4TH QATAR

BIM USER DAY 24.02.14

COLLABORATION OR

CO-OPERATION?

– WHAT IS A COMMON LANGUAGE?

Casey D. Rutland

Architect

Associate Director

Arup Associates

WHO AM I?

• What is a common BIM language?

• Major aspects of BIM Policy

• Challenges of a ‘One language’ approach

• Industry / government expectation vs. practical deliverability

COLLABORATION OR CO-OPERATION?

WHAT IS A

COMMON BIM

LANGUAGE?

Why?

BIM OUTCOME

Why?

MAJOR ASPECTS

OF BIM POLICY?

Manage Expectations

Positivity

Agreement Co-operation

Non-adversarial

CHALLENGES OF

ONE LANGUAGE?

Consultants

Global

Why?

Operators

When?

Who?

Users

Local

SME

How?

Contractors Designers

Facility Managers

Micro-SME

National

What?

Clients

IFC Issued For Construction?

or...

IFC Industry Foundation Class

Metric

or...

Imperial?

Traditional contract

or...

Design and build?

US Standards

or...

British Standards

or...

ISO Standards

The solution?

A Data Dictionary...

International Framework for Dictionaries

(IFD)

INDUSTRY / GOVERNMENT

EXPECTATION VS.

PRACTICAL

DELIVERABILITY?

LOD1

LOD2

LOD3

BIM

BIMM

QTO

4D

5D

6D

AEC

CIC PAS 1192-2

AIA-E202

BEP

BxP

MEA IFC COBie

CDE

AIP

IFD BIM4…

NBIMS-US GSL

MVD GIS

SPie

HVACie

LCie

CPIC

nD

iBIM CAD

Data Drop

PPT

Data Drop IPD OBDC

xml

csv

Most projects are dealt

with as standalone.

But they ARE done.

RESULT?