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Agenda
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Based on and supporting r d Foundation Classes
Information Delivery Manuals
and International Framework for Dictionaries

Overview

Building Information Models

NIBS National BIM Standard Project Committee

November 2006
This presentation is a collaborative product of the NIBS NBIMS Project Committee.
 BIM - What is it and why use it?

• A BIM is a lifecycle information collection

point for a facility
• A BIM allows for the creation of facility
information relationships
• A BIM is focused on saving resources
(dollars, time and materials) during each
phase of the facility life cycle
• The more mature the model the more
usable it is – but any collected data is
better that how we do business today

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 Building Information Model Definition

National BIM Standard Definition of BIM – buildingSMART

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-cycle from inception onward.
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 process to support and reflect the roles of
that stakeholder. The BIM is a shared digital representation founded on
open standards for interoperability.

The National BIM Standard is part of the global buildingSMART

Information Delivery Manual Initiative.

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Building is a Verb The building process is not linear…

National Building Information Model Standard

Build
Lifecycle Phases © AEdgar 2006
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Learn and Improve Each cycle should add knowledge

National Building Information Model Standard

Information
Knowledge

Exchanges
over time

Build
Lifecycle Phases © AEdgar 2006
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 Share and re-use information easily

National Building Information Model Standard

Information
Interoperability

Backbone

Information
Knowledge

Exchanges
over time

Build
Lifecycle Phases © AEdgar 2006
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Lifecycle Information Projects create buildings + lots of information

National Building Information Model Standard

Information
Backbone

Information
Knowledge

Exchanges
over time

Vendor

Build Project Team

Lifecycle Phases © AEdgar 2006
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 What is Building Information Modeling [BIM]?

Building Is a Verb • 2D Lines and Text

• 3D Polygons

• BIM
Lifecycle Knowledge • Virtual
Readily Exchanged Construction
Real Objects
• 3D Visual
• Coordinated
dataset
• Interoperable

• Installation photo
• Built to the model
Images courtesy FacilityGenetics, LLC and Ghafari Associates
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 How Does BIM Work?

Building Is a Verb For Example…

Accurate steel members
- Size, weight, performance,
Courtesy: Kling

cost.
Accurate connections
Lifecycle Knowledge
Readily Exchanged Accurate 3D position
Real Objects Simulation of
Lifelike Properties
- Installation process &
equipment requirements
- lighting
- structural performance
- etc.
Overlap with other 3D
elements to identify
collisions.
- Mech, elec, plbg,
- Walls, ceilings, FF&E
- Access for maint. & repair
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 How Does BIM Work?
Data Commissioning for Facilities Operations & Management
Building Is a Verb
DATA FUNCTION
• Legal
• Real Property • Fiduciary
• Space • Store Ops

COBIE
Lifecycle Knowledge • Equipment • Bldg. Ops
Readily Exchanged
• Utilities • Fac. Mgmt
• Maint. Tasks • Asset Mgmt
• Instructions
Real Objects • Schedules
Lifelike Properties • Cost
Ongoing Uses
• 3D Geometry
• Employees
Courtesy:Bentley Systems, Inc.

[ Construction to Operations Building Information Exchange ]

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 How Does BIM Work?
All Stakeholders Participate
Building Is a Verb
Legal
Geospatial Financial
Data
Data Data

Lifecycle Knowledge
Readily Exchanged

BIM
Designer
Data Specifier Data
Real Objects
Lifelike Properties
Ongoing Uses

Owner / Occupier
Data Sustainers
Environmentalist
Data
Data

Courtesy of NIBS National Building Information Modeling Standards Committee

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 Influence vs Cost Curve
Effort

Typical
‘Value’ Engineering !

Virtual Building Design

Proposed Entry
Lifecycle

25% 75%
cost

Strategy Design Construction Operation

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 Information Exchange Losses
Management support information should be:
• Collected continuously throughout facility life-cycle (created once)
• Managed uniformly in standard framework
• Securely available 24x7
Information Value

Value of Improvements
To-Be
• Minimized data loss
• Maximized information value

Operation
Construction
Design
Planning As-Is
Time • Continuous data loss
• Value of information reduced

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 Notional BIM Project Savings Curve
This is a draft – a team is working to put actual numbers to these notional curves

Procurement Stage

Execution Stage
Project Delivery Selection Stage
Conception Stage

Design Stage

Construction Documents Stage Utilization Closure

Stage Stage
Optimized approach with virtual modeling and analysis with reduced change
orders & delivery time and lower operating and sustainment costs

Typical approach failing to do routine maintenance

and having to replace items earlier and more often

Typical design/build approach with required maintenance

The savings we are currently experiencing

with faster delivery and fewer change
orders

The yet untapped $avings

IAI “BuildingSMART” model supports lifecycle data

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 Typical BIM Benefits

Building Is a Verb
• Better understanding of design
concepts – shared understanding of
issues
Lifecycle Knowledge • More focus on value-added tasks
Readily Exchanged
• Faster cycle times
• Reduced errors and omissions
Real Objects
Lifelike Properties • Less waste: rework, materials, time
Ongoing Uses
• Fewer translation errors and losses
• Increased site safety
• Better estimates – cost and time

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Who Benefits From BIM Implementation
Facility Information Views
Owners
Planners
Realtors
Appraisers
Mortgage Bankers
Designers
Engineers
Cost & Quantity Estimators
Specifiers

BIM
Contracts & Lawyers
Construction Contractors
Sub-Contractors
Fabricators
Code Officials
Facility Managers
Graphisoft Maintenance & Sustainment
Renovation & Restoration
Disposal & Recycling
Scoping, Testing, Simulation
Safety & Occupational Health
Environmental & NEPA
Plant Operations
Energy, LEED
Space & Security
Network Managers
CIO’s
Risk Management
Occupant Support
First Responders

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 Facility Data That Could Be Included in BIM
• Planning scenarios and site
information
• Architectural program
• Floor plans
• Space functions
• Classified areas, vaults etc.
• Area calculations
• Volume calculations
• Engineering calculations
• Specifications
• Contract documents
• Legal description
• Change orders
• Supporting documentation for
litigation
• Shop drawings
• Procurement documents
• Progress photographs
• Alarm diagrams
• Warranty data
• Invoices
• Purchase requests
• Cost Estimates
• Organizational occupants
• Personnel lists
• Seating plans
• Handicap designation
• Network diagrams
• Hazardous materials
• Operating manuals
• Maintenance records
• Inspection records
• Electronic 3D model
• Simulations
• Continuation of operations plans
• Disaster Recovery Plans
• Contingency plans
• Furniture inventory
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 Hierarchical Information Relationships
Theatre / World

Country Geospatial Information

Installation / (GIS)
Region

State / Province
Natural Asset
County
Air / Space
City
Underground
Site

IAI-IFC Usage
Water / Sea
Real
Property Asset
Land / Parcel

Facility / Built
Building
System
Sub-Systems
Space Components
Level
Overlay
Room
Structure

System
Sub-Systems
Space Components
Level
Overlay Room
Building information
Linear Structure
(Building Information Models) Node
Segment
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 Hierarchical Building Information Relationships
Attributes Systems represent the physical
BUILDING
Or Structure
Metrics entities of the building. Systems use
NA classifications such as Omni-
IFC objects, relationships, space Class and Uniformat and are
SYSTEMS –Ex. Structural, MEP, Flooring, Ceiling, Exterior, Walls transported/exchanged via IFCs
Attributes Space is physical in nature, but can
Attributes
be unbounded (have no or cross
Metrics
Sub-Systems physical boundaries) but it will always
Components Metrics
(part of systems) be tied to the physical structure or
systems in some way
SPACE-Vertical Horizontal, Empty Example Overlays are more abstract data -
Metrics
SUI,CI organizational, operational, functional,
Level (Stories) Room
Attributes financial, non-fixed assets, resources,
Void Standards personnel, etc. that is data tied to the
Vertical Metrics Systems and Space
Reports or Extracted Data from BIM
Attributes
(examples from all classifications)
Area Gross
OVERLAYS – Typically associated with building hierarchy elements.
Example Net
Furniture Example Volume
Assets Financial
Equipment Rentable Space Usable
Classifications
Phone Circulation Area Surface
Example Example Sq. Ftg.
Personnel Space Assignment Quantities
Zones Secure Areas
Business Group Systems Linear Ft.
Materials & Types
Business Example Example
Marketing Metrics
Groups FCA,MDI
Administration

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 Information Exchanges

•Programmatic and Project Requirements or Constraints (LEED

Control
Silver requested by owner)
The reason for the •Normative standards by which data is collected or managed
information exchange (Such as the IBC, NCS, IFC’s and OmniClass™)
(i.e. Desire to buy doors)
Report on Door Objects

Input BIM The product of the

The Output information exchange
information (i.e. The quantity and
specification data
exchange
BIM

used to purchase and

deliver doors.

Existing information already

in the BIM is used as input
and information that is
gleaned from the exchange is
also stored in the model (i.e. More information is added
Attributes about the doors to the building information
purchased, size, material, model in its appropriate
cost, instructions, fire rating, spatially related location
etc.) NCS, IFC’s, OmniClass

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 Use of Information Exchanges to Support BIM
• Requirement & Goal
– Standardize on information
needed for specific tasks
within the building lifecycle
– Development based upon
open data standards used
by all
– Provides requirements to
software companies
• North America data
standards
– CSI, OMNICLASS,
Uniformat
– International Bldg Code
– CIS/2 and other authorities

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 Case Study – 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….over two hundred
design and construction conflicts were identified, most of
which were corrected before construction, resulting in an
estimated savings of over
$10 million on this $350
million project.”

Courtesy of AECbytes "Building the Future" Article (September 30, 2006)

Building Owners Driving BIM: The "Letterman Digital Arts Center"
StoryMieczyslaw (Mitch) Boryslawski, Associate AIA
Founder, View By View, Inc.
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 Multiple Types of Analysis from the Same Model

Global V6 engine plant for General Motors – Flint, MI (Courtesy: GHAFARI Associates) © NIBS 2006
 USCG Integrated BIM/Mission Support Approach

Identifying Mission Requirements…

…Using BIM, Web Services and

IFC’s to Support Decisions and
Cost Effectively Plan for the Future…

…To Provide the Right Products to

their Customers based on Mission
Requirements

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 Philosophical change in approach
Current Lack of Planned information relationships
Interoperability A 2 B
Building A
Building B
Building C
1 3 1 23
4 4

1 2 3
Subject 1 C 4

Subject 2 Start with a “BIM Blob”

Subject 3 Add shape

Subject 4 Add additional information

Information is available about
a subject across all facilities End up with a mature BIM or
but not about all subjects obtain a complete BIM with
across all facilities new construction

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Emerging buildingSMART-NA Initiative
Draft Role
A Strategy for Improving Facilities
The buildingSMART Alliance will:
• Act as a focal point for improving
facilities efficiency
• Establish consortia arrangements
for conducting research,
• Conduct forums and workshops,
• Manage research and research-
related projects,
• Disseminate information,
• Review work performed by others.
• Develop and recommend standards,
guidelines and certification programs;
• Stimulate innovation in the industry
• Promote increased understanding
and communications

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 To Read More About It …

• WBDG BIM Resource Page:

– http://www.wbdg.org/design/bim.php
– Intro/overview & list of associations and resources.
• NIBS National BIM Standard Committee website:
– http://www.facilityinformationcouncil.org/bim/index.php
– Join the listserv and/or join the Committee and a Task Team
• Assoc. General Contractors (AGC), Contractors’ Guide to BIM
http://www.agc.org/galleries/marketing-gallery/BIM_ad3.jpg
• GSA 3D & 4D Building Information Modeling:
– http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?P=PM&contentId=
20917&contentType=GSA_OVERVIEW
• Integrated Practice in Architecture, Elvin, Feb.’07
– Mastering Design-Build, Fast-Track, and BIM
– http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-
0471998494.html
• BSU College of Architecture & Planning: http://www.bsu.edu/cap

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 For More Information

• Contact Information
– NIBS: Earle Kennett - ekennett@nibs.org
– Chairman: Deke Smith - deke@dksic.net
– Task Team Chairpersons
• Fundraising: Ric Jackson - jackson@fiatech.org
• Business Process Integration: Dave Jordani - djordani@jordani.com
• Scoping: Dianne Davis - d.davis@aecinfosystems.com

• Development: Bill East - Bill.W.East@erdc.usace.army.mil

• Testing: Patrick Suermann - suermann@ufl.edu
• Communications: Alan Edgar – aredgar@facilitygenetics.com
– NBMIS: www.facilityinformationcouncil.org/bim/index.php

Thank You
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