This document discusses the benefits of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in facilities management and maintenance, emphasizing its role in the construction lifecycle and operational efficiency. It details how BIM provides comprehensive data to streamline facility management, enhance space administration, and improve sustainability analysis. The paper also mentions challenges in integrating BIM into existing buildings and highlights ongoing efforts to standardize BIM practices for effective data sharing.

1. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT IN BIM
AHMED TOWFEEQULLAH SIDDIQUI
ABSTRACT: Building Information Modeling(BIM) is a developing technology in Architectural,
Engineering & Construction industry today. It represents the use models to assist Designing,
Planning, the construction & Operation of Facility. It helps everyone from Owner to Supplier in
visualizing the facility as it is to be built & in identifying the challenges that would come forth in
building of that project. In this paper how BIM can be used in Facility Management &
Maintenance would be discussed how ever initially this paper puts light on the BIM technology
in construction Industry.
BIM:
A great deal of data associated with the
facility, including its physical and useful qualities
and Project life cycle data is contained in BIM, in
arrangement of shrewd articles (parametric
models), for instance a Lighting framework or to be
more particular a light within the BIM framework
additionally comprises the information about its
supplier, operation and upkeep system for it thus it
gives all the data in regards to particular things in
an office that are all that much valuable amid the
development of office furthermore over the long
haul with regards to keeping up of the Build office.
PHASES OF BIM:
BIM is beneficial for
everyone associated with the project, mentioned
below are few important benefits of BIM in terms
of phases of the project.
 Pre Construction benefits to Owner, helps
the owner in understanding the concept,
Feasibility and Design benefits of the
intended structure before it is finalized
 Design benefits including more accurate
Estimation & Schedules
 Construction & Fabrication benefits and
Post Construction Benefits which deal with the
maintaining and managing of the build facility,
which is the topic of this paper & will be discussed
in detail in following few paragraphs.
Facility Management Model:
Facility Management model (or) FM Model is a
precise, as developed model of the facility
considering keeping the end client of the
manufactured facility. Previously Facility managers
and owners have relied on the data submitted in
form of CAD drawings & specification from the
constructing firm which are not in detail are not of
much help in maintenance of a facility. One can
develop a FM model using BIM which allows a
Facility Management Team to quickly identify the
required information whenever necessary within
few minutes, for example the elevation of telecom
lines, the diameter and height of wall penetrations
for fire‐stopping assemblies, and exactly where
existing structures are located for future work. This
is perhaps the most useful tool in BIM, since all of
the 3D information about a building is hosted in
one central file. BIM increases the accuracy and
eliminates the need to sort through endless sheets
or multiple CAD files to find specific facility
information. As this model have the detailed
specification for everything used in the
construction process from the Foundation details
to the electrical fixtures one can use the
information available in maintaining the facility in

2. the lifecycle of the structure or facility as and when
needed.
Therefore efficient facility management
saves time, energy and money. with this anyone
can access and navigate through an accurate three
dimensional model of facility to find:
 What kind of light is needed for a
specific fixture?
 Which ceiling tile must be removed to
access the filter?
 Where exactly are the underground
cabling and utilities located?
 Which electrical system ties into which
areas?
 What is the maintenance and warranty
information for that mechanical unit?
These Facility Management models provides useful
information in the form of real time representation
and specification of all the systems to be used in a
building. Previous analysis used to determine MEP,
control system can be presented to the owner, as a
means for checking the design once the building is
operational. This information can be used to check
all the systems work properly once the building is
completed and this model replaces the As‐Build
details and increases the productivity of
construction firm with almost no errors with
minimum time & cost. BIM is not just for managing
new facilities .BIM models can be constructed from
existing as‐built records or through 3D laser
scanning devices.
Advantages of BIM incorporated Facilities
Management:
With an increase in BIM usage for design,
the owner/operator uses this information for
facilities management has become more common
below are a few examples where BIM is used in
managing.
 BIM can enhance space administration. BIM
can demonstrate rapidly and outwardly
where space(s) could be utilized all the
more proficiently and make it.
 BIM can be used to analyze building in
terms of sustainability.
 Having a BIM model of the facility with
construction history will help facility
managers better handle their buildings to
be more efficient.
 To energize lifecycle building process and
sharing progressed datasets, the National
Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) in
conjunction with the International Alliance
for Interoperability (IAI) and numerous
different offices related affiliations and
programming organizations discharged in
December of 2007 the primary variant of a
National Building Information Model
Standard (NBIMS), which is an arrangement
of interoperable measures for trade of
facility and base information through the
lifecycle of a building venture.
 Another prominent owner activity that calls
for enhanced facility information is U.S.
Presidential state for Federal Property Asset
Management. This request advances the
formation of a typical foundation to
encourage powerful data sharing, with the
objective of advancing the effective and
efficient utilization of the U.S. national
government's genuine property resources
The order charged the GSA of creating and
dealing with a unified genuine property
database that contains information on all
elected genuine property resources
(structures and structures). Supervisors
within the administration associations who
control these properties are required to
submit data to this system (called the
Federal Real Property Profile or FRPP) on a
yearly commence including data, for
instance, space use, substitution regard,
etc.
Disadvantages of Facilities management in
BIM.
Integrating FM into BIM can be challenging
for existing structures:
 It will be very difficult to integrate BIM for
FM in existing buildings.
 Facility managers use automated
system/software they are comfortable with,
connecting the BIM generated model
proves a challenge.
 Training Facility managers equipped with
platforms other than BIM will cost money.

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Conclusion:
The perspective of utilizing BIM
as a part of building operation and support
increments as the selection of BIM
arrangements inside of configuration and
development firms develops. As creators
move all the more quickly to BIM and the
building business towards coordinated
undertaking conveyance techniques the
open doors for office administration
utilizing BIM is turning out to be more
regular. Makers of BIM are creating tools to
help managers in associating BIM models to
their decision of computerization virtual
products.
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