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BIM for better MEPTodays complex MEP systems require new methods of delivery.

Buildings are not the same as they were 100, or even 50, years ago. With the advent andrise of modern HVAC and building servi es, as well as hea! energy, we have the abilityand fle"ibility to reate omfortable indoor environments, no matter what the ost inenergy or natural resour es.

#his has led to buildings that are glass bo"es$ and to buildings that were not designed to be good stewards of energy or the environment. %t has also !ut &'( systems enter stagein the fight to deliver these needs, ma)ing the systems and re*uirements more om!le".

Add a lient+s e"!e ted delivery s hedules, engineering om!le"ity, budget onstraints,green goals and ontem!orary engineers have a very different ob than generations !ast.

%t+s a ob that re*uires a mu h different method of designing, onstru ting and o!erating buildings than we are used to. #he relationshi! and oordination re*uired for a su essful !ro e t team is mu h more im!ortant.

-es!ite all of the hanges in the buildings and demands, the fundamental !ro esses andtools we use as !rofessionals have not hanged signifi antly over time. #he onstru tionindustry has be ome less effi ient and less !rodu tive over the last 50 years$ in ontrastto all other non farming industries, where effi ien y has im!roved.

#hese new, om!le", buildings need a new method of delivery to su!!ort the

onstru tion !ro ess and ensure delivery within time and on budget, and that method isintegrated teams enabled by B%&.

A transformation is ha!!ening in the ar hite ture, engineering, onstru tion ando!eration industries, in front of our eyes, using B%&. /sing new te hnologies, !ro esses,wor)flows and management styles, the way buildings are being delivered is hanging.B%& data is being leveraged to hel! !rodu e a higher *uality !rodu t, more effi iently.

%t+s all about the information in B%&. ften !eo!le get stu ) on what software to use, butthe B%& authoring software is not the im!ortant *uestion. o us instead on !lanning andusing the software that does the ob you need.

We have wor)ed with onsultants to integrate B%& into their heat load al ulations and !rodu e design drawings$ we have wor)ed with sub ontra tors to oordinate and reatesho! drawings$ we have wor)ed with 23 teams to !rovide a urate *uantities from theB%& model$ and we have wor)ed with (&s to do what we all a -esign 'nabled B%&Audit. We wor) with everybody, for every ty!e of !ro e t.

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%n our e"!erien e !eo!le worry about the intero!erability of software !a )ages, but as wehave seen over the !ast five years in the region, there is no ause for on ern.

ne !ro ess we have em!loyed for design onsultants involves using the s!a ial ando u!ant information ontained in the ar hite tural B%& model4s to !o!ulate the s!a es

in heat load al ulation software, su h as #rane #ra e 600, HA( or %'3.

/sing the gb7&8 we an easily get a urate information, bring it into engineeringsoftware, run al ulations as usual, and feed this detailed engineering data ba ) into theB%& model, for use in design and do umentation. #his is a !erfe t e"am!le of theseamless intero!erability and advantage of using the B%& for &'( wor).