BIM V.2.0 for Property Owners

 

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BIM starts when the order is defined and the BIM framework is defined. As part of the strategy and goals of the entire model and the information added to it. That is why it is so important for the owner sector to understand BIM with which the whole process begins. In 2013, Pennsylvania State University issued the "BIM Planning Guide for Site Owners" [2] which is still valid due to its general principles for BIM. Below, he cites its most important extracts in the form of a summary. I think that industrial property owners are an optional reading for public procurement, if a country is not obliged to introduce BIM requirements in their procurement.

Translation of the Document

This guide may be adapted to organizations other than the owners. While this guide focuses primarily on the needs of owners, many policies and procedures can be applied to organizations such as construction management and design firms.

The elements of BIM planning are as follows:

1. STRATEGY Defines BIM goals and tasks; assesses the readiness to change; and is considering management and resource support.

2. BIM APPLICATIONS Defines the methods in which BIM will be implemented to generate, process, communicate, execute, and manage information about owner objects.

3. PROCESS Describes how to implement BIM applications by documenting current methods, designing new processes using BIM and developing transition plans

4. INFORMATION Documents the information needs of the organization, including the breakdown of model elements, level of development, and facility data.

5. INFRASTRUCTURE Defines the technology infrastructure to support BIM, including computer software, hardware, networks, and physical workspaces.

6. STAFF Defines the roles, responsibilities, education and training of active participants in the established BIM processes.

The BIM Value for Owners: BIM implementation is rapidly gaining momentum in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations (AECO) industries. Design teams are shifting their standard practices towards using intelligent, parametric 3D models that are easier to modify, coordinate and maintain throughout the building's life cycle. According to a 2012 BIM Smart Market report, industry-wide BIM adoption increased from 28% in 2007 to 71% in 2012. Nearly two-thirds (62%) of all BIM users saw a positive return on investment. The companies that were most involved in BIM saw a much greater increase in benefits. The main benefits of BIM for owners are the reduction of document errors and emissions, rework, construction costs, project duration, and claims and litigation. The vast majority of owners believe that BIM use is expanding and that owners are driving this change.

Need for a Strategic BIM Integration Plan: Strategic planning helps ensure that your organization is ready to implement a new process or technology with planned resources. If properly implemented, it can promote collaboration within the organization and greatly reduce the risk of failure. Several of the benefits of developing a BIM Strategic Plan include the development of: • A clear understanding of organizational goals and BIM goals within the specified time frames; • Effective allocation of organizational resources for BIM key competences and priorities; • Provision of a benchmark against which progress in each of the competency categories can be measured at intermediate stages to assess transitions; and • Promoting teamwork and an integrated planning perspective with multiple opinions from different people in the organization Like any new process, the implementation of BIM in an organization has a learning curve. This is important for organizations that have relatively little or no BIM experience, as ignorance can pose risks at all stages of implementation. By more detailed planning, the organization will be able to achieve greater transparency in the process, which will reduce risk and increase the overall value of the implementation.

Procurement Planning: Moving on to the need to use BIM in procured projects, the terms of BIM change from the use of the model to the provision of BIM services by designers, contractors, or consultants involved in the project. To order BIM services on a project, the owner must communicate his BIM goals to the project team. This documentation sets out the direction and minimum requirements for a project prior to design or construction. To achieve this, it is necessary to plan ahead and define the BIM needs for the project. This section of the guide covers many of the considerations an owner may want to consider when planning to purchase BIM services. Before starting a new project, the owner should develop or update the procurement language for the upcoming t necessary to ensure that the owner's needs are met, and the project team understands the scope and details of the requirements to which they agree. Documenting BIM requirements before the project starts allows the team to start the BIM process earlier and more efficiently. There are three procurement documents in which BIM must be included. These documents are:

1. TEAM SELECTION DOCUMENTS

2. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

3. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

BIM contract: The BIM contract (addendum) for projects is designed to document the standard BIM requirements of the owner's organization. This document focuses on the standard project goals and BIM goals of an organization, while the BIM Project Delivery Plan, developed with the project team after selection, will contain many project-specific BIM requirements, processes, and information flows. It is recommended to include a typical BIM project execution plan, if available, to communicate expectations about the planning process and results. The contract should complement a typical BIM Project Execution Plan as they are intended to work together to create complete project documentation. In many situations, topics such as required BIM Uses will be introduced into contract requirements but will refer to the BIM Project Execution Plan for project details. The language elements of the BIM contract should at least include: • Definition of terms, • Typical or template BIM project execution plan, • BIM Champion, • Collaboration requirements, eg Provision of the contractor's design model, • Outcomes, • Model and information ownership, • BIM requirements for 2D documents, and • Information security. Discussing the terms of the BIM contract implies the use of an add-on to address the BIM requirements. The same issues can be addressed directly in the contract, but the development of an addendum to the contract emphasizes these requirements for outsourced companies and also facilitates organizational updates to maintain consistent requirements. Someone on the BIM implementation team should act as the lead contact to coordinate and maintain ongoing versions and changes that are identified as BIM implementation and requirements progress.

Ownership of the model / data reuse To enable the information and model created during construction to be used for renovation and throughout operation, the owner must obtain permission from the designer and / or contractor who created the model. Typically, the creator of the information retains ownership of the data and limits its reuse and credibility. This protects the intellectual property and reduces the liability between the contracting parties. To use this data for purposes other than initial construction, the owner may specify either 1) that he is the owner of the information, or 2) that he has rights to use the information throughout the life of the facility. The right to reuse data can be obtained in two ways. 1. The owner can claim ownership of all information generated during the design and construction of the facility, including models, studies and calculations regarding the use of renovation / facility management throughout the facility's lifetime. 2. The owner may claim the right to reuse the information generated during the design and construction of the facility for renovation / maintenance of the facility, while retaining the data owner.

BIM Requirements for 2D Documents: With an emphasis on BIM, which mainly focuses on 3D models and electronic data, it's easy to forget that contract documents and many details still have the traditional 2D paper form. In the future, typically 2D documents may be limited, but today they are still basic contract documents. This means that the owner may not be able to remove any of the Computer Aided Design (CAD) standards or drawings currently used in the contracts, but must add additional BIM requirements to them. Ensuring coordination between 2D documents and the 3D model is of utmost importance. One way to ensure consistency between the two is to require all drawings to be created from the model, if possible. This ensures that any changes during the project lifetime are documented in both the model and the drawings.

Security: Prior to the advent of electronic file sharing, all documents were in paper form, so accessing information about an object required direct access to physical drawings. Nowadays, when information is sent electronically, it is much easier to copy, modify, share and access information. In the case of many safe facilities, this access poses a threat to the safety of people staying in them after construction. To safeguard against this, building data must be protected at all stages of its lifecycle, from conception to demolition. Data security measures should be taken into account and a prot around to meet the organization's security requirements for all participants accessing the information. These security measures may include: 1. Specific user logins to collaborative systems, 2. Restrictions on third party storage of facility information during and after project completion, and 3. Restrictions on sharing facility information with personnel outside the project team.

Developing a BIM project execution plan template not only helps inform potential bidders of typical owner expectations, but significantly reduces the time and effort required by the BIM Champion owner for each project. The template is not a final BIM plan that the team will agree with, but an outline of the plan, much like the way a milestone schedule is an outline of a critical path building schedule. Once the project team has established a BIM plan for a specific project, it should be included in the contract documents so that procedures, responsibilities, processes, level of development and products are clear.

Standard BIM Goals and Tasks: The first step in developing a standardized BIM project execution plan template is to define the standard goals and objectives of the organization for which the template is being developed. These goals and objectives should be defined at the strategic planning stage of BIM. Most organizations have areas to focus on that are in line with their strategic plan. Whether the emphasis is on energy efficiency, cost, speed or quality, BIM can be used to complement these goals. The key in this situation is to use the roadmap to define the appropriate standard BIM goals and uses for inclusion in the template. Then, as the use of BIM in your organization evolves and follows the planned organizational implementation, the Standard Goals and Uses may evolve along with the steps outlined in the Roadmap.

Lessons learned from strategic planning: There is no one-size-fits-all approach to implementing BIM; Strategic planning is a long-term process;

Lessons learned from the implementation planning: Set up feasible tasks; Communication is the key to success; BIM applications are interdependent;

Lessons learned from procurement planning: Previous BIM experience increases the likelihood of a BIM project success; No two designs are exactly alike; Advance BIM strategic and implementation planning significantly improves the quality of BIM contract documents

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[2] BIM Planning Guide for Property Owners - Version 2.0, - Pennsylvania State University - Sponsored by the Charles Pankow Foundation, US Department of Defense Military Health System, Kaiser Permanente, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Penn Office of Physical Establishments, and Partnership for Achievement Design Excellence (PACE) - Created with buildingSMART alliance ™ (bSa) BIM for Owners Project - University Park, Pennsylvania, USA 2013 - ISBN: 978-1-62307-001-4 (PDF) https://www.bim.psu.edu/owners_guide/