Presentation from Léon van Berlo at het National Building Innovation Conference 2013 Washington D.C.

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Two years of BIM QuickScan® benchmark data
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Introductions…

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TNO: Netherlands organisation for applied
scientific research
TNO creates innovations that boost the sustainable competitive
strength of industry and well-being of society.
4500 people
Working in 7 themes
Biggest research organization in the Netherlands; top 5 in Europe
Operating in the „gap‟ between universities and industry
20% government funded (for new, high level research)
20-30% co-financed projects (for prototyping)
50-60% market research (consultancy)

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RESEARCH IS ABOUT THE RESULT
In everything we do, impact is the key.
Our product and process innovations and recommendations are only
worth something if our customers can use them to boost their
competitiveness.

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Léon van Berlo M.Sc.
TNO BIM team
Projects:
BIMserver.org platform
BIM QuickScan®
Open source BIM collective
BIM Surfer WebGL viewer (open source)
BIMSie (bSa)
GeoBIM standard
NLOD (Dutch levels of detail/development)
Dutch National BIM standard
Advisory board national BIM conferences
Lots more….
History:
Carpenter
Zie Ommezijde publisher
Berlotti bicycles

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Todays topic: BIM QuickScan®

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How it all started…

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I‟m a building owner and I wanted my project to be
designed, engineered and build using BIM (because
that would bring me zero costs of failure…. right?).
I choose a contractor that said he had 5 years of BIM
experience and ordered him to deliver an „as build‟ BIM
model at the end of the project.
Now look at what kind of rubbish BIM model he
delivered. Could you please look at it and write a report
that says this is not a BIM model, but just 3D….?!

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I‟m a contractor and my client wanted the project to be
designed, engineered and build using BIM (I really
don’t know why he wanted that…).
He also ordered us to deliver an „as build‟ BIM model
at the end of the project which we did. We did a lot of
BIM projects and never had any discussions about the
quality of the BIM model.
Now he is complaining about the model we delivered.
Could you please look at it and write a report that says
this is a great BIM model….?!

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What is BIM?
Marketing term
Different perspectives
Different meaning
Layered cake

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What is BIM?

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BIM at the moment in the Netherlands….
WHAT IS SEEN
WHAT IS HIDDEN

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What the industry wanted…
Something to define what you mean by „BIM‟

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What we made…
Something to visualize the blind spots
Something to give insight in your level of BIM competence
Something to give insight in your BIM improvement potential

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What we made: BIM QuickScan®
Online questionnaire
45 multiple choice questions
4 chapters:
Organization and Management,
Mentality and Culture,
Data structures and Workflow,
Tools and Technology.
10 aspects (across chapters  resources, standards, education, etc..)
Answers go into a TNO developed algorithm that calculates
result shown in graphs

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Example questions
Is the term “BIM” a part of the vision and strategy of your company?
Is it clear what your organization wants to achieve (both long and
short term) with the use of BIM?
Do you provide for structured (external) training of staff (training)?
Where in the process do you use BIM?
Are the information flows within your company described?
Do you use software tools for revision and version management?
Etc…
Also: some benchmark questions like „what software do you use?‟
and „what kind of company are you?’

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Example output result

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BIM QuickScan®
Gives insight (visualizes) the current BIM status within a company
Gives insight in blind spots for improvement
Does nót say anything about ambition level
The BIM level in this QuickScan is not a sliding scale
2 appearances
Self scan
Expert scan

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Certified consultants

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Benchmark
Between May 2010 and June 2012
Quickscan: 130 scans by 11 certified consultants*
Self scans: 682 scans via website
Goals of the benchmark
To get insight in BIM level in the Netherlands
To find R&D topics
To learn new stuff we didn‟t know yet….
* = since June 2012 almost 100 more scans were done by certified consultants

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Benchmark data reporting

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Lots of result graphs…..

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Conclusion
The average BIM level of Dutch companies is quite high.
There is a lot of potential in the use of technology and use of tools.
Changes in a BIM level is seen over the full with of the scan results.
This, again, shows that BIM should be seen as an integrated topic
and not a single, standalone development.
Lots of disclaimers/reflection: please read the paper (or report if
you know Dutch)

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Typical answers

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Is the term “BIM” a part of the vision and
strategy of your company?

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Do employees like working with BIM?
Do they enjoy it?

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Are there potential applications for which you
could use BIM, but don‟t (BIM potential)?

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And 90 more of these pie charts….

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Some other pictures/conclusions
that could be interesting….

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71% likelihood
Use of open standards  Defining BIM goal(s)

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BIM level per software tool

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To round up…
A last remark:
BIM Quickscan® is about finding the optimal BIM level for your
company (not trying to get a high score)
It‟s for companies that already use BIM (not for starters)
New developments:
Current QuickScan gives insight of BIM within a company
New QuickScan will give insight in projects/teams
Internationalization:
Seeking partners outside Netherlands
Current: Denmark, Australia

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Thank you!
www.bimquickscan.nl
leon.vanberlo@tno.nl
@berlotti