USACE BIM Challenges and Successes Stephen Spangler LEED AP BD+C, O+M, DTM U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center – Information Technology Laboratory February 6, 2014 success n. 1. The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted. Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New College Edition BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Remember that old Virginia Slims slogan “You’ve come a long way, baby?” USACE has come a long way in its BIM implementation! BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Challenges Faced • Lack of BIM Managers when we started • No policy (the “Thou shalt” document) • Establishment of ELAs • Back to the “apples vs. oranges” argument • Varied USACE missions – MILCON, Civil Works • Budget cutbacks/travel restrictions BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world USACE Has Come a Long Way, Baby! • October 2005 – First “official” BIM workshop held (Louisville District) • March 2006 – COS BIM memo released • October 2006 – USACE BIM Roadmap released • Oct/Nov 2006 – First BIM Managers Workshop (Bentley) • 2007 – USACE BIM Roadmap wins FIATECH award • November 2008 – Advanced BIM Managers Workshop (Bentley) BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world USACE Has Come a Long Way, Baby! • June 2009 – First BIM Managers Workshop (Autodesk) • 2010 – Division BIM Implementation Plans developed • April 2011 – COS Districts shift to vendor neutral for standard facility type deliverables • April 2011 – First Civil Works BIM Managers Workshop (Bentley) • May 2012 – Revit BIM Templates released • Sept 2012 – Update to BIM Roadmap released (addresses Civil Works) • July 2013 – ECB for BIM released BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Why Did USACE Become Interested in BIM? BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Study Identifies $15.8B Annual Loss Interoperability problems in the capital facilities industry stem from the highly fragmented nature of the industry, the industry’s continued paper based business practices, a lack of standardization, and inconsistent technology adoption among stakeholders. Based on interviews and survey responses, $15.8 billion in annual interoperability costs were quantified for the capital facilities industry in 2002. Of these costs, two-thirds are borne by owners and operators, which incur most of these costs during ongoing facility operation and maintenance (O&M). Information Value Where are the Losses Coming From? WASTE GOAL: Continuous Information Collection Design Operations Planning Construction Time BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world “Now Where Did I Put that Warranty?” BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BIM is More Efficient for Design When Do You Want to Find a Conflict? BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Return on Investment For BIM Facility Life-Cycle Value Flow ROI – 1.3:1 Design/Eng Construction ROI – 2:1 ROI – 5:1 Operations ROI – 6:1 Maintenance Facility Manager Owner BUILDING STRONG® ROI – 15:1 ROI – 35:1 Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Hurdle to Success BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world “Just as the haphazard way in which Building Information Modeling (BIM) was touted as a knight in shining armor, a haphazard understanding of BIM is causing the industry to lose both in terms of efficiency and cost.” Source: “Would You Like Some Chilli Sauce With Your BIM?”, Christopher Pynn and John Hainsworth, AECbytes Viewpoint #60 (June 28, 2011) BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world “However, I believe the answer is relatively simple: Education and Scope.” Source: “Would You Like Some Chilli Sauce With Your BIM?”, Christopher Pynn and John Hainsworth, AECbytes Viewpoint #60 (June 28, 2011) BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world My Translation: Learn to crawl before you run! BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world USACE Success 1: Education BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world How the USACE BIM effort took off According to the Realignment/Establishment of COS memo dated 3/6/06: ► All COS have to develop and maintain BIM models for each standard facility type The Center and CERL were tasked with developing a BIM Road Map to provide guidance to those sites in implementing BIM BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world What does the Road Map Present? Communicates USACE’s intentions to industry Phased approach (crawl before run) Details goals, objectives and metrics in adopting BIM Provides advice and lessons-learned in BIM adoption Anticipates technology, but plans to adjust to technology and industry risk Living Document – The plan will update as technology matures BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world What in the World is a BIM Manager? • In Oct 2006, the USACE BIM Road Map came out • In that document, a brand new position was described – BIM Manager • The thing is, nobody knew what being a BIM Manager entailed! It’s one thing to read it, another to do it… BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world The Solution – BIM Manager Workshops BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world What is Covered? • • • • Overview of BIM Duties of a BIM Manager Installation of BIM products Installation/configuration of BIM Workspace/Template • Troubleshooting techniques • Exposure to BIM-related activities BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world HQ Mandate In an Enterprise GIS Memo from HQ in early 2009, “each District shall have a trained BIM Manager by Sept 2009.” The Milestones were: of Districts in 1st Qtr 09 ► 50% of Districts in 2nd Qtr 09 ► 75% of Districts in 3rd Qtr 09 ► 100% of Districts in 4th Qtr 09 ► 25% BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Timeline of Workshops • • • • • BIM Managers Workshop I (Oct 2006) BIM Managers Workshop II (June 2007) BIM Managers Workshop III (Nov 2008) BIM Managers Workshop IV (March 2009) Advanced BIM Managers Workshop (March 2009) • Revit BIM Managers Workshop (June 2009) BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Sites That Received BIM Manager Training NWS NWW NWP POA(4) NAE LRH(3) LRB NAN(2) LRP NAP NAB CERL TAC(3) NAU(2) LRL(4) NAO(2) LRC(2) MVR POF(2) POJ(2) SPK SPN NWO(2) NWK POH(2) SPL SPA MVS(2) SWT(3) SAW SAS(2) SWF(3) MVN SWL(2) BUILDING STRONG® LRN HNC(3) SAM(2) MVK ERDC(5) Innovative solutions for a safer, better world What About Training at the Districts? BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world The BIM PIT BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Sites That Have Received Onsite BIM Training* NWS POA NWP NAN TAC NWO POH NAB NAO LRL NWK SPA NAU NAP MVR SWT SWL HNC SAS SWF SAM MVN * = From either Autodesk or Bentley BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world USACE Success 2: Scope BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BIM Roadmap Update • Covers Civil Works • Revised timeline • Reflects current strategy and implementation status • Bentley and Autodesk to provide vendor-specific supplements that cover MILCON and CW BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Contract Language USACE Model RFP Wizard – Online tool for developing Requests for Proposals • Mandated for the Centers of Standardization • Applies to Design/Build Contracts • Covers: • • COS Projects - Previously only Bentley BIM, now open Non-COS Projects - Up to the Customer or District Recommendation (Bentley, Autodesk, ArchiCAD) BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Project Execution Plan (PxP) (Based on Penn State’s Project Execution Planning Procedures and Guide) PxP – The Means and Methods of how A/E (Contractor) will use BIM • • • • • • BIM Requirements Create Intelligent data Use of BIM for Construction Documents Model Granularity Quality Control Design Construction Reviews with BIM models BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Division BIM Implementation Plan • Snapshot of Division BIM capabilities • Captures info on BIM Manager, projects achieved, skillsets • Information captured every other FY BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Division BIM Implementation Plan Moving to an online means of collecting BIM/District data will make it easier to obtain an up-to-date reporting of status BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Enterprise License Agreements • Give USACE the best tools and training and they will accomplish great things • When USACE moved to BIM, already had an ELA with Bentley • In Oct 2010 signed an Enterprise License Agreement with Autodesk BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BIM Workspace: Bentley Creating an environment for consistent BIM model data: ► Bentley Workspace • Since the Bentley model is not encapsulated and is dependent upon an external structure to support all the graphics and data that resides in the final model, a complete environment needs to be created and managed on separate levels: BUILDING STRONG® Corporate Level: information that is common to all projects and is passed down to the districts. District or COS Level : Specific additional requirements for a district (ie: title sheets,…) or a project type (ie: dining hall kitchen equipment, medical rooms…) Project Level : The incidence level in which the building is created with all the components necessary to provide construction documents. Innovative solutions for a safer, 37 better world BIM Templates: Revit Creating an environment for consistent BIM model data: ► Revit Templates • Most of the Revit model is encapsulated and allows a template to be created that includes basic information and structure for the final completed design. Schedules, legends, settings, model organization and common components will be part of the templates: Corporate Level: information that is common to all projects and is passed down to the districts. District or COS Level : Specific additional requirements for a district (ie: title sheets,…) or a project type (ie: dining hall kitchen equipment, medical rooms…) Project Level : The incidence level in which the building is created with all the components necessary to provide construction documents. • A separate template is being constructed for each discipline. BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, 38 better world Most Important: Need a Directive! In other words, a “Thou shalt” document http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/ARMYCOE/COEECB/ecb_2013_18.pdf BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world USACE Success 3: USACE Rocks when it comes to BIM In other words, here are the pretty pictures! BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world ERDC-ITL BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Courtesy Louisville District and Mason and Hangar Group Army Reserve Center BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Army Reserve Center Courtesy Louisville District and Mason and Hangar Group Second Floor Front Lobby BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Howard Hanson Fish Passage Facility BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Pump Station BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Lock 22 – Culvert Transition Monolith BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Consolidated Vehicle Maintenance Shop Output: Interference Checks Col VS Duct After Col before Duct * 10 of 119 interference are reasonable Duct VS Pipe Col VS Pipe Girder VS Duct Consolidated Vehicle Maintenance Shop Output: Schedules Door Schedule Basic Data Windows Schedule Basic Data Mechanical Schedule Basic Data Consolidated Vehicle Maintenance Shop Output: Renderings Repair Bay duct way 2ND FL Duct Way Repair Bay Mechanical Room Rest room 1st FL Future Successes: Where is USACE Heading Next With BIM? BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Building Information Management – the New BIM Acronym Building Information Modeling (BIM) will always be perceived as a pretty picture – not a lifecycle medium that carries building information. However… Owners and operators understand data. For them, Building Information Management (BIM) speaks to their life-cycle needs. BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world 2012/2013 USACE BIM Focus • Focus on the needs of the installation/operator ► Building Information Management (BIM) not Building Information Modeling (BIM) • Energy, sustainability, Executive Order 13423, EISA 2007, LEED BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world 4D Time/Scheduling 5D Cost BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Futuristic Viewing Techniques BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BIM in Design & Sustainability Planners and Designers (design charrettes) Use of BIM in early design creation can rapidly create alternative designs for making energy, sustainment, LEED, etc. decisions prior to costly design development and rework. BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Project - BIM in Energy Analysis Joint project to use BIM to meet EPAct 05 policy requirements Original Design 3 - 2 Lamp 2x4 Fixtures Avg. Luminance: 13.2 fc Power Density: 0.48 w/sq ft BUILDING STRONG® Renovation Design 6– 1 Lamp Recessed Can Fixtures Avg. Luminance: 14.94 fc Power Density: 0.28 w/sq ft Innovative solutions for a safer, better world LEED Review System (LRS) BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Current Focus – Information! Legal Data Designer Data Owner / Occupier Data © 2006 NIBS NBIMS, All Rights Reserved Geospatial Data BIM Sustainers Data Financial Data Specifier Data Environmental Data Hurdles to Future Success BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world “…we see it (BIM) bandied about, over and over, with very little thought to what objective it is that is actually being set out to achieve.” Source: “Would You Like Some Chilli Sauce With Your BIM?”, Christopher Pynn and John Hainsworth, AECbytes Viewpoint #60 (June 28, 2011) BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Return on Investment For BIM Facility Life-Cycle Value Flow ROI – 1.3:1 Design/Eng Construction ROI – 2:1 ROI – 5:1 Operations ROI – 6:1 Maintenance Facility Manager Owner BUILDING STRONG® ROI – 15:1 ROI – 35:1 Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Next Area of Focus OWNER BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Questions That Need to be Asked • Why do you want a BIM model? • What do you want to use the BIM model for? • What data do you need captured in the BIM model? • What O&M software do you use? • If we gave you the BIM model for your facility today, would you know what to do with it? BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Translation: Don’t let the BIM model just sit on a shelf once it reaches the hands of the owner! BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Keep the “Circle of Life” Going!! cross discipline coordination, collision detection engineering analysis construction documents fabrication multi-disciplinary 3D design facilities management BUILDING STRONG® construction construction sequence visualization Innovative solutions for a safer, better world The Thing to Remember “…regarding BIM implementation… nobody really knows what BIM means yet. BIM is still in its infancy” Source: “Have the BIM Truth Talk with Your Boss, Part 2”, Robert Green, cadalyst (June 8, 2011) BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world USACE is ready to be a good parent, guiding BIM into adulthood! BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Contact Info Stephen Spangler ► [email protected] ► 601-634-3104 CAD/BIM Technology Center ► https://cadbim.usace.army.mil/ BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world Questions? BUILDING STRONG® Innovative solutions for a safer, better world
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