1. Children's Hospital Colorado:
Case Study in the
Life Cycle of BIM
Presented by:
Paula Davison, Operations Manager
Planning, Design & Construction
Children’s Hospital Colorado
2. Learning Outcomes
• Explain the necessity of a collective
understanding of the BIM goals by all project
team members.
• Describe the importance of continuity of BIM
deliverables for each phase of the project.
• Discuss the importance of defining BIM goals at
the RFP stage of a project.
• Discuss the potential of BIM for owners,
specifically in regard to facility management.
3. Paula Davison
• BA, University of Denver
• MArch, University of Oregon
• HDR Architecture, 2007 – 2011
• Children’s Hospital Colorado,
2011 – present
• Licensed Architect in the
State of Colorado
4. INTRODUCTION
PART 1: CHILDREN’S INAUGURAL BIM PROJECT
PART 2: CHILDREN’S RETROFIT BIM PROJECT
PART 3: CHILDREN’S BIM PROTOCOL
PART 4: LESSONS LEARNED
Children's Hospital Colorado: Case Study in the Life Cycle of BIM
5. INTRODUCTION
The Life-Cycle of a Building
BIM: one acronym, two meanings
Building Information Modeling
Building Information Management
BIM: fundamental usage
Communicating information graphically
Using the database functionality to manage data
6. A Hospital is Born . . . and Grows Up
Introduction
1917 – 2007
2007 – present
1910 – 19171897 – 1910
7. The Life-Cycle of a Building
Planning &
Design
Multidisciplinary
system coordination
Facility
Commissioning
Facility Operation &
Maintenance
Future Construction
(additions, renovations,
remodels)
Building
Information
Modeling
Building
Information
Management
Code
considerations &
issue resolution
Introduction
8. Building Life-Cycle Collaborators
Building Owner
(PDC Team)
General Contractor /
Subcontractors
Building Owner
(Facilities Team)
Building Owner (Clinical,
Operational, Administration
Staff)
Architect /
Engineers
Introduction
Building Owner
(C-suite)
Building Information
Modeling/Mgmt
Vendor
10. South Campus –
Planning, Design & Construction
January – May 2012: programming; pre-design; User Group Meetings
June – August 2012: civil, site, foundations CDs issued
July 2012: DD/IGMP core & shell, interior set issued
October 2012: core & shell, interior CDs issued
October 2013: Certificate of Occupancy 185,000 GSF,
4-story hospital and standalone Central Utility Plant
12/19/2013: first patient
– master plan massing model
. . .and the future.
Rendering, May 2012
Construction, January 2013
The Present . . .
Part 1: Inaugural BIM
11. Code Considerations
@ Design
Level 2 Elevator Lobby Mezzanine
Open to atrium
(seamless ceiling plane)
Walled enclosure Won-Door on ceiling track
(modified ceiling plane)
Part 1: Inaugural BIM
14. Discipline Coordination
@ Construction Phase
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20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
Sep-12 Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13 Mar-13
CLASHES
DATE
CLASH RESOLUTION OVER TIME
Total Unresolved Resolved
Part 1: Inaugural BIM
15. Discipline Stacking Diagrams
@ Construction Phase
Lower Level Level 1 Level 2 Roof
– STRUCTURE (CONCRETE – CORE & SHELL)
– STRUCTURE (STEEL)
– ARCHITECTURE (INTERIOR WALLS)
– HVAC (DUCTWORK)
– PIPING (WATER)
– PIPING (WASTE & VENT)
– ELECTRICAL
– MEDICAL GAS
– PIPING (MECHANICAL)
– PTUBE
– FIRE PROTECTION
LEGEND
Individual Systems
Part 1: Inaugural BIM
16. Master Coordination Views
@ Construction Phase
Putting the pieces together
Level 1, Urgent Care
& Radiology
Level 3, Outpatient Clinics
Level 2, overlooking
the operating rooms
Part 1: Inaugural BIM
17. South Campus – Designed & Constructed
Main Entrance Reception Desk
Designed
Constructed
Part 1: Inaugural BIM
18. South Campus – Designed & Constructed
Level 1 – Coffee Bar
Designed
Constructed
Part 1: Inaugural BIM
19. South Campus – Designed & Constructed
Level 1 – Radiology Reception & Waiting
Designed
Constructed
Part 1: Inaugural BIM
20. South Campus – Designed & Constructed
Level 1 – Urgent Care Reception
Designed Constructed
Part 1: Inaugural BIM
21. South Campus – Designed & Constructed
Level 2 – Surgery Reception
Designed Constructed
Part 1: Inaugural BIM
22. South Campus – Designed & Constructed
Level 4 – Patient Room
Designed Constructed
Part 1: Inaugural BIM
23. Building Information Management (BIM)
The Power Running Your Facility – Information
(And a fully-coordinated, beautifully-coordinated Central Utility Plant.)
Part 1: Inaugural BIM
41. PART 2: CHILDREN’S BIM RETROFIT
Anschutz Medical Campus – Retrofit Campus BIM
Anschutz Medical Campus, 2012 Anschutz Medical Campus BIM, 2015
42. Build a Solid Foundation
• BIM Charter
Purpose, participants, process, challenges & constraints, schedule,
budget (resources and allocations), necessary equipment & tools
• BIM Request for Proposal
Scope of Work per discipline; provider’s modeling experience,
philosophy, and process; staffing plan; fee and basis of fee
• BIM RFP Interviews
What did we get right in the RFP? What could we change or improve
upon? What is the Mission of Children’s Hospital Colorado?
• Reassess goals, strategy, and desired outcomes
• Reissue RFP & re-interview shortlisted providers
Evaluate collaborative and strategic partnership
opportunities with shortlisted providers
Part 2: Retrofit BIM
43. Strategic Alignment
The creation of a BIM for Children’s Hospital Colorado buildings on the
Anschutz Medical Campus will create a central repository for building-
related information that can be used for both building maintenance and
operations purposes, as well as in support of clinical operations.
• The creation and utilization of BIM aligns with Target Zero by improving
the accuracy and consistency of the information we provide.
• The use of BIM supports Resource Stewardship by increasing efficiency
and reducing the amount of time it take to locate, compile, disseminate,
and distribute information.
• The pursuit of BIM reflects Children’s Values by demonstrating our
boundless creativity—believing we can improve how we operate our
facilities by doing things differently than they’ve been done before; and
humble expertise—being willing take a (strategic) risk in pursuit of the
greater good, ultimately sharing what we learn with other building owners.
— excerpt from Children’s BIM Charter
Part 2: Retrofit BIM
44. Key Goals & Objectives
Upon completion, the model and associated data may be used for
the following purposes:
1. Life Safety Plans and Building Code information for Joint
Commission inspections, and staff and patient safety training
2. Linking operation, maintenance, and warranty information to MEP
equipment within the BIM (rather than as a separate submittal);
supports increased efficiency of facility maintenance crews in
performing maintenance and repairs
3. Ability to use mobile devices to locate mechanical, electrical, and
plumbing (MEP) systems/equipment for regular maintenance and for
service calls
4. Accounting reports for CMS reporting (square footage allocation by
department, tracking changes throughout the year)
5. Master space planning
— excerpt from Children’s BIM Charter
Part 2: Retrofit BIM
45. Key Goals & Objectives
6. Localized space planning, in regard to employee locations,
relocations, and internal moves (people management)
7. Departmental planning, including space plans, area plans,
operational flow plans, with square footage summaries for reporting
8. Creation and management of room-type templates (inventory of
what a “standard” room should contain; where furniture and
equipment should be located within the room; installation heights of
wall-mounted equipment; wall-mounted equipment adjacencies
and clearances)
9. Managing signage
10. Future use: Asset management for FF&E (planning & tracking)
11. Future use: Asset management for medical equipment
(planning & tracking)
— excerpt from Children’s BIM Charter
Part 2: Retrofit BIM
46. Children’s Anschutz Campus Retrofit BIM
• 19 models (Core & Shell; 5 interior models
– one per building; structural; mechanical;
electrical; plumbing; fire protection;
technology/LV; etc.)
• Estimated 5,320 hours of modeling work
• Model hosting currently outsourced;
being brought in-house (Children’s IT)
• Data linking (Children’s PDC staff)
• Add-services discussion with
model provider
Part 2: Retrofit BIM
49. PART 4: LESSONS LEARNED
Role of technology, training, & knowledge share
BIM
PDC Project
Management
Software
Facilities Equipment
Tracking & Preventative
Maintenance Software
All that
other stuff
All that
other stuff
All that
other stuff
50. Information Evolution
• quantity of information:
paper & electronic
documentation
• quality of information:
scanned documents,
duplicated information,
contradictory information,
missing information
• no standardized process
for organizing and
managing information
• turnover: people come and go,
what they know often goes with them
Manage Your Risk
Part 4: Lessons Learned
51. Prevent Waste
Information as an Investment
• closeout documents: for what are you paying?
• time: how do you avoid doing the same thing over again?
• labor: how can you most efficiently utilize your staff?
How do you assure your investment?
• accurate information
• complete information
• continuity of information
• access to information
Part 4: Lessons Learned
52. Know where you’re headed
Short-term & Long-term Goals
• What Level of Development provides opportunities for
immediate return on investment? What is the appropriate
time for the Level of Development to be increased, and to
what extent?
• Who are the stakeholders that can directly and
immediately benefit from the information within the model?
• How can we create transparency allowing users access to
the information they need, when they need it?
• How will the information within the model
be managed, and by whom?
• For what additional uses can the model
and the information therein be used to
support your organization’s mission?
Part 4: Lessons Learned
54. Leadership Support, Staffing, & Training
Keys to Success – Internally:
• Sponsorship at the senior leadership level
• Dedicated, fulltime, in-house BIM staff
• A well-defined training program for your end users
• A strategic rollout plan, and follow-up
• Defined growth and development plan that is
appropriate for and specific to your organization
Part 4: Lessons Learned
55. Knowledge Sharing
Keys to Success – Externally:
• Your local BIM Community
• The national BIM Community
• Broader than “BIM”
• Innovate, create, inspire
Archibus
Dynamo e-Builder
Oculus
BluebeamPeopleSoft
Revit
Unity
Sharepoint
Part 4: Lessons Learned
56. Questions?
Thank You
Paula Davison
Children’s Hospital Colorado
720.777.6280
Paula.Davison@childrenscolorado.org
Special thanks to FKP Architects, Davis Partnership Architects,
Saunders Construction, Inc., H+L Architects, and BIMshift for
design and coordination images, and data metrics.
