BIM - bespoke solutions from standard data
CITA BIM Gathering 24th November 2017
Duncan Reed, Digital Construction Process Manager, Trimble Solutions (UK) Ltd
Duncan Reed§ Chartered Civil Engineer§ Career to date
– RM Douglas / Tilbury Douglas – Site Engineer > Chief Engineer– Clugston Construction – Site Manager > Design Coordinator– Balfour Beatty Construction – Design Manager > Divisional Design Manager
§ Joined Trimble solutions (UK) in 2013– Digital Construction Process Manager– Chair, thinkBIM – home of the Yorkshire and Humberside BIM Region
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2011; Government Construction Strategy2.32 Government will require fullycollaborative 3D BIM (with allproject and asset information,documentation and data beingelectronic) as a minimum by 2016A staged plan was published withmandated milestones showingmeasurable progress at the end ofeach year
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The first BIM definition?“BIM as a modelling technology andassociated set of processes to produce,communicate, and analyse buildingmodels.”§ Building components§ Components that include data that
describe how they behave§ Consistent and non-redundant data§ Coordinated data
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2011; Government Construction Client Group§ What is BIM?§ BIM is a managed approach to
the collection and exploitationof information across a project.At its heart is a computer-generated model containinggraphical and tabularinformation about the design,construction and operation ofthe asset
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2014; Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
§ Building informationmodelling (BIM) getspeople and informationworking togethereffectively and efficientlythrough defined processesand technology
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2015; Digital Built Britain§ ‘What is Building information
modelling?’§ Building Information Modelling
(BIM) is a collaborative way ofworking, underpinned by thedigital technologies whichunlock more efficient methodsof designing, delivering andmaintaining physical built assets
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2016; BSI - British Standards InstitutionIn, created a BIM website to assistthe industry and defined BIM as“Building Information Modelling(BIM) is a collaborative way ofworking underpinned by digitaltechnologies. These technologiesallow for more efficient methods ofdesigning, delivering andmaintaining physical built assetsthroughout their entire lifecycle”.[5]
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2016; National Building Specification§ BIM or Building Information
Modelling is a process forcreating and managinginformation on a constructionproject across the projectlifecycle
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2017; EU BIM HandbookProbably the most recent, widely published,definition of BIM has come from the EU BIMHandbook
BIM is a digital form of construction and assetoperations. It brings together technology, processimprovements and digital information to radicallyimprove client and project outcomes and assetoperations. BIM is a strategic enabler for improvingdecision making for both buildings and publicinfrastructure assets across the whole lifecycle. Itapplies to new build projects; and crucially, BIMsupports the renovation, refurbishment andmaintenance of the built environment – the largestshare of the sector.
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Summary from all these definitions1. project2. digital3. construction4. technologies5. technology6. lifecycle7. working8. across9. assets10. built19. processes24. process
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BIM basics - BS1192:2007
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§ Originally published in 2007, currentversion is A2 – 2016
§ This standard is the bedrock of Level 1 andcovers two main areas§ Collaboration Management Processes§ Naming of Containers
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Non-verified design data usedby in-house design teams only
ARCHIVE
Project history maintained forknowledge and regulatory andlegal requirementsRepository of the projectinformation for non assetportfolio employers
PUBLISHED DOCUMENTATION
Coordination and validateddesign output for use by thetotal project team.Production information suitablefor Stage CompletionAcceptance or Construction
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Verified design data sharedwith the project teamOngoing design development
The Digital Plan of Work
4. Technical Design
3. DevelopedDesign
5. Construction 6. Handover andClose Out
0. StrategicDefinition 2. Concept Design1. Preparation
and Brief
7 In Use
We have aproblem with an
asset
We need todesign a frame
The framesolution is –
steel, concrete....
Do we build orrefurbish?
Detailed designby engineer &
fabricator
The design isdelivered on site
Asset informationhandover –model anddocuments
Can I take thiscolumn out?
Model-based working supports the fabrication process
Estimator,Sales manager
Installation Managers/Coordinators
Production Planner, PurchaserDelivery Coordinator
Detailer, Drafter
ERECTFABRICATEMODEL
Conceptual Design,Estimation QTYs,Sales & Bidding
Integrate Production(CAD-CAM),
Data for ProductionManagement (ERP),
Planning &Coordination
Data forStorage
Management,Delivery
Coordination
ErectionPlanning,
Managementand Project
Coordination
Design & Detailing,Documents and
Data for Productionand Site
The model – created onceSupporting 16 Manufacturing
ProcessesUsed by 9 Roles in the Business
Releases
Lₑ = 1.0L
Lₑ = 1.0L
Assumed memberproperties (E, Iₓₓ)
X, Y, Z coordinates
Support conditions
Effective lengths
Traditional approach to analysis & design
A New Approach – Why is TSD different ?§ Fully 3D – not 2.5D, allowing users
to visualize and work with themodel in 2D horizontal (Floors)and 2D vertical (Frames)
§ Actual physical modelling ofmembers. E.g. Beams, Columns,Braces, Composite, Non-composite elements
§ This is important because?
TOS
eNominal eccentricities?
Composite beams?
Web openings?
Physical position?
All the information in one place
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Model-basedlayout
Automatedfabrication
Safety
MaterialTake Off
ProductionTracking &Management Logistics
andPlanning
Drawings in advanceand on-demand
Information through the life of the asset
§ Think about peaks and troughs of information flow butdon’t lose the data!!
Graphical Model
Non-Graphical Data
Documentation
Graphical ModelNon-Graphical Data
Documentation
Why standardised data?▪ Create data once, use it multiple times▪ Agree what data is really important when, and why▪ Define these requirements in the BIM procedures▪ Increase outreach for BIM as transformation from human
readable documents to machine readable structured data(informa on produc on → informa on consump on via CDE)
▪ Accelerate efforts on promoting and supportingimplementation of MVDxml and MVDs to support smoothworkflow in real projects