Presentation at Building Information Modelling - redefining the role of the project manager. Conference from the APM Knowledge SIG, 27th March 2014, University of Salford
2. Chair’s Welcome
BIM: Re-defining the role of the project manager.
APM Knowledge SIG
• House keeping
• Mobile phones – off or silent
• Twitter: #APMBIM
3. UK Government Strategy
May 2011
Sep 2011
July 2013
BIM is a formal requirement for all
centrally procured government
construction projects by 2016.
5. Why Change?– Public Sector
Use of co-ordinated project
information should be a contractual
requirement
Government project sponsors should
have sufficient expertise to fulfil their
roles effectively
A productivity target of 30% real cost
reduction by the year 2000 should be
launched
Annual reductions of 10% of cost and
construction time... Defects in projects
should be reduced by 20% per year
...Government to commit itself to
becoming best practice clients seeking
improvement in efficiency and quality
Promising developments... New
technology such as 3D object
orientated modelling...
Latham, 1994 Egan, 1998
6. Latham (1994)
“There is an increasing
(if sometimes reluctant)
acceptance that Project
Management, and a
separate discipline of Project
Managers, are permanent
and growing features of the
construction scene.”
7. Egan(1998)
“at the project manager
level, we see a need for
training in integrating
projects and leading
performance
improvement, from
conception to final
delivery.”
9. ‘Building Information Modelling (BIM) is both a new technology
and a new way of working.
‘BIM involves much more than simply implementing new software.
It is a different way of thinking’
‘BIM combines technology with new working practices to improve
the quality of the delivered product and also improve the reliability,
timeliness and consistency of the process.’
What is BIM? RICS Definition
RICS
10. New Technology
Use of 3D models
shared across supply
chain team
Design and
construction
information embedded
into objects within the
model
Sophisticated analysis
possible
13. A New Way of Working
Level 0
• Working with 2D CAD Drawings
• Other project information in written documents
14. A New Way of Working
Level 1
• May still using CAD, sometimes 3D drawings / simple models
• Introducing structured project information
• Introducing structured co-ordination processes
15. A New Way of Working
Level 2
• Shift to 3D model with integrated attribute information
• Separate model files for architecture, structural, M&E etc
• Much project information now embedded in the model
• Structured processes for co-ordination essential
16. A New Way of Working
Level 3
• Single shared model across project team
• Single version of the truth
• Structured process to manage co-ordination of information
• Integration project insurance, fully collaborative
17. MEP Consultant Structural Engineer Architect
Models worked on separately by each member of the project team
Level 2 BIM
With thanks to Associated Architects
18. BIM is not limited to new assets
BIM is not limited to the design phase
BIM is not limited to buildings
BIM is not just for big projects
Where and When to Use BIM
19. BIM can be applied to projects of
any size, across all phases of the
lifecycle and to all types of built
asset.
Where and When to Use BIM
23. Cookham Wood - Ministry of Justice
Key custodial establishment for the South East
A new house block housing
180 young offenders
Associated education building
24. Cookham Wood - Ministry of Justice
Project now complete
Two Stage Open Book with the adoption of BIM, Project Bank
Accounts and Government Soft Landings
20% cost reduction achieved benchmarked against similar
projects
Library of standard components with associated data produced
which will be re-used on future MOJ projects
Lessons and experience were fed into the development of
PAS1192-2
28. Lessons from Cookham Wood
In order to incorporate BIM, the client requirements and processes have to be
carefully understood
Alignment between BIM processes and wider project processes is needed. The
MOJ undertook a comprehensive review of the internal processes used to
operate it’s projects.
The EIR should be explicit about which of the ten ‘Client’s Strategic Purposes’
the COBie* data will be used for.
The brief and the BIM Clients Information Requirements need to be written in
plain English with no ambiguity.
Selected Lessons:
* COBie = Construction Operations Building Information Exchange
31. PAS1192-2 Process Cycle
CAPEX START
New project
Survey of Existing Assets (Assessment)
Prepare
Employer’s
Information
Requirements
(EIR)
Summary:-
• Describes information exchange
and collaborative working
requirements
• Forms part of employer’s
requirements
• To be incorporated in supplier
Project Execution Plan
• Where possible base on CIC Scope
of Services
Procurement
33. PAS1192-2 Process Cycle
EXECUTION
Procurement
Prepare BIM
Execution Plan
(BEP)
Summary:-
• Demonstrates supplier’s approach,
capability, capacity and competence
to delivery of EIR
• Likely to be developed in two
phases, pre- and post-contract
award
• Post-contract is re-submitted to
include contributions from whole of
supply chain capability and Master
Information Delivery Plan (MIDP)
Contract Award
34. PAS1192-2 Process Cycle
DELIVERY
Contract Award
Prepare Master
Information
Delivery Plan
(MIDP)
Summary:-
• Facilitates management of the
delivery of the project
• Consists of everything requested in
the EIR plus information needed for
management of the project and
project documentation, along with
standard method and procedure
and specification of IT solutions and
data exchange formats.
Mobilization
35. PAS1192-2 Process Cycle
PRODUCTION
Mobilization
Project
Information Model
(PIM)
Summary:-
• Project delivered through detailed
design and construction and on to
handover
• Common Data Environment
continually updated and at defined
COBIE data drop stages
• At Level 2 BIM the PIM is likely to
be a set of federated models along
with associated non-graphical data
and documentation
Opex Start
36. PAS1192-2 Process Cycle
OPEX START
Production
Asset Information
Model
(AIM)
Summary:-
• PAS1192-2 recommends COBIE-
UK-2012 be used for information
exchange to create the AIM
• Government Soft Landings (GSL)
provides a mechanism to support
effective handover of the asset into
operational use
Assessment
37. The BIM Process – Data Drops
Strategic Definition
Preparation and
Brief
Concept Design
Developed Design Technical Design
Handover and
Close Out
In Use
1 To proceed
2 To procure
3 To construct
4 To accept handover
5 To monitor performance
Project Stage (RIBA 2013) Client Decision
Construction
38. Where to learn more
www.fgould.com/uk/topics/BIM/www.cic.org.uk/national/BiMhubs.shtmlwww.bimtaskgroup.org/
39. Adrian Malone
Head of BIM and Knowledge
Management
Faithful+Gould
0113 306 6884
adrian.malone@fgould.com
@adrianmalone