British Columbia Construction Roundtable Seminar on...

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British Columbia Construction Roundtable Seminar on:

‘Teaming’ with BIMDo the rewards outweigh the risks?

Sheryl Staub-French, PhD, PEngAssociate Professor, Civil Engineering

University of British Columbia

This event is generously sponsored by:


Project and Construction Management ProgramUniversity of British Columbia

T. Froese• Information management

• Data standards• Sustainable construction• Business case for BIM

S. Staub-French• BIM for construction analysis• 4D (3D+time) visualization

• Design coordination• Digital collaboration with BIM

A. Russell• Project control systems

• Risk management• Information visualization• Project delivery modes

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Undergraduate Program• Goal is to expose students to project

management and BIM in each year.• In terms of BIM, currently offer :

- A module on BIM in core 2nd year course.- A technical elective on BIM in the 4th year.

• Plans to:• Provide a 3rd year project course that

incorporates BIM.• Include BIM in the 4th year design course.

Graduate Program• Goal is to provide engineers with

exceptional training for a career managing construction projects.

• We offer several programs• Master of Engineering • Master of Engineering (international)• Master of Applied Science• PhD

• Largest MEng program in the Faculty.


Some BIM Projects

Sequus Pharmaceuticals in Menlo Park, California

Chemical and Biological Engineering Building at UBC

Center for Interactive Research on Sustainability at UBC

Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC


‘Teaming with BIM’ - Agenda

8:00-8:45 Introduction to BIM Concepts, Terms and ToolsPresenter: Sheryl Staub-French, PhD - University of British Columbia

8:45-10:00 Collaborative Model Development – Structural Steel on the Vancouver Convention Centre ProjectPanel Discussion: Geoff Glotman - Glotman-Simpson Structural Engineers

Mike Samilski - Dowco Technology Services, Ltd.Harold Roberts - Canron Western Constructors Ltd.Dan Sadler & Ken McCabe - PCL Construction

10:00-10:15 Coffee Break

10:15-11:15 Organizing BIM Projects – Lessons LearnedPresenter: Chris Rippingham - DPR Construction

11:15-11:30 Closing Remarks


What is BIM?


BIM Defined as a Product

A Building Information Model (BIM) is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. As such it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life-cyclefrom inception onward.

Physical (Geometry) Characteristics (Information)

National BIM Standard Definition


BIM Defined as a Process

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is...

“a new approach to design, construction, and facility management...BIM is not a thing or a type of software but a human activity that ultimately involves broad process changes in construction.”

(BIM Handbook)

“a process focused on the development, use andtransfer of a digital information model of a building project to improve the design, construction and operations of a project or portfolio of facilities.

(BIM Project Execution Planning Guide)


Some other terminology

4D CAD (3D + time) - Adds temporal dimension for construction process visualization

nD – Adds any/all attribute information (e.g., cost, material properties, etc.)

VDC – Virtual Design and Construction IFC – Industry Foundation Classes, is a vendor

neutral, open data exchange specification. Parametric - Rule based relationships between

intelligent objects that enable related properties to be updated when one property changes.


There are many BIM applications...

Design/Engineering Autodesk Revit Bentley Triforma Tekla Nemetchek All Plan Rhinoceros Graphisoft

Integration Navisworks Innovaya Rhinoceros Tekla

4D Modeling/Construction Management Navisworks Synchro Tekla Vico

Many will co-exist on the same project.For a more complete list of software, refer to the BIM Handbook.


Evolution of BIM

From lines and meshes

To 3D graphical models

To 3D object models

To 3D parametric models


The power of parametric modeling

The entire building model and complete set of design documents is an integrated database, where everything is parametric and everything is interconnected.

Source: Autodesk White Paper, “Parametric Building Modeling: BIM’s Foundation”


BIM-based analysis

“The Product Model and Fourth Dimension Project”, Kam et al. (2003)


The big ideaInteroperability View


The big ideaLifecycle Information View


Why BIM?


Documented benefits of BIM

Improved communication Improved coordination Increased productivity Greater prefabrication Elimination of field interferences Less rework Fewer requests for information Fewer change orders Less cost growth Shorter construction period ....

Staub-French S and Khanzode A (2007) 3D and 4D modeling for design and construction coordination: issues and lessons learned, ITcon Vol. 12, pg. 381-407, http://www.itcon.org/2007/26


Example: 3D Visualization is important for the user to understand what they are getting

Source: Dan Gonzalez


Example: 3D Visualization is important for the user to understand what they are getting

AECbytes "Building the Future" Article (September 30, 2006) Building Owners Driving BIM: The "Letterman Digital Arts Center“ Story by Mieczyslaw (Mitch) Boryslawski


Example: 4D Visualizations communicate the construction process

AECbytes "Building the Future" Article (September 30, 2006) Building Owners Driving BIM: The "Letterman Digital Arts Center“ Story by Mieczyslaw (Mitch) Boryslawski

4D Model of the Letterman Digital Arts Center.

“Despite numerous design layout changes that were required by Lucas Film Ltd. due to company restructuring, the LDAC project was completed on time and below the estimated budget.”


Example: 3D Conflict DetectionAECbytes "Building the Future" Article (September 30, 2006) Building Owners Driving BIM: The "Letterman Digital Arts Center“ Story by Mieczyslaw (Mitch) Boryslawski

Figure 5. Example of a coordination problem in the elevators machine rooms that was detected and resolved using the building information model. “….over two hundred design conflicts were

identified, most of which were corrected before construction, resulting in an estimated savings of over $10 million on this $350 million project.”


Example: 3D Conflict Detection MEP Coordination

Figure 2. Some of the constructability issues detected by combining the individual disciplinary models in Navisworks. (Courtesy: HOK and Skanska)

AECbytes "Building the Future" Article (September 13, 2007), Royal London Hospital Project.


Example: 3D Integration / Coordination / Conflict Detection

Photo courtesy of Dennis R. Shelden, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, Gehry Technologies. The picture is of the Disney Conference Hall, designed by Frank Gehry.

Ceiling Integration – Disney Concert Hall Frank Gehry


Example: Subcontractor Coordination and 4D Conflict Detection

Ceiling Integration – Disney Concert Hall Frank Gehry

Source: Haymaker, J., and Fischer, M. (2001). Challenges and Benefits of 4D Modeling on the Walt Disney Concert Hall Project. Working Paper 064, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.


Example: Laser Scanning to BIM for Existing Buildings

Figure 4. The 3D model of an existing GSA facility being developed using 3D laser scanning. (Courtesy: GSA)

Capturing accurate as-built data manually is expensive, time consuming and error prone. In contrast, with 3D laser scanning technology, models of existing buildings can be created to 4mm accuracy in a matter of hours much more cost-effectively and without disruption to the users of the building. While these are not BIM models as such, they can at least be used for 3D coordination to reduce RFIs, errors, and omissions and provide the correct site context for new projects.


Example: Construction Logistics Planning


Some other BIM Drivers

Owner Requirements GSA: “All major projects that receive design funding in FY2007 and

beyond are required to submit a spatial program BIM to GSA” State of Wisconsin advances BIM requirements for government contracts State of Texas adopts BIM requirements U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requires BIM on all projects Alberta requiring BIM on all projects starting in 2012 UBC is requiring BIM on more projects

Green Buildings LEED requirements (e.g., waste, energy analysis, etc.) More experienced BIM users also tend to be more heavily involved in

green projects than others. (McGraw-Hill 2009)

More collaborative project delivery methods Integrated Project Delivery


Deep usages of BIM require deep collaboration

A basic premise of BIM is collaboration by different stakeholders at different phases of the life-cycle of a facility to insert, extract, update or modify information in the BIM to support and reflect the roles of that stakeholder. (National BIM Standard)

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is a project delivery approach that integrates people, systems, business structures and practices into a process that collaborativelyharnesses the talents and insights of all participants to optimize project results, increase value to the owner, reduce waste, and maximize efficiency through all phases of design, fabrication, and construction. AIA/AIACC IPD Guide 2008


The case for IPD/BIM/LEAN...

(Construction Users Roundtable 2004)


Who is BIM’ing...?


McGraw Hill 2009

Growth in BIM Use on Projects


Growth in BIM Use on Projects

McGraw Hill 2009


How to BIM?(this is where things get really interesting...)


Some Critical Questions for BIM Projects

How will the BIM model be used? Design coordination? Design analysis (e.g., structural, energy)? Construction coordination? Fabrication?

How do you organize BIM Projects? How should the team be formed? When should different team members come on board? What types of contractual relationships? What type of incentives should be used?

How do you set up modeling requirements? What will be modeled? Who will model? When will systems be modeled? How will they model? How will progress be tracked? How will change be managed?

How do you measure the impact (value) of BIM? Cost savings? Time savings? # of change orders? #of RFI’s?


Agenda

8:00-8:45 Introduction to BIM Concepts, Terms, and ToolsPresenter: Sheryl Staub-French

8:45-10:00 Collaborative Model Development – Structural Steel on the Vancouver Convention Centre ProjectPanel Discussion: Geoff Glotman, Glotman-Simpson Structural Engineers

Mike Samilski, Dowco Technology Services, Ltd.Harold Roberts, Canron Western Constructors Ltd.Dan Sadler & Ken McCabe, PCL Construction

10:00-10:15 Coffee Break

10:15-11:15 Organizing BIM Projects – Lessons LearnedPresenter: Chris Rippingham, DPR Construction

11:15-11:30 Closing Remarks


Some useful references


AGC Contractor’s Guide to BIM

“ Whether the design is issued in the form of 2D printed documents or a 3D electronic media or in a combination of both, the responsibilities of the members of the project team remain unchanged. The important issue is to ensure that project team members thoroughly understand the nature and exactitude of the information that is being conveyed. ”


BIM Project Execution Planning Guide

BIM Project Execution Planning Guide by CIC Research Group, Department of Architectural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University: www.engr.psu.edu/ae/cic/bimex/


General Services Administration (GSA) BIM Guide Series

www.gsa.gov/bim


BIM Addendum

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AIA – E202: Model Element Table


Other useful resources

BIM Project Guidelines: National BIM Standard: www.wbdg.org/bim/nbims.php GSA BIM Guidelines: www.gsa.gov/bim AGC Contractor’s Guide to BIM:

www.agc.org/cs/industry_topics/technology/building_information_modeling BIM Project Execution Planning Guide: www.engr.psu.edu/ae/cic/bimex/ BIMForum MEP Spatial Coordination Guidelines: http://bimforum.org/ National Guidelines for Digital Modeling: www.construction-innovation.info

Organizations and other resources Canada BIM Council: www.canbim.com/ McGraw-Hill Construction SmartReport on BIM:

http://construction.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0249-296182_ITM_analytics buildingSMARTalliance: www.buildingsmartalliance.org/ Fiatech: www.fiatech.org AIA: www.aia.org Integrated Project Delivery: www.ipd-ca.net, www.aia.org/ipd, www.autodesk.com/ipd ConsensusDOCS: www.consensusdocs.org Virtual Builders Roundtable: www.virtualbuilders.org Construction Users Roundtable: www.curt.org


Other useful resources

Projects: Engineering News Record has several case studies:

http://enr.construction.com/technology/bim/default.asp National Guidelines for Digital Modeling - Case Studies: www.construction-

innovation.info PM4D Project (Helsinki): www.itcon.org/2003/12

Walt Disney Concert Hall: www.stanford.edu/group/CIFE/online.publications/WP064.pdf

Camino Medical Centre: www.iglc.net/conferences/2005/papers/session04/18_036_Khanzode_Fischer_Reed.pdf

Sequus Project: www.stanford.edu/group/CIFE/online.publications/TR122.pdf


British Columbia Construction Roundtable Seminar on:

‘Teaming’ with BIMDo the rewards outweigh the risks?

Sheryl Staub-French, PhD, PEngAssociate Professor, Civil Engineering

University of British Columbia

This event is generously sponsored by:

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