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IntroductionIndustry SuccessConnected BIM DemoQ&A

Matt Abeles, BuiltWorlds Sean VonFeldt, Triunity John Barkwell, AconexAll

Matt AbelesCo Founder | Managing Director

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   BuiltWorlds

BuiltWorlds

We are a collaborative network that encourages education and awareness of technology and innovation in the built industry through:• Written and video content• Monthly events• Connections with the community

Our mission is to create a smarter built environment and push the $5 trillion industry forward.

Emerging technologies

Smart tools

3D printing

Construction mobile applications

Virtual reality

Augmented reality BIM Drones

BIM global adoptionHigh / Very High BIM Implementation Levels (by Country)

BIM standards and mandates

The US General Services Administration (GSA), managing all federal buildings, has been requiring BIM through its national 3D-4D-BIM program.

Created by the buildingSMART Alliance, the US National BIM Standard (NBIMS) covers exchanges between stakeholders during all phases of a facility’s lifecycle.

UK government’s much talked about Level 2 BIM standards. The mandate is that by 2016 all public projects will have minimum collaborative 3D BIM targets.

What types of projects benefit most from BIM?

Complex projects with multiple stakeholders that can significantly benefit from:

Improved efficiency

Increased clarity

Fewer project reworks

Reduced waste and cost

Adopting BIM is a change in both company behavior

and process

There are BIM adoption challenges

70%70% of contractors have

adopted BIM in North America over the past 10 years

Yet only 30% of projects actually implement and use

BIM technology

30%

Challenges of realizing the full benefits of BIM project-wide

• Increasing project complexity• Information silos• Software cost & accessibility• Owners requirements• Training & implementation• Determining the activities and BIM processes to be adopted• Defining and controlling model & data structure and versioning• Facilitating efficient and effective collaboration and

communication

Overcoming challenges

Standardized processes

Training and education

Project-wide access to

models and data

Tailored implementation by organization and project

BIM success study

“BIM is a much higher value-add to our customer, at the end of the day.”— Ricardo Khan, Director of Integrated Construction

Mortenson has implemented BIM in vertical projects.

AN EARLY ADVOCATE They are applying best practices • On infrastructure

projects• Leveraging BIM’s robust

data to automate processes

NEW APPLICATIONS BIM has improved:• Decision-making process• Project accessibility for

all stakeholders• Ability to share

intellectual data• Communication across

the team

RESULTS

Sean VonFeldtVP, Program/Project Controls and Construction ManagementTriunity Engineering & Management, Inc.

“Approach the unknown with caution, confidence and calculated control.”

About Triuni ty A dd ing va lue to ou r co mm un ity a nd o ur in du stry

• Founded in 2003• Hurricane Sandy Relief Effort – New Jersey Transit • Denver RTD’s FasTracks Program• MBTA Green Line Extension Project (GLX), MBTA, Boston, MA• Sound Transit East Link Extension, Seattle, WA• Wastewater Treatment Plant, Denver Water Board, Denver,

CO

Owner’s rep on mega global infrastructure capital programs• Currently: RTD FasTracks• Previous projects

• London Underground PPPs• Network Rail WCRM• AT&T Nexgen• Denver International Airport

My history with BIM• Early BIM adopter – early 2000s• “Building” as a verb, not a noun – to appeal to the “horizontal”

or infrastructure construction world, (same as it applies to vertical ‘buildings’)

• Tying 3D project models to CPM Schedule activities (4D) and Cost/Budget estimating, planning and accounting (5D)

• Seeking to enable unlimited access to the full Program/Project team for continuous improvement in communication, collaboration, coordination of all planned and measured data.

State of Infrastructure Industry - before BIM and Aconex

• Large Infrastructure owners typically only have 2D plans and profiles of their current assets.

• All typically have a need for better collaboration during design development

With BIM and Aconex• Public owner (airport) required design data to comply with

FAA mandate. • Airport acquires 2D plans from adjacent public owners to

incorporate into its overall 3D/BIM model.• Using Connected BIM in Aconex, the Airport and adjacent

public infrastructure owners each had secure access to the information they needed.

How owners can use Aconex to leverage the BIM models provided by their consultants

• Use the Aconex BIM module for visualization and collaborative project team discussions around the BIM IFC models provided by their consultants, developed in Revit and other authoring tools.

• Attach project documents from Aconex to the various objects (assets/sub-assets) in the models to be shared and reviewed with O&M teams.

Key benefits of future BIM for owner agencies

• “Single source of truth”• Improved accuracy • Timeliness of communication • Constant consciousness of Value Engineering

opportunities/necessities.• Provides transparency of information to all organizational

stakeholders• Provides a structure for ‘clear and present’ accountability,

thereby reducing risk.

BIM best practices

• Align BIM to project processes • Procurement• Construction/Installation • Asset management• System O&M projects

• Initiate BIM early in the design process• Create a central repository for all BIM (IFC) models

Results to be achieved by owners

• Direct cost reductionsValue Engineering coordination, more efficient information flow, decision making, schedule acceleration, dispute avoidance, and rework reductions.

• Development of Standard BIM Specification

Standard BIM specification and implementation plan for all new facility and infrastructure capital projects.

PRODUCTIVITY

& SAVINGS

Improved decisionsProject-wide

Reduced reworkFewer disputes and errors

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How BIM can accelerate project-wide review cycles

John Barkwell, Aconex

How BIM can improve decisions and reduce errors

John Barkwell, Director of BIM, Aconex

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Cloud & Mobile

Information & Process

Management

Engineering & Construction

Project-Wide

Across the Project Lifecycle

Plan Design Construct OperateBidOperatorSub-contractorsContractorConsultantsOwner EPC Designer

Aconex collaboration Save money, increase productivity. Manage project risk.

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•File distribution•Submittals•Transmittals•Version control•Shop drawings•Package assembly

•RFIs & change mgt•Progress claims•Delays & EoTs•Design queries•Technical queries•Approvals: commercial, equipment, etc

•Access Documents•Upload Documents•Forms completion•Photo/Video/Audio•QA/QC, HSE•Commissioning

•Design reviews•Module delivery•Squad checks•“Ball in court” tracking•Procurement• Invoice reviews

• Interface management• Issue management•Risk management•Assets

•Earned value•Control account & Work packages•Budgeting & forecasting•Much more…

•Viewing & mark-up•Collaboration•Enriched models

•Handover•O&M manuals•Vendor documents

Manage dozens of project-wide processes in one placeProcess ExamplesDocument Mgt Correspondence Mobility Workflows

Registers Cost / Payment CAD / BIM / GIS O&M / Deliverables

OperateConstructDesignBidPlan

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Managing model files Managing project data

Disconnected BIM

Limited to the design team

Everyone on the project

Disparate datasets Fully connected dataset

Design & Construct Full lifecycle, handover

Restricted access, requires specialized software

Common Data Environment via browser and mobile

Connected BIM, for better delivery

Connected BIM

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Design team

Rest of your project team

Document Control

RFIs & change orders

Bidding & Tenders

Workflows &

approvals

Commissioning

Submittals

Field Inspections

Handover

Authoring tools Coordination tools

But “Traditional BIM” leaves project teams, information & processes disconnected

How do I…• View models without special software?• Link RFIs with objects for resolution of

clashes and issues

How do I…• Link information into my

model for a complete BIM handover?

• Get an audit trail of decisions made?

How do I…• Distribute huge BIM files?• Reduce cycle times on clash

resolution?• Version control to avoid

errors on out-of-date models?

How do I…• Access models on my

mobile device?

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Rest of your project team

Authoring tools

Coordination tools

Document Control

RFIs & change orders

Bidding & Tenders

Workflows &

approvalsCommissioni

ng

Packages &

DeliverablesField

Inspections

Handover

Document Control

RFIs & change orders

Bidding & Tenders

Workflows &

approvals

Commissioning

Submittals

Field Inspections

Handover

Native model data

Open BIM, IFC, COBie

The Solution: Aconex “Connected BIM”…driving everyone project-wide to participate in BIM

Open BIM

Handover

Design team

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Updates model, submits

to Aconex

Retrieves models, runs

clash detection

Submits clash report, assigns to disciplines

Retrieves assigned clashes

Smarter and faster processes and decisionsProject-wide clash detection / design coordination

Designer / Engineer

BIM Coordinator

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Finds issue on site, checks

BIM model

Resolves issue on site

Responds with instruction

Receives RFI, clicks through to BIM model

Reviews linked information for

full context

Raises RFI

Informed and connected review cycle Project-wide access to the model

Contractor Designer / Engineer

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Leading to better delivery of the asset

Better design coordination

and constructability

Construction

Improved decisions, fewer

errors

Operations

Richer, higher quality data into asset operations

Design

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Demo: Improving decisions and reducing errorsThis was a 20-minute platform demo in the live webinarTo request a personal demo: aconex.com/Demo• Overview• Federated Model Visualization• Model collaboration • Model enrichment• RFI review cycle – Model mark up

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Summary

Traditional BIM

•Disconnected teams and information•BIM in silos•Managing files not data

Managing files instead of data

Connected BIM

• Improved coordination•Better decisions• Fewer errors•Higher quality built asset operations•More efficient operations

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