The document discusses the integration of geospatial data with Building Information Modeling (BIM) to enhance infrastructure planning and management in the face of climate change and population growth. It emphasizes the importance of authoritative and consistent data for modeling processes, advocating for a shift from basic mapping to actionable modeling that informs community sustainability and efficiency. The integration aims to leverage spatial analysis for improved decision-making regarding urban development and resource management.

1. Integration of our Nation’s Infrastructure
Rollo Home
Senior Product Manager
14 November 2013

2. • First map of Kent in 1801.

3. Unclassified

4. Introductions

5. The bigger picture …
25 March 2013 …
Professor Sir John Beddington
“… out-going Government Chief Scientist
warns of floods, droughts and storms ...”
www.fwi.co.uk
Actually much more than this:
• Growth in population – 1Billion in the next 12 years
• Development of cities
• … and the impacts of climate change

6. : Iron Hide

7. : Iron Hide

8. Smart services to transform
the efficiency and
sustainability of communities,
leading to reduction in service
costs and carbon emissions,
improving the quality of life for
all.
“Everything that happens in
the world has to happen
somewhere.” Hugh Abbott, The
Thick of It

9. BIM meets geospatial
• BIM meets geospatial
o Are these things really incompatible? ….
o … we used to talk of CAD and GIS in the same way.
• … but for the meantime I want to explore the geospatial
connection in three different ways – how does geospatial serve
to integrate our nation’s infrastructure?
o Visualising the appearance of new places
o Mapping a sense of place
o Modelling a sense of function

10. The basic data requirements
• Data must be consistent
• Data must model the real world – not simply map it or allow
visualisation. The demand is for data that supports modelling of
processes
• Data should be authoritative – to a readily available specification
• Features in the real world must be identifiable
• Data must be maintainable and maintained

11. Just about visualisation …

12. Just about visualisation …
Image courtesy of Autodesk Uk

13. 3D - Two centuries of learned behaviour…
We carefully survey
urban landscapes and
model them in 2D…
…for users to apply this
2D data to help make
decisions which are
inherently 3-dimensional.

14. 3D drivers in the UK
Consultative
Data analytics
planning
Pervasive
3D media
Right to light
Smart cities
Carbon reduction
Climate change adaption
BIM
Protected views
Situational
awareness
Risk
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15. Some challenging parameters for 3D developments
‘Less’ than this
‘More’ than this
Survey standards
Maintained
Nationally consistent
Underpinning,
interoperable, analytical
Economical

16. What do we mean by ‘analytical 3D’?
Application level
Description
Example
1: Pure visual
Getting a sense of place or
navigating to a destination
A fly-through or personal routing
display (e.g. web search giants)
2: Visualanalytical
Making judgements or decisions,
informed by visual information
provided by 3D.
Viewing a planned development from
different perspectives to see how it
would impact on views of a city
3: Propagation
analysis
Using 3D-based algorithms to
Running a viewshed or noise
mapping analysis
analyse phenomena such as
visibility, shade, noise or airborne
pollution
4: Topological
analysis
Querying the model in terms of
spatial relationships
Querying all roads less than 30m
from buildings with a volume greater
than 5000 cu m
5: Database
analysis
Using identifiers to relate the 3D
model to associated datasets
Querying the ownership status of
buildings with roof suitable for solar
power generation

17. "What we are trying to do is take all of the information that we as a
city collect on a day-to-day basis... and synthesise it to do
something useful."
Mike Flowers: Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, New
York City

18. BIM / COBIE Compliant Asset Register (Facility)

19. BIM / COBIE Compliant Asset Register (Product)

20. Functional Site
TOID
Address
Access Points( )
Classification XRef
COBie class
Uniclass
UPRN

21. Connecting BIM and GIS
GIS
BIM
Asset
Register 1
COBie Products
OS Site
COBie
Facility/Site
TOID
COBie class
COBie class
TOID
Asset in BIM
model
COBie Products
• BIM/GIS info connected through
• National Identifiers (e.g. TOID, UPRN) and
• COBie classification

22. Extending use of Asset Register
TOID, UPRN reference
(as URL for linked data or as key for GIS)
Added to Asset register

23. GIS
Referencing BIM to
Geospatial
BIM
CAD / BIM model of building
or facility
COBie
Class:Product
Elevator
Topography (Flagpole)
TOID
- Classification References
- COBie Class:Product
- Uniclass
- NLPG
# Elevators
Interfaces
X
Y
Asset List
- Elevators
Facility Class
TOID
Z
38
45
TOIDs (Site and all surfaces)
Functional Site
Maintenance List
- Elevator
- where is it
(point to geography)
Use hyperlink
TOID (x)
- Address
- Access Points
- Classification References
- COBie Class:Facility
- Uniclass
- NLPG
OS Magician to collate
links/mappings
Benefits / Use Cases
Reporting
belongs
to

24. 38
45
Query assets/products/maintenance in
GIS
Show totals (installations, sites, etc.) against geographic
backdrop

25. Aggregating information and exploiting proximity
GIS
BIM
• Query in a GIS environment
aggregating COBie product information for
geographic areas
(how many elevators need to be serviced in the South-East within
the next quarter?)
•
Query in a BIM environment
finding similar/related products nearby
(list all items by the same manufacturer within a 20 mile radius)

26. National initiatives - data sharing and interoperability
We have good experiences to build on:
• “The Atlantis Initiative seeks to provide
better integrated geographical and
environmental information to support
decisions on flooding.”
• “DNF is an industry standard for the sharing and
integration of business and geographic information
from multiple sources.”

27. Connecting data in 2D: intelligent geospatial referencing

28. Creation of a definitive National Addressing Gazetteer

29. Key projects cutting across government and engaging the citizen

30. Smart services to transform the
efficiency and sustainability of
communities ……. improving the
quality of life for all
Requires a change from simply
mapping place to creating a
model that supports the
modelling of environmental
and social processes.

31. Real-world view

32. Structuring of the real world in an underpinning framework
• Identification and management of common function

33. Functional Sites Extents: Capturing the Access Points

34. OS MasterMap Sites Layer: Referencing ITN

35. More sophisticated networks
• Detailed River Network
Scottish Detailed River Network (Clyde area)
Pre Alpha, February 2012

36. More sophisticated networks
• Detailed Rail Network

37. In summary
From mapping place to enabling the underpinning DNA of a city
created by BIM to be exposed and connected to the geographic
features that control process and function in the landscape …
… we’re well beyond geospatial being relevant to BIM …
… we must not miss the opportunity to ensure that data created to
underpin new infrastructure in the next decade is immediately wired
into to the ecosystems of tomorrow’s smart(er) communities
… a significant proportion of our effort should be focussing on
making sure that our nation’s infrastructure is a truly integrated asset