Rahul Shah, Head of BIM, Lend Lease Europe provides an introduction to BIM and an overview of Level 2 BIM and UK BIM standards.
Rahul has been using and implementing computer aided design (CAD) and BIM technologies in the architecture, engineering and construction industry for more than fourteen years in various roles. He has ‘BIM managed’ a variety of projects from small to large-scale and led efforts to migrate practices from 2D CAD to 3D BIM-based project delivery. Besides that he has done all the work you would expect of a Revit addict! In other words he has properly experienced BIM implementation and management first hand.
4. Why BIM?
Reduce project risks; time, cost, quality, and safety
Reduce project waste; material and efforts
Increase certainty of outcomes
Improve communications
Increase visibility of the design and delivery processes
Better outcomes
5. There are many definitions of what BIM is and in many ways it
depends on your point of view or what you seek to gain from the
approach.
Sometimes it’s easier to say what BIM isn’t:
It’s not just 3D CAD
It’s not just a new technology application
It’s not next generation, it here and now!
Most importantly it’s not a magic bullet!!!
BIM is essentially value creating collaboration through the entire
life-cycle of an asset, underpinned by the creation, collation and
exchange of shared 3D models and intelligent, structured data
attached to them. www.bimtaskgroup.com
What is BIM?
There are many definitions of what BIM is and in many ways it
depends on your point of view or what you seek to gain from the
approach.
Sometimes it’s easier to say what BIM isn’t:
It’s not just 3D CAD
It’s not just a new technology application
It’s not next generation, it here and now!
Most importantly it’s not a magic bullet!!!
BIM is essentially value creating collaboration through the entire
life-cycle of an asset, underpinned by the creation, collation and
exchange of shared 3D models and intelligent, structured data
attached to them.
6. Level 2 BIM by 2016
UK BIM Maturity Levels
Level Definitions
0 – Unmanaged CAD
probably 2D, With paper
as the most likely data
exchange mechanism.
1 – Managed CAD in 2 or 3D
format with a collaboration
tool providing a common
data environment,
Commercial data
managed by standalone
cost packages with no
integration
2 – Managed 3D environment
held in separate
discipline’s with attached
data. Commercial data
managed by an CDE. The
approach may utilise 4D
Programme data and 5D
cost elements.
3 – Fully open process and data
integration enabled by IFC or
similar. Managed by a
collaborative model server.
Could be regarded as iBIM
(integrated BIM) potentially
employing concurrent
engineering processes
8. Architecture Structure MEP+ + Architecture
Structure
MEP
Coordination at document level
Difficult to understand the building
Difficult/laborious to find clashes
Difficult/laborious to coordinate internal documentation
Vector based design & documentation
Partially resolved design & documentation
Traditional Approach
9. Changing the way we work
Architecture Structure MEP+ + Architecture
Structure
MEP
Coordination at model level
Better understanding of the building
Easier to find clashes
Automatic coordination of internal documentation
Object oriented design & documentation
Enhanced coordination of design & documentation
BIM Approach
13. Object
Space
Level
Domain Building
Floor 1
Room 1
Walls Floor Ceiling
Room 2
Walls Floor Etc.
Floor 2
Room 3
Floor 3
Room 4
Etc.
Building Classifications
The building hierarchy may look something like this.
Note how Objects are in Rooms, Rooms belong to Floors and the Floors belong to the Building.
As the design progresses, we get closer grained objects top the point where we have described a
virtual building in terms of COBie.
COBie
Construction Operation Building information exchange