Bringing together World of BIM and World of Products

BIM Projects lack direct real-time access to manufacturer building products.

Likewise, manufacturers have poor to zero visibility into BIM Projects.

Manufacturers and specifiers lack real-time feedback about products and product quantities inside BIM Projects.

Traditional specifying is tedious. On a large project - it can take two weeks and more to create an Ironmongery Schedule.

Major project revisions frequently require restart.

As a result, BIM Projects and product specifications are seldom in sync.

BIM challenges facing Manufacturers

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Two worlds. Digitally disconnected.

BIM and Manufacturers

BIMSpecify Real-time BIM Specification, Costing and Collaboration Platform

BIMSpecifybrings together World of BIM

World of Products


Buildings consume thousands of products, many of which are never modelled in BIM Projects…

Imagine if BIM Projects could specify, cost and procure themselves automatically….

What if real-world building products could be intelligently linked to BIM Projects?


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BIMSpecifyREAL-TIME

SPECIFICATION

COSTING and

COLLABORATION

PLATFORM for BIM


Products connect BIM to the Real World

Products provide key to unlock allProducts are BIM’s missing link. The integration of real-world products with BIM benefits all stages of the building lifecycle - including product selection, procurement planning, construction scheduling, material tracking, installation status, planned versus actual reporting, warranties & asset management.

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Dimensions

Products take BIM to the next level. By intelligently linking real-world products to BIM Objects,BIMSpecify is able to automatically generate “5D“ cost reports such as Elemental Estimates and Bills ofQuantities. The integration of real-world products with BIM is the key to unlocking 4D (time), 5D (cost),6D (green) and 7D (asset /facilities management).

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“BIM Objects are placeholders that consume real-world products”

BIM Objects consume multiple real-world building products, including products that will never bemodelled. In the example below, the BIM Basin named “Freddy” consumes 1.70m of Silicone Sealant.

The Law of Product Consumption can be summarised as “A consumes B” where A is a BIM Object and B is the real-world product consumed by A

BIMSpecify Law of Product Consumption


BIMSpecify dynamically links Objects in BIM Projects to Recipes of building products

BIMSpecify automatically creates Bills of Quantities directly from BIM ProjectsTo automate Bill of Quantities, BIMSpecify scans the entire BIM model, applies each Product Recipe, compiles aggregated list of products (bill items) with quantities, and then lastly - applies costs.

BIMSpecify allows users to attach real-world building products directly to BIM objects. Products can be assigned to BIM objects at both Type and Instance level.



are prespecified and precosted

In BIMSpecify, BIM Objects only need to specified once. Once specified, BIM Objects function as “Universal Masters” that teach “future generations” how to specify and cost themselves automatically .

Universal Master ProjectsBIMSpecify helps accelerate the rollout of franchise-type building projects. BIM Projects that have been specified automatically become “Universal Master Projects" that intelligently teach new projects to specify and cost themselves – including full automation of Bills of Quantities.

future projects containing a

Specify One. Automate All.

Easy publishing of manufacturer product catalogs using Excel templates - including product images. Manufacturers can publish multiple product catalogs representing different countries. Large industry databases such as Craftsman National Construction costbooks can also be published. Real-world products are dynamically associated to BIM Objects.

directly to BIM Objects inside Revit Projects

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Latest DORMA CatalogsBIMSpecify directly integrates manufacturer product catalogs into BIM ProjectsBIMSpecify allows manufacturers to make product catalogs and costbooks available inside Revit,thereby allowing BIM users to specify building products directly onto elements in BIM Projects


Architect shares BIM Project with Manufacturer

Inside the Revit project, Architect specifies building products directly onto Revit BIM Objects, by simply choosing products from Manufacturer Product Catalogs. Products can be added to Revit BIM Objects at both Type (global) and Instance (single) levels. BIMSpecify automatically saves each unique product collection as a Recipe for convenient recall from a Recipe Library.

Architect specifies products directly inside Revit

Willem shares the BIM project with [email protected] by adding him as a user. Willem exports 2D and 3D DWF sheets of the Revit project and uploads them. Hannes downloads the DWF files and opens a floor plan to start specifying products collaboratively.

BIMSpecify (Revit Version) BIMSpecify (Standalone Version)

A key advantage of DWF is that elements maintain their BIM intelligence and can be selected in both2D and 3D. For example, if Hannes selects a door in the 2D DWF to ask Willem a question, within Revit- BIMSpecify will navigate to the same door, so Willem can answer the question.

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Architect and Manufacturerdiscuss which ironmongery

products to specify on this Door

Manufacturer schedules a reminder tothe Door that the Overhead Door Closer

must be serviced in 6 months time

Manufacturer collaboratively specifies products for the Revit Project using 2D/3D DWF filesSynchronised navigation allows Architect (working in Revit) and Manufacturer (working in DWF) to simultaneously zoom to the same BIM Objects they are collaborating on – in either 2D and 3D views.

Collaborate on BIM Projects in real-time!BIMSpecify Real-time BIM Specification, Costing and Collaboration Platform

Manufacturers can track products and quantitiesinside multiple BIM Projects real-time as they arespecified and updated

Architects can track products across BIM Projects


Manufacturer Dashboard

Manufacturer Line of Sight

Quickly create preliminary product specifications simply by dragging building products or images from websites directly onto BIM Objects in Revit projects. Dragged building products can be associated to BIM objects at either Type or Instance level. BIMSpecify also stores the URL for each dragged product, allowing you to return to the product’s web page later to capture additional product related information.

1. Select Door in Revit

Specify building products by dragging images from any website directly onto elements in BIM Projects

2. Drag Product from web page onto BIM Door


directly to a specific door in Revit Project

BIMSpecify provides BIM Projects with a special “project-email address” to receive and store emailscontaining photographs, product information and other data. Mobile users working in the field simplysend standard email messages with photo attachments directly to specific objects, locations and roomswithin the BIM project. BIMSpecify processes the emails and intelligently links the received data to itsactual context inside the BIM project - thereby making photos and other field information immediatelyavailable to Revit users as well as users who access the project using DWF files.

“Project Hilton, Door 3208, Add Geze Overhead Door Closer”

Using mobile devices to collaborate directly with Revit projects is now a reality

Photo of Door Closeris emailed to Project Hilton and assigned to Door 3208 as one

of its products

Users who then selectDoor 3208, either in Revit or DWF,

will see the addedOverhead Door Closer

with its photo

User viewing Revit model User viewing DWF file

Field worker collaborates via smartphone - emails product photo to Door 3208 in Revit Project


Integrated real-time Collaboration and MessagingMultiple users can simultaneously collaborate on the same project from anywhere in the world. Addreal-time messages, scheduled reminders, snags, files, photos or specifications to any BIM element in aproject. Collaborate directly from inside Revit or remotely by using 2D or 3D DWF files. Work eitheronline and offline – BIMSpecify’s real-time collaboration engine keeps everybody in sync.

Collaborative Snagging of BIM Projects Multiple users can snag BIM projects collaboratively – both online and offline


Automatically generate Product Reports and Schedules from BIM ProjectsBIMSpecify can automatically generate a 120 page Ironmongery Schedule for a 100-bed Revit hospital in 60 seconds. And as the Revit project changes… the ironmongery schedule is continuously updated.

BIM Project Door Hardware Schedule (117 pages)


BIMSpecify can automatically generate bills of quantities for BIM projects as they are drawn, thereby providing enhanced cost certainty for owners and stakeholders. Below is a sample page from a real-time Bill of Quantities. BIMSpecify can also export Bill of Quantities in Excel for tendering purposes or for import to in-house procurement systems. .

Automatic Bills of Quantities provides enhancedcost certainty for BIM Projects

BIM Project

Bill of Quantities

Export to Excel


Other applications can easily integrate with BIMSpecify. For example, applications that store Revit Element IDs can access the BIMSpecify real-word product recipe for that element.

BIMSpecify Platform Overview

BIMSpecify Platform is Extendible


BIMSpecifyKEY BENEFITS

Access manufacturer product catalogs inside BIM projects

Specify building products directly onto BIM objects

Specify products collaboratively with manufacturers

Drag products from any website into BIM projects

Attach messages, reminders, photos to BIM projects

Automatic product reports, schedules & bills of quantities

Collaborative project snagging

Architects and Designers

Product catalogs available directly inside BIM projects

Live tracking of building products and exact quantities as they are specified & updated in BIM projects

Specify products collaboratively with architect

Early access to project and product usage metrics

Target architects making product selection decisions

Monitor detailed activity within ongoing BIM projects

Manufacturers and Suppliers

For more informationcontact:

Marek Brandstatter [email protected]


Bringing together World of BIM and World of Products

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