MSc in Applied Building Information and Management - DT9876 - Desklib

TITLE: MSc in Applied Building Information and Management
Program Code: DT9876 2017/18
Stage 2
Student Name: Joao Muccini
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RUNNING HEAD: APPLIED BUILDING INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT
Table of Contents
Levels of BIM Adoption..................................................................................................................2
Implementation of BIM Level 2 Standards and Processes..............................................................4
Details of relationship, sequencing and flow of information in Level 2 BIMM Process................4
Plan of Work and Public Procurement Methods.............................................................................5
Project Procurement.....................................................................................................................100
Tendering Process and the Document Verification.......................................................................10
Influences that might affect the BIMM process............................................................................11
NBS Digital Plan of Work.............................................................................................................12
OIR, EIR, PIM and AIM Level 2 Documents Information flow...................................................13
Organizational information requirements OIR........................................................................13
Employer's information requirements EIR....................................................................................13
Project Information Model (PIM)..................................................................................................13
Asset Informational Model (AIM).................................................................................................14
Implications of BIM in a legal context..........................................................................................14
Common Data Environments........................................................................................................15
Design Responsibility Matrix (DRM)...........................................................................................16
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................17

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Index of Figures
Figure 1: BIM facilitates structural design. (Image courtesy of AMC Bridge.)..............................2
Figure 2: Levels of BIM skills and adoption..................................................................................3
Figure 3: Design Bid Build (DBB) (Lahdenperä, 2008).................................................................6
Figure 4: Design-Build (DB) (Lahdenperä, 2008)..........................................................................7
Figure 5: CM diagram (Lahdenperä, 2008).....................................................................................8
Figure 6: DBO diagram (Lahdenperä, 2008)...................................................................................9
Figure 7: DBFO diagram (Lahdenperä, 2008)..............................................................................10
Figure 8: Information flow on various models..............................................................................14

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Figure 9: Sample DRM and Project Roles Table..........................................................................16
Introduction
(BIM) is a broad concept that incorporates guidelines and principles that govern the
process of modelling construction projects such as buildings, bridges, tunnels or highways
(Eastman, Teicholz, Sacks & Liston 2011). BIM can also be viewed from its generic nature as an
environment that enables architectural and engineering infrastructural projects to be virtually
designed, viewed and analyzed through 3D model based technologies. This gives engineers and
construction professionals a good insight to monitor, plan and manage infrastructures and
projects in an efficient manner (Volk, Stengel & Schultmann 2014). BIM has really improved the
decision making and general performance of building projects.
Figure 1: BIM facilitates structural design. (Image courtesy of AMC Bridge.)
Levels of BIM Adoption
There are a number of BIM maturity levels- 0, 1, 2 and 3. They are as outlined below
(Howard & Björk 2008):
i. Level 0 – it incorporates the unattended CAD(Computer Aided Design)
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ii. Level 1 - incorporates managed Computer Aided Design
iii. Level 2 – it incorporates the presenting infrastructural projects in
intelligent 3D designs using capable environments.
iv. Level 3 – has not yet been defined in details
Figure 2: Levels of BIM skills and adoption
BIM level 2 has come to be the most popular Building Information Modelling concept
and has come to be generally accepted as a criteria that complies with BIM principles. In the UK,
BIM level 2 is the required criteria for all construction projects, a requirement that is part of the
2016 government requirements (Succar 2009). Level 2 BIM is distinguished from level 1 in the
manner in which it achieves its collaboration. In level 2 BIM, collaboration is realized through
sharing the model in an appropriate format of a file that is commonly called common data
exchange (CDE) (Zhang, Teizer, Lee, Eastman & Venugopal 2013). The most popular file
format is industry foundation classification (IFC). This is what makes it possible for the
architectural professionals to integrate models with their own views so as to create federated
models. These resultant federated models can then be combed in order to comply for proficiency.
The models have to comply with the stages of predefined digital plans that have been specified
by the employer. The project module information assessment then becomes the asset information
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module because of the information that it stores. In the future, asset information modules can be
used for implementing operations and maintaining preventative procedures (Su, Lee & Lin
2011). Since BIM utilization skill level is varied, contractors need to establish whether they
have the required skills in order to use a particular BIM level. The figure below shows the
various levels of BIM utilizations and the skills that would be needed in order to employ them.
Implementation of BIM Level 2 Standards and Processes
Projects that implement level 2 BIM must first come up with decisions to agree to use the
model and must have all the information that will be required at every stage of the construction
process in order to address each of the identified decisions (Smith & Tardif 2009). This requisite
planning will ensure that the relevant information concerning the particular project is properly
relayed and shared in the appropriate format so as to ensure that informed decisions are made
throughout the process of project construction (Motamedi & Hammad 2009).
Details of relationship, sequencing and flow of information in Level 2 BIMM
Process.
PAS 1192-2 mainly focuses on the project delivery, where the majority of graphical data
command and graphical data and the documents which are normally referred to as project
information model are accumulated from design and construction activities.The intended
audience for the standard normally include; organisation and individuals who are responsible for
the procurement, design, construction, delivery, operation and maintenance of a building and
infrastructure assets where possible, generic language has been used but where necessary
specific definitions are included.
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