverage the advantages of BIM during Operation and Maintenance O&M of their facilities. Whereas the GSA guide is more specific about the kind of information required by this U.S authority in order to fulfill their requirements for BIM, the Penn State guide comprises a more general summary of how clients can align their business processes with the processes inherent to BIM style delivery of projects.</span> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Despite the fact that the GSA guide is
not intended to address stakeholders outside their organisation, it is nevertheless useful to make all design and construction teams understand BIM requirements of
clients in general. Written in four
parts (BIM for FM / Implementation Guide / Modeling Requirements / Technology)
</span><span style="font-size: small;">the guide lists FM related tasks and functions <span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">that can be supported by linking BIM
models to Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)</span>:</span> </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU">Reduces cost of re-documenting
as built</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><span lang="EN-AU">Reduces cost for audits and
re-walk</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><span lang="EN-AU">Maintain accurate building
inventory – via a bidirectional link
between BIMs and CMMS </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><span lang="EN-AU">Track facility components
accurately (visualisation, access to location, relationships of building
systems and equipment and access to existing condition attribute data)<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8993695009114859937" name="_GoBack"></a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><span lang="EN-AU">Identify inefficiencies in
building operation</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><span lang="EN-AU">Respond quickly to client
requests; reduces risk and uncertainty of performing work orders</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><span lang="EN-AU">According to GSA: reduces O
& M contract cost from 3-6%</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><span lang="EN-AU">ROI of 3% in energy savings by
identifying all Facility components that affect energy usage</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><span lang="EN-AU">Optimises building performance
by comparing actual with predicted energy data.</span></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: small;">Better equipment selection on
future projects based on feedback from building operations </span></li>
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<span lang="EN-AU">The guide nevertheless highlights that this is early days on the link from BIM to FM. The industry still faces a range of open questions that need to be resolved over the coming years: Despite this specific summary of FM
deliverables, the GSA guide remains a tad vague when outlining the approach for
transitioning (or even synchronising) BIM with FM data. A 'Design Intent' BIM
may well be useful for FM, but there is no mention on in the guide how to filter and format
the data (once tagged) so it becomes a useful addition to project related
information in the CMMS. The GSA guide names MEP/FP BIM as further sources of
information for FM, but again lacking detail of what MEP data is actually
relevant for FM.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Considerations about subcontractor data is mostly omitted from GSA's proposed implementation strategy and their guide states: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">BIM Execution Plan (BEP) shall outline the transition process including changes in roles and
responsibilities to ensure Design BIMs are appropriately used and leveraged
during construction.</i> This doesn’t say anything about the operational side
of things and where/when the communication takes place about that is ultimately
useful for FM. It is assumed that all participants will tag their models with
the appropriate (COBie) information that will automatically form the true as
maintained condition (Record BIM) once the project is handed over. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Overall, the verdict is a 'thumbs up' for the GSA effort, it is so far the most comprehensive literature on linking BIM to FM. With the update cycle of GSA documents, we are likely to see some of the remaining questions addressed over the coming months and years. <br /> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: small;">As with their 2009 guide on Project Execution Planning, Penn State’s
approach in developing the guide for facility owners is very comprehensive and
it is based on years of research by a large group of stakeholders from both
practice and academia. It is acknowledged throughout the guide that, due to a
lack of precedence, many of the recommendations still need to be verified and
adjusted against live projects in order to advance it over time.Next to the introduction and conclusion, the
document introduces three main procedures:</span></div>
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<li><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span><span lang="EN-AU">Owner BIM Organizational Execution
Planning, and</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span><span lang="EN-AU">Owner BM Project Procurement
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<span lang="EN-AU">Whereas the first two procedures deal with
a firm’s BIM readiness’ and implementation programme, the third focuses on an
owner’s specific project needs for BIM. In parallel to these three distinctions,
the document presents a list of six BIM Planning Elements:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Overall, the BIN Planning Guide for
Facility Owners is an excellent guide to provide the construction industry with
a framework for BIM implementation and rollout on projects. One of the
strengths of the document can be seen as its weakness at the same time: Over
most of the guide comments about the strategic planning and implementation of
BIM are of a generic nature that easily applies to any firm implementing BIM,
including architects, engineers, contractors and others. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The title: Planning Guide for Facility Owners is
somewhat misleading. There is very little ‘owner specificity’ and there seems
to be a lack of support for readers who wish to understand the maximum value owners
can ultimately get out of BIM (and what they require from their consultants and
the contractor in order to do so). Owners can certainly benefit from the
suggestions made in the guide. At the same time there is very little advice how
to change the communication strategy internally and with their
consultants/contractors to link BIM to FM, as well as informing them how to
re-skill their facility managers in order to streamline the information flow
from design, construction and operation. Some of the suggestions made in the
guide are based on the assumption that facility owners perform BIM themselves. In my point of view
this is usually not the case. The authors of the guide seem to overlook that
not geometry, but up to date and correct building data, representing the ‘as
maintained’ condition is of most benefit for facility owner/operators. Their software is mostly data-centric and not
focussing on geometric models. Further, the guide fails to go into detail about
mechanisms for owners to synchronise changes to their assets with updates in
their BIMs and related data-bases during operation.</span><br />
<br />info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-49060373907332447172012-03-06T20:34:00.000-08:002012-07-10T04:37:55.468-07:00buildingSmart National BIM Roadmap - Workshops<br />
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Holzer from AEC Connect has been invited to attend an industry leadership
workshop by buildingSmart Australia. They have recently secured funding from the
(Australian) Commonwealth to analyse means to propagate the use of BIM across
the building sector in Australia. The funds were given to buildingSmart with
the aim to </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="NL">identify
tasks, priorities and actions for the development of a National BIM
implementation plan</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-AU">.</span></i></div>
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Australian Government is keen to understand the political and structural
mechanisms that are required in order to support its uptake in Australia’s
built environment. Using the Commonwealth funding buildingSmart set up a series
of workshops in several Australian Capital cities, resulting in a report to the
Australian Government. </span></div>
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inclusive as possible and to find broad consensus among industry leaders in the
building sector on how to progress BIM in Australia. buildingSmart prepared a
framework of six main areas of investigation that were considered in greater
detail during the workshop series: </span></div>
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of the workshops are currently under revision by the Commonwealth after being
collated into a comprehensive report by buildingSmart. </span></div>
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information can be found on the buildingSmart website: <a href="http://buildingsmart.org.au/">http://buildingsmart.org.au/</a></span></div>info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-27816829722466295582012-01-10T19:41:00.000-08:002012-07-10T04:38:21.328-07:00Meeting the Vasari developers<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">Blog entry by: Dominik Holzer</span></b></span> </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU">A large
number of architecture and engineering firms currently undergo a major change
in their tool infrastructure. BIM software is continuously gaining ground on
traditional CAD tools as means for documentation. BIM software developers are
not satisfied with limiting their tools to the documentation aspect of design and
they aim at introducing options for conceptual modeling within their suite of software.
A prime example these developments is
the approach Autodesk has taken for offering tools that assist their clients in
early environmental checks. With several (partly complementary) products on the
market, the frontrunner in that niche seemed to have been Ecotect (acquired by ADSK in mid 2008). When considering the lack of development
after its purchase, ADSK rather seemed interested in extracting some of its
features than retaining it as a standalone product. A strong indicator for this
to be true is the current development of Vasari that is slowly making its way
out of the Autodesk Labs. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon Morgan (Arup) exploring the principles behind Vasari during the Designing the Dynamic workshop</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Vasari is a
hybrid between a conceptual modelling tool, a parametric design tool, and an
energy analysis tool. Its versatility positions it close to the centre of what
environmentally conscious designers may want for conceptual exploration when
multiple options get analysed and their qualities get evaluated. The CFD
analysis component within Vasari is based on Ecotect and some additional
Ecotect features are making their way to Vasari as well. Vasari is not yet
available as a commercial product, but it is likely to get there within the next
year. It is strongly aligned with Revit (having the same user interface and
direct export capacity to Revit), and it also allows users to link in and out
geometric data with other applications. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Late last
year, I joined a small team of designers who tested Vasari’s urban modelling
and simulation capabilities in a workshop setting (Designing the Dynamic).
Supported by a Computer Scientist from RMIT University (Flora Salim) and Arup
Melbourne’s main Physics engineer in Australia (Jon Morgan) workshop attendees
developed several test cases for Wind Tunnel Analysis and facade optimisation. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Overall,
Vasari showed some excellent capabilities and workshop attendees were impressed
by its potential. In particular the combination of conceptual mass modelling
with preliminary energy and wind tests is appealing to our designers. At the
same time, there are also a number of improvements that need to be made to
increase Vasari’s usefulness. At this point it is simply not reliable enough
unless users have an in-depth understanding of building physics and are able to
compensate for any bugs! The approximations used during CFD can easily yield
incorrect results and any outcome from the analysis should at best be seen as a
trend indicator. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Upon invitation by Autodesk, I communicated
these suggestions to the Vasari developers in a face to face meeting at the AU.
A summary of comments/suggestions about Vasari improvements can be found <a href="e:%5CAECconnect%5CPresentations_Publications%5Caecc_Blog%5CVasari.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span>info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-89971295001579526452011-12-13T23:22:00.000-08:002012-07-10T04:52:58.164-07:00Autodesk University (AU) 2011<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">Blog entry by: Dominik Holzer</span></b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU">With the
main focus on promoting new features and capabilities of Autodesk products for
architects, engineers and contractors (in particular in the realm of BIM), the
AU also included a series of seminars and innovation forums that dealt with BIM
culture, process and implementation strategies in practice. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">I’ve
predominantly been attending these less technical and more management oriented sessions
in order to investigate BIM directions globally. I heard from other Design
Technology leaders about the progress they are making and the challenges they
are facing in the transition from CAD to BIM. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Overall my
impression was that the problems outside Australia are very much the same we
face here. Even further, I got the impression that Australia is actually on par
if not ahead of other countries when it comes to the BIM implementation effort
across our industry. The reasons for
this are as follows:</span></div>
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relatively ‘uniform’ when compared to the US, Asia or Europe. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-AU">The market share of Autodesk products is
high, making it easier to collaborate across disciplines</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-AU">Architects and engineers in OZ have been
adopting BIM at a high rate across the industry</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-AU">Although there are no formal requirements,
(government) clients increasingly request BIM</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-AU"> Collaboration
between architects and engineers using BIM becomes ever more commonplace, with
most AU leadership forum attendants highlighting the benefits of solid Project
Execution Planning. IPD (Integrated Project Delivery) is still not really
happening on a large scale. Many clients, contractors and consultant teams
still shy away from the risks associated with this relatively new type of
project procurement that requires partners to share pain and gain from the
start based on non-litigation agreements. As a consequence, a lot of
discussions at the AU revolved around the topic of legal implications of BIM
such as model IP, liability and professional insurance.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">With an
increased interest in BIM by contractors and clients, there were a number of
discussion forums dedicated to the value of BIM during construction and
operation. Facility and Space Management in all its facets being the ‘hottest topic’ at the moment with
clients, contractors and consultants coming to terms with their requirements
for communicating the kind of information relevant to them that can be hosted
by BIM. Not surprisingly, Autodesk is keen to be part of this discussion and
their product development for the coming years promises to focus on data
integration and management across teams (and possibly also across projects).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Overall, the AU demonstrated that we are in the
middle of a major transition in the industry. The Australasian market is
currently a major focus of Autodesk. the major players in this market have the
ear of a number of Autodesk developers who are keen on our feedback to advance
their products. </span>info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-25878054455043294262011-12-02T23:19:00.000-08:002012-07-10T04:39:25.357-07:00BIM’s Seven deadly sins (IJAC)<span lang="EN-AU"><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Blog entry by: Dominik Holzer</span></span></b> </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU">After
nearly a decade since BIM started on its path to transform the building
industry, I some thoughts to expose seven prevailing problems that emerged as
part of its industry wide uptake. My paper about these sins was published in
the ‘International Journal of architectural Computing (IJAC)’, where I provide
the reader with a reality check between an idealistic view on BIM and the way
it is currently applied in daily use.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU">In order to
reflect on the issues at hand, I drew from three years of doctoral research in
multidisciplinary design collaboration, followed by more than two years
experience as Design Technology director in a large scale architecture
practice. In addition to the above, my current role as the chair of the BIM and
IPD Steering Group of the Australian Institute of Architects and Consult
Australia exposed me to a broad range of cultural implications of BIM. The
findings presented in the IJAC paper illustrate that, despite major advances in
the development of BIM, there are predominantly cultural roadblocks to its
implementation in practice.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">My personal
take on the seven sins as presented in the paper is a follows:</span></div>
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<li><span lang="EN-AU">Technocentricity – focus on technology while neglecting culture</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-AU">Ambiguity – Ill defined BIM deliverables and associated fees</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-AU">Elision
- Omitting critical thought in discourse</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-AU">Hypocrisy
– The IPD excuse </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-AU">Delusion
– Asking for 2D while demanding 3D++ BIM</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-AU">Diffidence – Denying the need for process change</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-AU">Monodisciplinarity – Advancing design in professional silos</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-AU"> A link to
the full paper can be found via the <a href="http://multi-science.metapress.com/content/a51123315wm72215/" target="_blank"><b>publishers’ website</b></a>: </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">A free
online version can be found <a href="http://ebookbrowse.com/holzer-2011-ijarchcomp-bims-seven-deadly-sins-pdf-d325512465" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>:</span></div>
<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span>info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-40301174322884908632011-11-28T23:16:00.000-08:002012-07-10T04:31:12.017-07:00Designing the Dynamic<br />
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<span lang="EN-AU">AEC Connect
has been strongly involved in a 5 day event titled Designing the </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Dynamic’
this November at RMIT University in Melbourne. Hosted by RMIT’s Design Research
Institute (DRI) and the Spatial Information Architecture Lab (SIAL), Dominik
was part of the organising committee and Andre presented via Video link from
overseas on the opening day of this 4 day workshop plus one day symposium. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU">Andre’s
thoughts have been posted on the event website and they can be viewed <a href="http://designingthedynamic.com/a-few-thoughts-in-summary-reflecting-on-where-we-began/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>:</span></div>
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impressions are summarised below: </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">I’ve had
several discussions with Mark and Jane (Burry) over the past months about
hosting a SmartGeometry style event in Melbourne and it was no coincidence that
we were very quick in agreeing on the ‘Designing the Dynamic’ topic once we had
confirmation by Hugh Whitehead from Fosters (and one of the SmartGeometry
directors) to join us in Melbourne for the occasion. Based on Hugh’s first
thoughts, dynamic systems, and in particular the reference of sailing became
centre-stage in conceptualising the programme for the workshop and the
symposium. Hugh’s intellectual input and enthusiasm was a great motivation for
us to go against the flow and set up this event that defies professional
boundaries and avoids preconceived ways of collaboration as they so often occur
in practice. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">The concept
of staying open-minded and focusing on experimentation – both physical and
digital - paid off during the four day workshop where four groups were formed:</span></div>
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Speed</span></div>
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Behaviour, and</span></div>
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Dynamics</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">The vibrant dynamic at the workshop venue
greatly affected all four groups. With
highly speculative work comes a high risk of failure and it was the failure
that was essential in order to quickly learn from it and move on. After a
series of highly inspiring presentations on the start of the first day, the
evenings of the days to follow were used for further talks by key innovators as
well as design mavericks of the local scene. Dominik gave a provocative spiel
on ‘A Requiem for Computational Design
Tools’ in order to stir up discussions about the relationship between the
digital tool maker and the user of digital tools. And discuss we did. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">The
speculative outcomes of the workshop were followed by equally speculative as
well as informative presentations during the symposium. The presentations
covered a wide spectrum from High-speed sailing, Wind-Tunnel testing, Mathematics
in Architecture, Dynamics in Construction and many more. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">For a
comprehensive overview about the event (including texts, images and videos),
please go to the organisers website:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://designingthedynamic.com/">http://designingthedynamic.com/</a></span>info at aec-connecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949609926744907356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993695009114859937.post-7567977855377963032011-10-10T23:04:00.000-07:002012-07-10T04:49:16.811-07:00AIA (Aus) Seminar Series, BIM – beyond Software<div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Blog entry by: Dominik Holzer</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></b><span lang="EN-AU">I’ve been
invited by the Australian Institute of Architects to run an Australia wide (see
locations and dates below) seminar series on BIM. Titled: BIM, beyond software,
I chose to focus on informing participants about the process and changes they
are likely to experience when running projects using Building Information
Modeling (BIM).</span></div>
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outcomes:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">The seminar
participant will learn the difference between traditional deliverables and
specific BIM requests in project briefs.
The seminar will then explain the impact of BIM deliverables on the
work-flow and the design/documentation approach. Attendees will learn to
respond to client BIM requests by aligning the services requested with
responding in-house activities and ultimately with responding fees for the
provision of those services. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Those attending the seminar will get an
understanding of how BIM enables them to involve the client (and others) in the
planning process facilitated by BIM. This includes the types of
communication/visualisation BIM offers to architects who share information with
others. The seminar will then point out the affect of BIM on a firm’s team
structure and hardware/software infrastructure, as well as the support
documentation needed to successfully run BIM projects. Expanding from the
in-house team, the seminar will then address issues during multi-disciplinary
collaboration with other consultants and it will end with an in-depth account
of the consultant-contractor
relationship when using BIM.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Blog entry by: Dominik Holzer</span></b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijt-ENF__YybYXpxrt5EsuXf9PeE422w7pIDDWU1K894WZ7i-BqeT-Nb23SDo9Ywovjv7ptO-4LsTxWwTcbVg9JkDXzJ1Vr7EE4yxF41mPVQObNY1ui2Ni0JbDPcGgHKnK1Z-KUXn0ogco/s1600/2011_BIM_Summit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijt-ENF__YybYXpxrt5EsuXf9PeE422w7pIDDWU1K894WZ7i-BqeT-Nb23SDo9Ywovjv7ptO-4LsTxWwTcbVg9JkDXzJ1Vr7EE4yxF41mPVQObNY1ui2Ni0JbDPcGgHKnK1Z-KUXn0ogco/s400/2011_BIM_Summit.jpg" width="325" /></a><span lang="EN-AU">The
inaugural two day BIM Summit in Sydney defied the usual trend of consultants
gathering to update each other on their BIM progress. Instead, the event
attracted a large number of contractors as well as some clients and government
bodies in addition to the ‘usual suspects’. The level of presentations was high
with both top national as well as international speakers from architecture,
engineering, contractor, PM and legal background.</span></div>
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the industry reaching a level of maturity where these sorts of events don’t aim
at promoting the uptake of BIM, but they rather serve as a forum for lessons
learned and strategy exploration. The following list summarises the main
suggestions made by speakers at the summit: </span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-AU">BIM can only effect substantial change if
the upper management of your firm is driving it</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-AU">Government is likely to start prescribing
BIM use on their projects</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-AU">Increase the dialogue with your
collaborators (in particular the contractor)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-AU">Be very clear what constitutes your BIM
services </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-AU">The client is mainly interested in BIM
post delivery </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-AU">...but don’t expect the client to know what
he can get out of BIM </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-AU">Don’t underestimate the value of BIM for
Facility Management </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-AU">Design, bid, build is detrimental to BIM </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-AU">BIM Return On Investment is difficult to
measure </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span lang="EN-AU">The legal side of BIM is mostly unresolved</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-AU">Clients and
contractors are currently moving very fast in demanding post-delivery BIM
services. Such services include the possibility to test a building during
operation according to physical and behavioural performance, as well as
managing and maintaining the facility assisted by ‘as constructed’ BIM models.
Most architecture and engineering practices are not set up to meet these
criteria for two reasons.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span><span lang="EN-AU">Their
‘core business’ strategy does not consider providing BIM services useful to the
client post delivery </span></div>
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do not fully understand yet what some of their clients expects from Post
Occupancy Evaluation and Facility Management fostered through the use of BIM
(and probably neither do the clients)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The direction large practices are taking in the
use of BIM was exemplified by Rob Firth, Senior Vice President of HOK. In his
presentation he showcased an approach to ‘information stewardship’ by
explaining how HOK offers post delivery BIM management and maintenance as added
value to their clients. BIM enabled, in-depth evaluation of the performance of
their buildings during operation allows HOK to inform their design thinking on
future projects and it assists them in the development of real estate strategy,
facility planning and workplace solutions for their clients (see graph below)</span><br />
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