Approaching BIM/FM Integration: Filling the Gaps for Success Mr. Gordon Yu, Project Manager, Summit Technology (Hong Kong) Ltd Mr. Tom Lee, BIM Engineer, Summit Technology (Hong Kong) Ltd

1. Approaching BIM/FM Integration:
Filling the Gaps for Success
Summit Technology (HK) Limited

2. Current Design/Construction/FM Relation
Design/Construction
Facility
Management

3. Missing Piece

4. Current Facility Management Practice
• As-built Drawings
• Operation & Maintenance Manual (O&M Manual)
• Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)

5. As-built Drawings
• Inaccurate Drawings
• Contradicting Drawings
• No Drawings

6. Operation & Maintenance Manual
• Thousands or more Pages
• Disorganized Information
• Low Resolution
• No Correlation with As-built Drawings

7. CMMS
• Require Significant Effort to Input
• Require Lengthy Development
• Usually Only a Text Based System
• Usually Decoupled with Drawings and Manuals

8. Here Comes
Mr. BIM

9. Two Scenarios
Without As-built BIM With As-built BIM

10. Building BIM Models from Scratch
We have the following means to build BIM model:
• CAD Drawings
• Printed Drawings
• Point Cloud
• Site Visit

11. Sample Point Cloud

12. Site Visit

13. Preparing BIM for FM Use
BIM models created from Design and
Construction phase should already have
correct geometric information, we need
only to insert the following:
• Level of Development (LOD)
• Building Information
• O&M Manual

14. Correlated Information
Geometry
Textual
Information

15. BIM Viewer
Not all FM personnel is familiar with BIM, thus, raise the need for a BIM viewer to
perform the basic functions:
• Suitable to facilitate BIM as a standalone FM tool
• Usually utilize some form of game engine
• Allow users to navigate through the BIM model
• Grant Users easier assess to information
• It is a useful intermediate point

16. With BIM
Facility
ManagementDesign/Construction

17. What is COBie?
• COBie is a data format for storing and organizing building model information
• Internationally Recognized for Information Exchange
• Implemented in over 30 Commercial Off-The-Shelf Software systems
• Included in National BIM Standard – United States™ Version 2 and will be included
in Version 3
• BS 1192-4 is the code of practice for using COBie

18. Structure of COBie
Category Description
Contact Personnel and Companies
Facility Site and Facility Information
Floor Vertical levels and Exterior Areas
Space Rooms/Spaces
Zone Sets of Space Sharing a Specific Attribute
Type
Types of Equipment, Fixtures, Products,
and Materials
Component Individually Named or Scheduled Items
System Sets of Components Providing a Service
Attribute Specific Properties of Referenced Item

19. Compiling Data
We have the following means to compile data:
•Manual Input
•Use COBie Extension for Revit

20. COBie Datasheet

21. COBie as an Adapter

22. Export COBie to CMMS
 Use CMMS Import Plugin to Import COBie
 Import NWD from Revit into CMMS
3D
Model
COBie
CMMS

23. CMMS Plug-in

24. CMMS from BIM

25. Connecting Design/Construction and FM
Facility
ManagementDesign/Construction

26. BIM/FM Integration Process
BIM COBie CMMS

27. Future Research
BIM
COBieCMMS

28. Thank you