Challenges Integrating IT in USACE Construction

Making Buildings Smarter Dana Kennish “Deke” Smith, FAIA Emeritus, ASCE

Current Co-Chair APPA TCO Committee & Executive Director of AiC Former Chief Architect DUSD(I&E) – DoD Business Enterprise Architecture

Former Deputy CIO, Army Research Laboratory Former Executive Director buildingSMART Alliance / BuildingSMART International Board Member

Goals for Smart Buildings How USACE should best shape their contracts to optimize facilities & Infrastructure - including low voltage/SCADA/Building Controls in MILCON projects?

• Smart Buildings, Infrastructure, Cities/Installations • Improve Mission Readiness and Resiliency

• Role of Total Cost of Ownership • Predict and Help Ensure Future Readiness and Proper Resourcing (People and Dollars)

• Strategic Plan for Army by Corps of Engineers • Support Military Capability and Readiness • Support National Infrastructure

Information Assurance • Design in IA from the beginning – cannot be added on effectively

later!

• Basic infrastructure issue • Redundancy does not mean burying two cables in the same ditch • Protecting power as it enter the installation is “too little too late” • For every good aspect of IoT there is a dark side – prepare for it!

What Is Smart? ARL Case Study Goals

• Smart & Secure Communication • Smart & Secure Network • Smart & Secure Buildings and

Infrastructure

Infrastructure Operations Center

• Network Operations Center • Facilities & Spatial Awareness • 24x7x365 Operations • Failover Capability – Tested Monthly • Trained individuals – Tested Business

Processes • Change Management – Using Root

Cause Analysis

Not just one asset, but the entire Installation and Command

Establish Vision & 2001-2005 Strategic Plan Five Year Plan Completed in Three!

Dr. Whalin, Director Dr. Radhakrishnan, CIO

Smart Facilities, Infrastructure & Cities • Network Viability • BIM & GIS can be used for Scenario Planning - create a

Digital Twin of the asset • Operate Facility • Resource Burn Rates • Contingency Planning • Emergency Response • Increase Resiliency • Mission Readiness

Graphic © by APPA Facility Manager July/August 2019

Total Cost of Ownership - A Key Discriminator • The owner (Army) must manage assets for their entire economic life. • The designer and contractor only must deliver a functional facility on day one. • The sustainability of an asset is not a separate effort, even though it comes

from separate pots of money. Plan for the whole. • Sustainability is critically and profoundly impacted by initial design and

construction decisions. • Smart facilities provide the feedback and situational awareness for continued

good decision making and resiliency. • Understanding TCO and sustainability was a big part of the ARL success and why

it is still operational almost 20 years later! • The overall least cost decision is the best decision for the owner! • The Army must add TCO and “Asset Efficiency” to the solicitation and make

them selection criteria.

Recommendations 1. A team approach must be established! 2. Need management and worker buy-in! Establish vision and strategic plan

and distribute to all. 3. Holistic Approach – Not one building at a time, each asset must fit into a

larger system. 4. Not just MILCON but ultimately all procurements. GSA has been using

DBOM, DoD has been trying private public partnerships. Keep trying! 5. Use a Total Cost of Ownership approach to understand ramifications of all

decisions – Consider ANSI recognized APPA 1000™ for TCO – similarities between campus and installation.

6. Using TCO you can identify the impact of shortfalls earlier so that contingency preparations or arguments can be made for more resources.

7. Facilities and Installations must be viewed as integral to mission! 8. If we fail the enemy wins!

Thank You