BIM & Information Integration

Ahmed Balawi BIM Manager 11 September, 2014 UAE

Arabtec-Introduction

Midfield Terminal (MTB)

Al Ain New Hospital

Fairmont Abu Dhabi Hotel & Apartments

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Musheireb Downtown Doha

BIM Functional chart

BIM

Engineering Info graphics & Data

Visualization Research &

Development Construction Scenarios

& Simulation

Our BIM Understanding

PROCESS

TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE

Client: Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC-SEHA

Project Manager: Allen & Shariff Corporation

Principle Consultants:

• I.C.M.E. Healthcare

• FAUST CONSULT

• OBERMEYER Middle East

Main Contractor: Arabtec Construction & Constructora San Jose S.A. Joint Venture (ATS)

Cost (estimated): 1.17bn USD

Area: 315,000 m^2

Specialty: 713 bed

Award: Best Hospital Design Award-at the Hospital Middle East 2010 Exhibition & Congress

New Al Ain Hospital Main Works Package

Structural Model

Architectural Model MEP Model

Al-Ain project Deliverables

4D BIM for Al-Ain Project

4D

Engineering &

Procurement

Site Logistics

Safety Analysis

Technology

Information Integration

Automation Interoperability

BIMMS Integration with other Platforms

Documents

BIM Automated Workflow Processes

Tasks Management

Model Comparison & Quantity take off

Project setup & Execution plan

RFI workflow

Unique auto-generated barcode for each RFI Models & Drawings

Management

Accuracy

Time Consumption

Al-Ain Project Performance Improvement

Performance Indicator

= Average Time Saved

× Average Errors Reduced

BIM tasks performance chart for Al Ain Hospital

Project creation and execution plan

Task Manegment RFIs' workflow Models and Drawings workflow

Coordination

Manual Automated

Conclusion

Challenges

• Maturity of the stakeholders in BIM understanding

• Subcontractors deliveries in CAD

• Under estimating time required for BIM process appliance.

• Lack of communication and collaboration with MEP BIM service provider.

Actions

• Take responsibility of doing the major subcontractors work.

• Train and lead the subcontractors to follow our standards & processes.

• Invest time to understand challenges to provide solution for the future projects and enhance the BIM process through a dedicated team.

• Took responsibility to do MEP on behalf of subcontractors to ensure early delivery & minimize the risk