The document discusses Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the context of the UK architecture and construction industry, focusing on its increasing importance due to advancements in technology and governmental mandates for energy efficiency. It outlines the benefits of BIM, including cost reduction and improved performance, as well as the challenges and necessary training for successful implementation. Additionally, it shares insights from a pilot project, highlighting gains in productivity and the evolution of the team's understanding and use of BIM through various stages.

1. BIM
Overview + Application
26 November 2014
London South Bank University

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3. Elrond Burrell
Associate, Architype Ltd
elrond.burrell@architype.co.uk

4. We design
Life Enhancing"
Genuinely Sustainable Architecture

5. Overview
1. The Context of BIM
2. Getting into BIM
3. Getting on with BIM

6. 1. The Context of BIM

8. BIM isn’t new!

9. Why now?
1. Software & Hardware capabilities
3d Modeling
Structured Information
Digital Collaboration

10. Why now?
2. Digital / Social Media ‘Tsunami’
Digital everything
Social everything
… will the construction industry catch up?

11. Why UK Gov + BIM?

12. Industry Improvement

13. EU Directive
Energy Performance of Buildings
Buildings consume 40% of energy in EU
By 2018
All new public buildings “Nearly Zero-Energy”
By 2020
All new buildings “Nearly Zero-Energy”

14. UK Gov Strategy

15. Mandated BIM

16. What is UK Gov BIM?
“Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the
process of generating and managing
information about a built asset over its whole
life.”
Cabinet Office 2012

18. UK Gov Purpose
20% reduction in capital costs
20% reduction in CO2 emissions
+ reliable outcomes
+ predictable building (asset) performance

19. UK Gov BIM + GSL

20. BIM standards
+ PAS 1192-5: Specification for security-minded BIM
All building on BS1192:2007 Collaborative Production

21. Sharing

22. BIM Protocols

23. BIM Qualifications
For the individual
– BRE
– RICS
– Middlesex University
– Northumbria University
– University of Liverpool
– University of Salford
– University of South Wales

24. BIM Qualifications
For the organisation
– BRE (Level 2 Business Systems)
– Lloyds Register (Level 2 ‘BIM Ready’)

25. 2. Getting into BIM

26. Observing Pre-BIM
Duplicate working
Designing in 3d, documenting in 2d
CAD standards not always enforced

27. Proposing BIM
Quick “proving exercise”
Demonstration of key benefits
Overcoming doubts & resistance to change

28. BIM Pilot Project Rules
Small / Medium single storey
Short duration
Bland, not too creative
Plan for pulling back to CAD

29. BIM Pilot Project Rules

30. Benefits
Carefully manages risk, minimises potential
losses
Facilitate a gradual transition / learning
Allows for easy comparison between projects

31. Risks
No benefits of BIM gained
No memorable experiences
No mindset-shift

32. Following the Rules:
“BIM is a RISK to be managed”

33. OR… No Rules?
Large project, multi-storey
Long duration
Highly creative, challenging design
Commit to BIM, no plan to pull back to CAD

34. Start!
With a project that matters to your business

35. Benefits
Maximises all available benefits of BIM
Longer duration allows for learning & mistakes
Exciting, interesting, engaging… the BIM
mindset sticks

36. Risks
Much more at stake that could go wrong
High level of training & support needed
Takes longer to see the results, harder to
compare

37. No Rules
“BIM is an OPPORTUNITY to be realised”

38. BIM vs CAD
See: www.shoegnome.com/2012/10/15/how-bim-can-bankrupt-your-firm/

39. Don’t panic!
See: www.shoegnome.com/2012/10/15/how-bim-can-bankrupt-your-firm/

40. Our Pilot Project

41. The Willows
£17m / 6500sqm Lifelong learning campus
Multiple clients
Complex geometry
6 Phases, 10 Mineshafts

43. Ensuring Success
Training / Support
Project based bespoke training
At desk training
In-house expert (guess who?!)

45. Ensure Success
The Team
Tasks to suit abilities (not roles)
Focus on LOD for outputs & outcomes
Involve whole team in the real-world project

47. Results
Stage D output in 4 weeks, reduced Stage E-F team
500+ drawing sheets,1355 unique views directly
from the digital model
Massive productivity gain
Site RFI turn around in hours (not days!)

49. Bonus Results
Unexpected use of the model
Staff exceeding expectations
Spread of BIM skills

50. 5 Stages of BIM
1. Initial Excitement
“Wow, Look what I can do with this thing!”

51. 5 Stages of BIM
2. First Bump
“Why won’t it do what I want?
…It was easy in CAD!”

52. 5 Stages of BIM
3. Creamy Middle
“Things are going smoothly now”

53. 5 Stages of BIM
4. WTF!?
“Component Creation eats you up and spits
you out”

54. 5 Stages of BIM
5. Enlightenment
“Things really click. You understand why things
happen in the model, how to control them and
how to avoid problems”

55. State of Mind vs Skill

56. State of Mind vs Skill

57. State of Mind vs Skill

58. 3. Getting on with BIM

59. Beyond Pilot Projects
Internal uptake
External demand
The wider design team … Level 2 BIM?

60. Bidding

61. LOD

62. Designing

63. Communicating

65. Documenting

66. Almost Level 2 … !

67. St Michael’s Hospice

68. Design coordination

69. Oops!

70. Wilkinson Primary

71. Design Coordination

72. Design Coordination

73. Areas and Volumes

74. Chester Balmore

75. Thermal Continuity

76. Heat Loss Envelope

77. Accurate Live Data
Treated Floor Area (TFA)
Actual Volumes
Ventilation Volumes
Heat Loss Areas
Window / Door Opening Areas

78. Heat Loss Areas

79. UK’s Greenest Building
University Innovation Centre

80. Detail Coordination

81. Detail Coordination

82. Detail Coordination

83. New Junior School

84. Detailed Design

85. Detailed Design

86. Parting thoughts
“Essentially, all models are wrong, but some
are useful.”
– George E. P. Box

87. www.architype.co.uk