Presentation given at bimobjects LIVe 2013 in Malmø on Friday 13.th of September 2013. Content focused on BIM/open BIM, the HENT company and experiences gained in two projects with digital products from bimobjects. Extended version based on powerpoint

1. bimobject LIVe 2013
HENT as, general contractor, Norway;
experience with digital building products
Lars Chr Christensen, VDC&FM «doctor and coach»

2. WHAT IS BIM?
bimobject LIVe 2013

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What is BIM?
PROCESS
(modelling)
PRODUCT
(a Modell)
CHANGE
>Design Managment = Design Management
+“Digital construction management”
>Information logistics becomes important

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openBIM
openBIM
(open
-team
-collaboration
-BIM)
“MODEL” based Programming, Planning, Design, Engineering,
Production, Commissioning, FM and De-commissioning
BIM
BIM
BIM
BIM
BIM
BIM
(closed
-discipline-
-”drawing
-production”
-BIM)

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closed-discipline-BIM
– example Revit Architecture

6. 2010.10.15
BIM/åpenBIM I RAMBØLL
MODELS – DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DETAIL
Zoning
Infrastructure
Building
Plan & interior
Products and
materials
level
1
2
3

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Historical development from CAD to BIM
CAD ver 1.0
CAD ver 2.0
BIM ver 1.0
-use PC to MAKE drawings
-digital “drawing board”
-use PC to make model, from which you
HARVEST drawings
-model is primarily 3D
-model with OBJECTS
-use PV to make model
-model used for HARVESTING
drawings and get ACCESS TO
INFORMATION for analysis
-model is 3D + database
-model with OBJECTS

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The real challenge is to start USING the model!
ver 1.0
ver 2.0

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Traditional document centric approach
– Design and Engineering ver 1.0

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Modelbased cross-disciplinary collaboration
– Design and Engineering ver 2.0 (IPD)

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HENT & LARS CHR CHRISTENSEN
bimobject LIVe 2013

12. HENT..
• HENT is a project development and construction company
• HENT is a fast growing company that has whole heartedly
embraced the use of BIM and openBIM in their project execution,
with significant results
• HENT is a leading Norwegian construction company with healthy
earnings above industry average (+1-2%)
– early indication of industry change related to BIM? increased productivity
potential?
• HENT was recently bought (73%) by Ratos, a listed Swedish private
equity conglomerate
– current ownership 73 % Ratos and 27 % employees

13. HENT AS – a short description
• Established in 1980 as Bygg og Anlegg AS, changed to Heimdal Entreprenør AS and became HENT AS in 2007
• General contractor and project developer,
with main focus on project development, turn-key and IPD projects
• Norway is the market
• 550 employees (as of August 2013)
• Revenue 3,7 billion ( in 2013
• Organizational Development areas:
– Project Development and value creation for the customers
– Health & Safety
– Environment and GREEN Issues (BREEAM-NOR)
– Quality Assurance (ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO19001 certified)
– Energi- og miljøteknikk
– HENT Total Value – solution oriented IPD (samspill)

14. Some projects from the HENT portfolio
-Healthcare Construction
BIM/openBIM project

15. Some projects from the HENT portfolio
-Other projects
BIM/openBIM project

16. Some projects from the HENT portfolio
-Other projects under construction
Næring 85 000 m2
BIM/openBIM project

17. Lars Chr Christensen, VDC & FM advisor
• Chartered Engineer and have been devoted to BIM since 1983
– multiBIM: Senior Advisor Virtual Design and Construction & FM (VDC&FM)
• owner, construction and engineering organizations; Skanska, PEAB, Multiconsult, Norconsult, HOK, CAS, Rambøll, HENT, Reinertsen,
UBF, HSØ, PNØ, Forsvarsbygg, Byggjeneste, Statsbygg ….
– HENT: Head of Model utilization in Design, Production and FM (BIM/openBIM)
• 10 BIM-technicians or “digital carpenter, electrician, plumber ”, 40 on-going projects – all with BIM/openBIM
• CURRENTLY;
serves as an information architect, “PATTERN BREAKER” and project coach
facilitating process adaptation and renewal in projects in order to take full
advantage of BIM and openBIM, both in the design, production and FM phase
• Worked in diverse roles in the construction industry
– ranging from Engineering, Design Management, Software Development to Real Estate
Development
• Project experience
– all phases from development, planning, design, construction to FM, and
– from residential projects and office buildings to large complex hospital projects
• openBIM evangelist in Norway from 2003 (openBIM ready to be used at that time)
– from 2007 till 2009 acted as co-CEO of buildingSMART International – home of openBIM.
– been judge in several BIM/openBIM competitions like Build London Live, BIM Buzz Singapore,
BuildHospitalLive

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…worked with a lot of different
actors in the AEC Industry (as customers & in projects)
OWNERS
INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS
ARCHITECTS and ENGINEERS
GENERAL CONTRACTORS and PRODUCT OWNERS
SOFTWARE COMPANIES
BUILDING PRODUCT INFO OWNERS

19. Lars Chr Christensen, VDC & FM advisor
• Chartered Engineer and have been devoted to BIM since 1983
– multiBIM: Senior Advisor Virtual Design and Construction & FM (VDC&FM)
• owner, construction and engineering organizations; Skanska, PEAB, Multiconsult, Norconsult, HOK, CAS, Rambøll, HENT, Reinertsen, UBF,
HSØ, PNØ, Forsvarsbygg, Byggjeneste, Statsbygg ….
– HENT: Head of Model utilization in Design, Production and FM (BIM/openBIM)
• 10 BIM-technicians or “digital carpenter, electrician, plumber ”, 40 on-going projects – all with BIM/openBIM
• CURRENTLY;
serves as an BIM doctor, “PATTERN BREAKER”, information architect, and
project coach facilitating process adaptation and renewal in projects in order to take
full advantage of BIM and openBIM, both in the design, production and FM phase
• Worked in diverse roles in the construction industry
– ranging from Engineering, Design Management, Software Development to Real Estate
Development
• Project experience
– all phases from development, planning, design, construction to FM, and de-comissioning
– from residential projects and office buildings to large complex hospital projects
• openBIM evangelist in Norway from 2003 (NB-openBIM ready to be used at that time)
– from 2007 till 2009 acted as co-CEO of buildingSMART International – home of openBIM.
– been judge in several BIM/openBIM competitions like Build London Live, BIM Buzz Singapore,
BuildHospitalLive

20. case examples
Healthcare Design & Construction
SiV-Skjerve
SiV-Skjerve HSØ-SSK-Kristiansand OP
SiV-P-hus
SiV-Linde
HN-Nordlandsykehuset
UiO-DP05 Akutten
SS-Sunnaas sykehus
PNØ-Kalnes
PNØ-Kalnes

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Some benefits from BIM/open BIM
I focus on using models (BIM/openBIM) very actively in project execution in all
phases from Development, Design, Procurement and Production and also to
prepare the ground for use, operation and FM
Model usage should …;
- Improve documentation and visualization of concepts and solutions
- Help quality assure QTO and clarify delivery requirements by utilizing bid
models
- Contribute to better communication and coordination in the project
- Ensure constructability and quality through pro-active model based usage
- Contribute to better production planning by active model simulation
- Ensure that the owner gets a better understanding of the deliverable and
thereby makes faster decisions
- Ensure that the owner and users get a REAL building similar to what they
have seen on virtual site visits on the PC,
at the right quality, cost and time with a rich database accompanying it
- …

22. DIGITAL PRODUCT CATALOGUES &
DIGITAL PRODUCTS
bimobject LIVe 2013

23. Digital products – bimobject
LINKS
DOWNLOADS
RELATED INFO
CLASSIFICATION

24. Digital building products
-objects = geometry & properties
Some benefits
• Efficient model building
• More product data available
• More analysis, possible and
more efficient analysis
– cost, FM, lcc, environmental,
BREEAM,
• Better decission support
– alternative analysis
• Better and faster procurement
– quicker bidding
– new procurement models
• …
Some challenges
• Public bids require product neutral
definitions of products
– Who provides them?
• Early in development – «stoneage»
– Products lack functionality for efficient
production
– Hiwever, important to focus on what it
is good at CURENTLY
• Lack process understanding
• Lack relevant experience, this
represents something new
• …

25. HENT experience in
two projects with «bimobjects» from bimobjects
• Clarion Hotel «Edge», Tromsø
– Norgips – wall system
• using it for internal fit-out walls (not curved)
• walls in Bathroom PODS
• Bodø Technical College, Bodø
– Norgips – wall system
• testing one floor
– Ivarsson – facade cladding system
• assembly engineering
• production/assembly simulation

26. Clarion Hotel «Edge», Tromsø

27. Bodø Technical College, Bodø

28. Bodø Technical College,
Bodø:
-Ivarsson facade panel system
-Norgips wallsystem
Digital building products
-case projects
Source: Niels Torp Source: OTTAR arkitekter samarbeid med Kvadrat arkitekter
Source: HENT, Solibri Model Checker cross discipline coordination model
RIB-Multiconsult, RIV, RIE- SWECO, ARK- OTTAR arkitekter samarbeid med
Kvadrat arkitekter
Source: HENT, Solibri Model Checker cross discipline coordination model
RIB- Høyer Finseth AS, ARK- Niels Torp AS, RIV- Multiconsult, RIE- J.M.
Hansen AS
Clarion Hotell Edge,
Tromsø:
-Norgips wall system

29. CLARION HOTEL «EDGE»,
TROMSØ
bimobject LIVe 2013
Henrik Bakke, BIM-technician
Lars Chr Christensen, VDC&FM

30. CHT Edge – Norgips wallsystem
-Bathroom PODS

31. CHT Edge – Norgips wall systems
-what did we do and what did we experience
• Norgips wall systems deployed in bathrooms PODS
• We also tried to use the bimobjects for all internal walls, and tried to
make logistis packages
– functions for curved walls was missing
• PM said that with pre-cut gypsym boards on a project
this size (15 000m2) we could have saved 150 000 NOK in just
reduced waste handling only
– good for the economy and for the environment

32. CHT Edge – Norgips wall system
-some opportunities
Benefits:
• Detailed Quantity Take-Offs (QTOs)
• Links to assembly instructions, details and FM
• Waste reduction/environmental friendly:
can enable pre-cut and logistics packages
• Good support from bimobject

33. CHT Edge – Norgips wall system
- some challenges
Challenges:
• Not full openBIM support, loose a lot when importing into e.g., Solibri
Model Checker.
• closed-BIM focus
• ArchiCAD must be used in order to draw/report, and there is a substantial amount of
work to be done
• Product owners like Norgips «oversell» the bimobjects
• they have limited user experience and understanding
• The contractor has to have some work done, and and who should pay?
The quality assurance question is also an issue?
• The Pset_ contains too much and unstructured information in openBIM

34. CHT Edge - Norgips wall system
-Pset in openBIM – long list and litle structure

35. CHT Edge – Norgips wall system
-the key data for us at least
Filtrert Digital byggevare info (Norgips)
• Wall Type (wallType) 2.6 SE C70 dB+ 2/2 M45
• Installation instructions: http://www.norgips.no/prosjektering/db-vegger-med-
stal/veggruppe-2-db/index2,1713.htm
• Profile Type (profileType) C70
• R'w+C50-3150: 44 dB
• R'w: 47-49 dB
• Insulation True
• Insulation Thickness 0.045
• Insulation Type:
• Fire Resistance: EI 60
• Max Height 4.2
• Height 2.7
• Length 7.126

36. CHT Edge – Norgips wall system
-easy access to the whole wall system in on download
Liste mengder i ArchiCAD (LukketBIM):

37. CHT Edge – Norgips wall system
-some software bugs
curved walls
intersections

38. BODØ TECHNICAL COLLEGE,
BODØ
bimobject LIVe 2013
Henrik Bakke, BIM-technician
Lars Chr Christensen, VDC&FM

39. Bodø VGS- Ivarsson facade system
-facade panels

40. Bodø VGS- Ivarsson facade system
-what did we do and experience
• we have used the facade panels on select areas
• the site manager wanted to se if we could do production/assembly
simulation and constructability control using BIM/openBIM
• the architect did not want to/have time to do it, so HENT had to do it themselves
• short term this was a bit too expensive, but with precut features and
improved documentation the benefits would outweight the cost

41. Bodø VGS- Ivarsson facade system
-some benefits
Benefits:
• Exact and detailed Quantity Take-Offs (QTOs)
• Links to assembly instructions, details and FM
• Waste reduction/environemtal friendly:
Pre-cut and logistics packages
• Better bIm support (Information rich)
• Good support from bimobject

42. Bodø VGS- Ivarsson facade system
-links to product owner resources

43. Bodø VGS- Ivarsson facade system
-som echallenges
Challenges:
• Not full openBIM support, loose a lot when importing into e.g., Solibri
Model Checker.
• closed-BIM focus
• ArchiCAD must be used in order to draw/report, and there is a substantial amount of
work to be done
• Product owners like Norgips «oversell» the bimobjects
• they have limited user experience and understanding
• The contractor has to have some work done, and and who should pay?
The quality assurance question is also an issue?
• The Pset_ contains too much and unstructured information in openBIM

44. Bodø VGS- Norgips wall system
-wall systems not very efficient for OUR use

45. Bodø VGS- Norgips wall system
-wall systems not very efficient for OUR use
«we want productively subsitute
many generic walls at the same
time…»

46. Bodø VGS- Norgips wall system
-wall systems not very efficient for OUR use

47. Bodø VGS- Norgips wall system
-good visualization – «BM»

48. Bodø VGS- Ivarsson & Norgips
- a good start

49. WRAP-UP
bimobject LIVe 2013

50. Prosjekt Nytt Østfold Sykehus
source: bS konferansen 2012 - Kjell Ivar Bakkemoen, Helse Sør-Øst, 2012
Pre-project
September 2010
Production
Spring 2013
=> 6,2 GB of data
=> huge database

51. wrap-up
• digital building products are the future
– improved information logistics and better decissions
• we are very early in the development cycle
– there are bugs and missing functionality
– BUT start gaining experience both product owners and designers and engineers,
contractors, owners… this is something new
– do not oversell, let us take one small step at a time –> if not, leads to
disappointment and maybe a delay in introduction in the market place
• you very seldom get a second chance at making av first impression!
• product owners
– focus more on end-user functionality, work closely with your customers, and make
one step at a time
– many small successes are much better than a big disaster
• let us jump on the bandwagon and START LEARNING
• bimobjects is a pioneer and an enabler, and
we should support and challenge them ;-)

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Decission machines utilizing information logistics
is the key to the productivity of the future, but it
may be challenging!
Planning Design Construction FM
Amount of information used
Available information
information?
-creation
-use
-flow
-storrage
-format
-quality
-exchange
…
? ? ?
?
?

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Decission machines utilizing information logistics
is the key to the productivity of the future, but it
may be challenging!
Planning Design Construction FM
Information usage
Available information
information?
-creation
-use
-flow
-storrage
-format
-quality
-exchange
…
? ? ??
?
???
«bimobjects follow the BIM editing tools,
which are good at drawing production in
Technical Desing stage and the red dots
indicate areas not yet covered or fully
developed YET…»

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Contact Information
Lars Chr Christensen
Head of Model utilization in Design, Production and FM (BIM/openBIM)
LCC@HENT.NO
Senior Advisor VDC&FM (BIM/openBIM)
LCC@MULTIBIM.NO
If you use illustrations or other material from this
presentation, please do so, but also please
indicate source;
© HENT, 2013
© Lars Chr Christensen, multiBIM, 2013