This document presents a case study on the use of building information modeling (BIM) on the UCSF Medical Center project in San Francisco, California. It discusses how BIM was used throughout planning, design, and construction, resulting in cost savings of over $100 million. Key aspects of the BIM implementation included co-locating over 100 project stakeholders in an integrated workspace, establishing cluster teams to enhance collaboration, and using BIM for coordination, quantity take-offs, scheduling, and facility management. The extensive use of BIM on this large, complex project helped reduce costs, improve schedule reliability, and increase productivity during construction.

1. Presented by:
Sunny Mahajan
Fiatech CETI Award: Scenario-Based Project Planning (2011)
Fiatech CETI Award: Scenario-Based Project Planning (2011)
BIM in practice : USCF Medical Center (Case Study)

2. Company Overall and BIM Background
• Ranked in the top 50 general
contractors in the country since 1997
• 20 offices nationwide
• 8500+ projects completed since 1990
• 300 individuals trained in advanced
BIM and virtual builders on staff across
the country
VDC/BIM Consulting
VDC Execution
Planning
Model-Based
Quantity Take-off
BIM-Enabled
Constructibility
Analysis
Model-Based
Estimating
MEP Coordination
Self-Perform Work
Detailing and Tracking
4D SequencingLaser Scanning
Total Station
Integration
Site Logistics Planning

3. Project Background
• CLIENT: UCSF Medical Center
• ARCHITECT: Anshen + Allen, part of
Stantec Architecture
• OWNER: UCSF Medical Center
• LOCATION: San Francisco, California
• DURATION: Scheduled to open on
February 1st 2015
• 878,000-gross-square-foot project
• $1.5 billion, 289-bed campus. LEED
Gold and consists of 3 hospitals.

4. BIM Contract and execution plan
• Proposal
• Quantity Take-off
• Model Based Estimating
• Self Perform Work Detailing
• Self Perform Work Tracking
• MEP Coordination
• 4D Sequencing
• Constructability Analysis
• Total Station Integration
• Site Logistics Planning

5. ICDC (Integrated center for design and
construction)
• Planning started 18 months prior to construction start and
was able to reduce construction costs by more than $100
million through the integrated virtual design and construction
process.
• Co-location (The Big Room) More than 100 people from 19
companies were co-located to enhance collaboration and
minimize delays in decision-making.
• Cluster teams: Nine cluster teams
• Pull and ICE sessions : Integrated concurrent engineering (ICE)
• Access to information: ProjectWise, a server-based document
management system, is being used to allow for real-time
access to the latest drawings and models.
• Target value design: An integrated effort set achievable cost
targets per trade to reduce costs while maintaining cost,
schedule, and quality.
• Virtual design or Building Information Modeling (BIM) cost-
savings of $15 million and higher schedule reliability and field
productivity.
• Coordination before permitting
Big Room Layout -- Matching room layout and seating with organizational structure,
instead of having everyone sit with his or her respective organizations, has been
proven to streamline communication in the big room environment. Large conference
rooms and other meeting spaces form the perimeter of the room, with individual
workstations in the interior. The spaces are color-coded on the diagram by company
(e.g. dark blue for UCSF and red for DPR.) (Courtesy of DPR)

6. All trades in one office

7. • BIM Engineer – Alice Leung (DPR Construction)

8. BIM Tools
• iPads + BIManywhere™

9. Plugin

10. Plugin for Autocad

11. Hyperlink Generation

12. Hyperlink Indication

13. Product Details

14. QR Code

15. Benefits
• Easy facility management
• Clash detection
• Large savings on schedule and cost
• Speed in construction with accuracy
• Portability
• Rapid Decision making

16. Fun Facts
In addition, the detailed BIM allowed the team to extract material quantities early on in the project
with a higher level of certainty. Following are some of the quantities of materials being used in the
construction of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay:
• 11,000 tons of steel, which is enough to build approximately 7,500 cars;
• 5 million sq. ft. of drywall, which is enough drywall for more than 700 homes averaging 2,000 sq.
ft;
• 12,451 light fixtures, enough for 1,000 average size homes;
• 210 miles of conduit, enough to stretch along 3,360 San Francisco city blocks;
• 1,125 miles of wire, enough to round the bases at AT&T Park (home of the San Francisco Giants)
16,500 times;
• 85 miles of piping, equivalent of approximately 50 Golden Gate Bridges put together end to end;
• 1,783,000 pounds of ductwork, approximately 300 Ford F250 trucks (or the same as three empty
747 airplanes);
• 1,069,665 cubic feet per minute (CFM) of air supply, enough capacity to fill an Olympic-sized
swimming pool in five seconds.

17. Thank You!
Questions?