Tuesday 8th

April 2014

BIM & Government Soft Landings

Outline

1. What is BIM & why is it important for FM?

2. Govt Soft Landings Approach

3. Cure? Building Information Medicine

Government Agenda

To deliver:

Reduce Cost of Construction by 15-20% by end of

next Parliament (£2bn over 4 years)

33% reduction in whole life costs of assets

50% saving in time

50% reduction in greenhouse emissions

5 Themes:

1. People

2. Smart

3. Sustainable

4. Growth

5. Leadership

What is BIM

BIM is essentially value creating collaboration through the entire life-

cycle of an asset, underpinned by the creation, collation and

exchange of shared 3D models and intelligent, structured data

attached to them.

Building Information Modelling (BIM)

BIM&FM - Five Benefits?

1. Early engagement & collaboration

2. Visualisation in pre-construction & lifecycle testing

3. Ability to challenge & change

4. Asset Database – management & tender accuracy

5. Assist in assessing impact of planning modifications

How will FM embrace BIM?

Government Soft Landings

GSL timeline

UNCLASSIFIED

2011 GSL Task Group Formed

2012 GSL Policy Approved

2013 GSL Guidance Documents Published

2014 PAS1192.3 Published

2015 Embedded in government departments

2016 Mandated for all Government Projects

Golden Thread

GSL will be mandated in 2016 for all central government projects

(new build and large refurbishments)

GSL - BIM Level 2

A minimum standard:

By 2016 all Government Departments will be BIM/GSL Level 2

enabled

Government as a client can derive significant improvements in cost,

value and carbon performance through the use of open sharable

asset information.

GSL - Policy

1. Assets = reduce cost & improve performance

2. GSL Lead & Golden Thread

3. Manage Aftercare

4. Post Operational Evaluation

5. BIM= Data Management Tool

GSL - Objective

BIM + GSL = Better Outcomes

To champion better outcomes for our built assets during the design &

construction stages through Government Soft Landings (GSL) powered by a

Building Information Model (BIM) to ensure value is achieved in the

operational lifecycle of an asset.

3. Building Information Medicine

• Current Ailments

• Diagnosis

• Cure

• Prognosis

BIM&FM - Why is it important?

‚No, we don’t have any accurate asset information. You’ll have to guess-timate‛

‚who decided to put that light fitting up there?‛

‚did they never think how it was going to be maintained?‛

‚building lifecycle? We don’t think that far ahead.‛

‚I wish the architect had spoken to me when this building was constructed.‛

‚BIM?? Our budgets are being slashed as they are.‛

BIM&FM - Confused.fm

BIFM4FM Survey

65% had heard of BIM

61.7% believe BIM can support FM

35.3% do not understand BIM capabilities

26.5% state they have used it’s capabilities

63.2% unsure if their company had plans to use will use BIM in the near future

‚misunderstanding within FM about BIM & capabilities‛

‚BIM more than 3D modeling programme‛

‚confusion on what actually constitutes a BIM project‛

BIM4FM Results

‚BIM provides opportunities for better information management‛

Benefits:

Lifecycle management (74.5%)

Improve efficiencies (68.1%)

Better reporting data (62%)

Concerns:

Cost (50.5%)

Integration with current CAFM systems (50.5%)

Training (34.5%)

Data management (33%)

Time (32.5%)

‚Need to support, educate & inform the industry‛

BIM4FM Results

‚There is a perception that FM as a profession has been slow to engage with the

development of BIM‛

‚BIM must not be ignored by the FM community‛

Gareth Tancred,

Chief Executive Officer

BIFM

Industry Views

‚I believe that FM are still getting to grips with BIM they have been a bit

bamboozled by the techies on this and cannot see the woods through the trees.

That’s why Government Soft Landings is so important as this is the process that

really interlinks with BIM for FM‛

Deborah Rowland

Head of Facilities Management Policy & Strategy,

Government Property Unit

Industry Views

‚Awareness, Acceptance, Action…For FM I believe we are still firmly in the

awareness phase, and there is lots of work still to be done to reach a full level of

awareness of the potential benefits‛

‚various industry bodies and especially the BIM4FM group need to focus on raising

awareness.‛

‚The other thing that I think may be holding us back is the lack of standards and

standardisation within the FM industry‛

Kath Fontana,

Managing Director,

BAM FM

Industry Views

‚Remember BIM is not just a 3D model with information embedded; it is the

information and the result of the useful data that is generated and more importantly

transferred that FM’s will benefit from‛

Jo Harris ,

Sustainable Buildings Group

BSRIA

Industry Views

‚One concern I have with the use of BIM in FM is keeping the model live….I struggle to see the return on

investment in this sector‛

(Maintenance Manager, Tesco)

‚information is knowledge when it is accurate and up to date. Keeping records up to date can however

become a low priority‛

(Gordon Parker, Coretex Int)

‚Clients need Vision - Only last week I was sat with one of our large retail clients who stated 'Frankly I

don't care if our contractors use BIM or not - get me my completion certificate on time, but what they

use in this process I don't care.‘ ‚

(Martin Ward, isite, Styles & Wood)

Industry Views

Investment

Strategy

Training

Collaboration

Longer Term Visioning

Diagnosis

Bridging the gap:

Engage

Educate

Inform

Publicise

Cure

Collaboration

Full asset management data

3-D modelling to assist in modifications

Improves (re)tender accuracy

‚Ensure value is achieved in the operational lifecycle of an asset‛

GSLs achieved in the operational lifecycle of an asset

Key Benefits 2FM

The BIM agenda will only gain greater ground if

FM professionals need convincing of the cost and service benefits

Key message of the benefits of alignments between design & construction to

the building end users.

Greater long term strategic visioning of lifecycle/asset management & less

focus on the data to day issues.

System integration to existing (& utilised!) CAFM systems.

The fact, there is no alternative!

Prognosis

A Clear Need for Case Studies

Cookham Wood – Early Adopter

BIM&FM - In Practice

Any Questions