Autodesk Customer Success Story Junglim Architecture

Implementing BIM for the building lifecycle at Grand Hyatt Incheon West Tower

Achieving a full BIM workflow that integrates design, construction, and maintenance with Autodesk® Building Design Suite

Project Summary

Construction for the Grand Hyatt Incheon West Tower, located at Incheon International Airport, started on January 2, 2012. With a building size of 16,348m2 and a total ground area of 70,547.26m2, the project consists of two underground stories and 11 stories above ground. The framework was constructed in the top-down method, and construction was completed in July 2014.

The Grand Hyatt Incheon West Tower hotel was designed to host international events, starting with the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. As a new landmark at Incheon International Airport, the project focused on external skin design but also prioritized interior design, user convenience, and efficiency in hotel management. To achieve these goals, the Grand Hyatt project team used Building Information Modeling(BIM) as an integrated process from design to construction to operations. This solution gave them the ability to perform such functions as reviewing the internal and external skin of the guestroom areas, analyzing traffic flow to optimize hotel operation and management,

and forecasting future repair needs.

The hotel applied BIM in multiple ways that varied by phase of the project. Having established BIM at the design phase, Junglim Architecture then implemented BIM in the construction phase, where having a BIM workflow reinforced collaboration with the contractor. Junglim was also able to extend BIM to the maintenance phase based on data inputs from the building operator.

Company

Enhancing BIM expertise while contributing to the development of Korean architecture

Founded in 1967, Junglim Architecture has played a leading role in developing Korean architecture for 45 years. As a company, Junglim is committed to building a healthy and sound environment while emphasizing corporate social responsibility. One of the firm’s tenets, “Happy Workplace,” refers to creating a workplace that motivates workers to develop their professional potential with equal opportunities and fair treatment, and encourages individual employees to make

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214, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea

SOFTWARE

Autodesk® Building Design SuiteAutoCAD® RevitAutoCAD® NavisworksAutodesk® BIM 360TM

The Grand Hyatt Incheon West Tower project used Building Information Modeling(BIM) as an integrated process from design and construction to management. With Autodesk® Revit® and Autodesk® Navisworks, the designer, contractor, and owner were all able to easily review the building information model.

BIM in the Grand Hyatt project was used throughout all stages including design and design review, as well as for change orders, safety evaluation, construction, and building lifecycle management. Furthermore, integrating maintenance data with design and construction information in BIM allowed facility managers to more effectively run the building.

Autodesk BIM solutions enabled Junglim Architecture to implement BIM throughout the entire lifecycle of the Grand Hyatt Incheon West Tower, from design and initial BIM data input, to operation and optimization of each stage, all the way through maintenance.

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the most of their independent and creative abilities. Another tenet, “Open Mind and Social Consciousness,” refers to creating a healthy built environment by pursuing design via top experts and Junglim’s own knowledge, and sharing that knowledge openly. Finally, the tenet “Exemplary Model” emphasizes achieving success and respect among peers through the pursuit of sound practices and business ethics.

Junglim Architecture is a top-tier integrated architecture company in Korea with over 600 employees and expertise in design, CM, R&D and services. The company has designed many renowned buildings in Korea, including the National Museum of Korea, Incheon International Airport, the Main Office of Cheong Wa Dae, Chunchugwan, Seoul World Cup Stadium, and others. Junglim has maintained solid growth despite the tough economic conditions in construction and architecture.

Junglim has implemented BIM on projects since 2003, making it one of the first firms to do so in Korea. The company has honed its experience with BIM on both domestic and overseas projects, including the Dubai Sports City in the UAE and Hotel Tripoli staff dormitories in Libya. It has played a key role in introducing BIM to Korea by establishing a proprietary BIM manual and promoting BIM through participation in buildingSMART Korea.

Junglim won recognition for its BIM expertise with a Grand Prize at the Autodesk Korea BIM Awards in 2014. It continues to distinguish itself in the field of BIM by having won the highest number of awards in design in Korea and recording the highest number of BIM projects among design members of buildingSMART. The company also appeared among the ranks of the world’s top design companies in 2014, announced by Engineering News Record, a construction and engineering magazine in the U.S.

Challenge

Aiming for effective collaboration and BIM for the building lifecycle

“The key to BIM is in effectively achieving collaboration,” explained a director at Junglim. “Design is limited when BIM is outsourced from the workflow. We’re making efforts to

overcome these limitations by implementing ‘BIM for the building lifecycle,’ which embraces design, construction and facility management.”

Junglim’s “BIM for the building lifecycle” ensures that design data can be effectively used in construction and maintenance. To this end, it is important to establish a consistent operating environment and process—from design to construction and facility management.

Solution

Reinforcing data integration and collaboration with Autodesk® Building Design Suite

Junglim used a variety of Autodesk solutions for each BIM workflow, including Revit® Architecture, and 3DMAX for Schematic Design; Revit® Architecture, Revit® Structure, and Revit® MEP for Design Development; Navisworks for construction documentation and pre-construction; and BIM 360TM for the construction phase.

Junglim focuses on interoperability between different software programs and selecting appropriate software for each phase of construction design, while using Autodesk® Revit® as the common platform for BIM design. The Junglim project team applied this knowledge on the Grand Hyatt Incheon West Tower project as well, and their success is expected to act as a guide for future applications of BIM.

Benefit

Building the BIM lifecycle at Grand Hyatt Incheon West Tower

Implementing their “BIM for the building lifecycle” strategy in the design of the Grand Hyatt Incheon West Tower won Junglim the Grand Prize at the Autodesk Korea BIM Awards 2014. The project team implemented BIM using Autodesk® Building Design Suite software.

The Grand Hyatt Incheon West Tower is currently operated using As-Built BIM, since BIM has been applied to the project since its initial phase. The company has built an integrated BIM workflow from design to construction to management, with the purpose of creating optimized design, improving construction quality, managing the hotel

Clash detection according to design change

Virtual construction to place orders for uneven stones

Piping data system using BIM

Field facility review

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systematically, and establishing a facilities management program. In doing so, the building was designed from the start with BIM, instead of keeping design separate from BIM.

Using BIM in all phases of the project

BIM was applied throughout all phases of the project, including schematic design, parametric digital design, and construction documentation; design review such as clash detection and digital mock-up(DMU); application of field design changes and safety facility check; actual construction such as processing of uneven stone surface; and building lifecycle management.

“With BIM, we were able to accurately and promptly comply with the requirements of the project,” said a director at Junglim. “Data movement and collaboration happened smoothly and efficiently thanks to the use of integrated software. By entering and recording all kinds of information necessary for future operation into the model, and accumulating information after each phase, we successfully delivered a project that harnesses the full power of BIM.”

Establishing an integrated BIM workflow from construction to facility management

To use BIM in the construction phase of the Grand Hyatt Incheon West Tower project, Junglim established a BIM workflow to review constructability in advance. Constructability review is the process of adding construction data to design data in BIM.

Key tasks reviewed with construction BIM include process management, temporary installation and safety management, review of material order quantity, setting of work scope for specialized contractors, review of requests by owner, and review of field designs. In the case of the Grand Hyatt, a digital mock-up was built beforehand, and BIM data was verified before approval.

Junglim took actual measurements on the construction side using a tablet PC, and updated the BIM data to match the completed building, using both the construction documents and As-Built BIM data. The company implemented the BIM-based maintenance method, in which necessary information such as construction data,

materials, detailed drawings, contact information of property management companies, and term of guarantee are recorded in BIM data in an integrated format. The BIM-based maintenance method was implemented as an improvement over past methods, where multiple data formats made it difficult to work with information.

Additionally, Junglim incorporated BIM maintenance data into the design and construc-tion data during the change-over period of construction, creating an information system for subcontractors, materials suppliers, and AS companies for facility managers to use in operation.

At the Grand Hyatt, Junglim integrated BIM throughout the entire lifecycle, from the initial phase of design to the first BIM data input, to phased operation and optimization, and finally to maintenance data input. Their work has proved that the goal of project integration can be achieved with the tools of BIM.

Vision

Expanding BIM based on project accomplishment and seeking enhancement of technology

Junglim realized through the Grand Hyatt Incheon West Tower project that BIM for the building lifecycle will enable the company to implement a smart process and obtain the highest quality buildings possible as well as realize economic benefits. A smart process refers to evidence-based decision-making and process efficiency; highest quality is obtaining top quality in design and construction; and economic benefit is a cost-reduction effect in maintenance from eco-friendly design and a shortened period of construction

This project has proven that an integrated approach to BIM, rather than separate design and construction BIM, is the right approach.

Based on the success of the Grand Hyatt Incheon West Tower project, Junglim plans to continue to provide BIM for the building lifecycle to its clients. Moreover, the company will expand the use of BIM to local districts and small contractors, and seek ways to apply localized BIM and Autodesk® Building Design Suite in other countries such as China and Vietnam. In the meantime, Junglim plans to keep ahead of the latest technological trends by seeking 3D scanning business and opening up the company’s technology to open source.