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Building Information Modelling

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is
an intelligent model-based process that
provides insight
to help users to plan, design, construct and
manage building and infrastructure.

According to the National Institute of Building Sciences

(NIBS), ‘’ a Building Information Model is

a digital representation of physical and functional

characteristics of a facility. As such, it serves as

a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility

forming a reliable bases for decision

during its life cycle from inception, completion and

onwards.’’

During the construction and project delivery process, Marshalls act as a supplier providing hard landscaping products. In
order to improve collaboration with stakeholders, the BIM process provides the structure to share relevant information.

Marshalls is BIM compliant with UK Government BIM Level 2. Working with approriate standards and protocols we are able to
provide high quality 3D objects of our products.

Our BIM Objects will enable customers to quickly and easily deploy Marshalls’ products in their designs.
The 3D objects can be easily found on the NBS BIM Library, bimstore and Sketchup 3D Warehouse
or can be provided on request.

Manuela Fazzan
BIM Implementation Manager
BIM

Contents

Introduction to BIM.....................................................2
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BIM Definition...............................................................3

Loading the Material Library...................................4

Loading Paving Component...................................5

Loading SF and Kerbs................................................6

General Notes...............................................................7

Glossary of terms.........................................................8

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What is BIM?
BIM is an acronym for Building Information
Modelling. BIM describes the means by
which
everyone can understand a building
through the use of a digital model which
draws on a
range of data assembled collaboratively,
before during and after construction.

Creating a digital Building Information Model enables those

who interact with the building to optimize

their actions, resulting in a greater whole life value for

the asset. Through BIM, the UK construction industry is
undergoing its very own digital revolution.

BIM is a way of working. BIM is information modelling and

information management in a

team environment, all team members should be working to

the same standards as one another.

BIM creates value from the combined efforts of people,

process and technology. (NBS)

How can BIM help you?

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one to access that information for any purpose, e.g. to integrate different aspects of the design more effectively. In this way,
the risk of mistakes or discrepancies is reduced, and abortive costs minimized.

BIM data can be used to illustrate the entire building life-cycle, from cradle to cradle, from inception and design to
demolition and materials reuse. Spaces, systems, products and sequences can be shown in relative scale to each other and,
in turn, rela-tive to the entire project. And by signaling conflict detection BIM prevents errors creeping in at the various
stages of devel-opment and construction.’’ (NBS)
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Loading the material Library

The paving components contain Marshalls specific render material. Revit will try and find these materials on your computer in
the following directory.

C:\\LocalRVT\Bimstore\Materials\Marshalls

The first time you use these components you will need to copy the images contained in the ‘Materials’ folder included in the
download, in to the ‘Marshalls’ file above (you may need to create the folder structure if you have not used bimstore compo-
nents with custom materials before).

The Paving materials will now load the custom render finishes from this location.

Loading the Paving components into your project

Floors in Revit are a system family. This means it isn’t a component as such and cannot be loaded as a typical Revit
compo-nent. You can copy the paving into your project using the following method;

1- Open the Revit file containing your project, and navigate to a floor plan view.
BIM

2- Now open the paving component that you downloaded from bimstore. The default view that should be open should be a
ground floor view. Select the instances of the paving you wish to copy (press Ctrl to select multiple) the paving components
selected should turn blue as show below.
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3- Now copy these components to your clipboard (Ctrl+C)

4- Now go to your project (plan view) and you can paste these into your project (Ctrl+V)
There is a Paste Button under the modify tab on the Revit ribbon as well.

5- The paving is now copied into your project and can be selected from the floor type selector within your BIM project. You
can also select the existent floor and change for Marshalls paving. You can delete the item you pasted and the floor type will
remain within your project.

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Loading Street Furniture and Kerbs components

1- In the project folder that you are working in, go to ‘Insert Tab/ Load Family’ and select the component from your saved
location as show bellow:

2- You can also open the family file, by going to ‘Modify tab/ Load into Project’ and select the project that you are working
on as show below:

3- After one component is placed you can use the array tool to place additional components all at once.
Select the Kerb/Street furniture, and then, on the Modify panel, click array as show bellow:
BIM
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4-In this case the array will be based on the number of components you are going to use. On the Options bar, make sure
the Move to: 2nd option is selected. Then, for Number, enter how many components you need (can be estimate)

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5-Now specify a starting point for the array, and then select another point to establish the distance to the second compo-
nent.

General Notes

You can add these components to your company template file, they will be available without loading when starting a new
project.

With the Revit file loaded and positioned in your product, you can select the product again to bring up the ‘properties’ dia-
logue box, which can contain different types of the same product (With arms, with backrest, different thicknesses..)

For those who are not Revit users we have 3D Sketchup files available for all our products.

For additional product details, components and options, please consult our website:
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To insure that we are meeting your needs, we welcome your feedback, comments and suggestions by e-mailing us at
bim@marshalls.co.uk

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For more tutorials videos on Revit and Sketchup please visit Marshalls TV on Youtube.

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BIM glossary of terms

1. 4D, 5D, 6D
First there was 2D CAD, then 3D CAD – now there are extra dimensions to refer to the linking of the BIM model with time-,
cost- and schedule-related information (although the precise order hasn’t to date been agreed across the whole industry).

2. Asset Information Model (AIM), Building Information Model (BIM), Project Information Model (PIM)
Not only is there the ‘Building’ information model, but the ‘Asset’ information model – which is the name given to the same
model post-construction, i.e. supplemented with the data needed to assist in the running of the completed asset. Note that
‘asset’ can also refer to civil engineering and infrastructure work (see also Uniclass, below
Conversely, the ‘Project’ information model is the name given during the design and construction stage, i.e. what’s commonly
known as the project among the design team.

3. BIM execution plan (BEP)

PAS 1192-2 proposes that a BIM Execution Plan is created for managing the delivery of the project. This in turn is split into a
‘pre-contract’ BEP, in response to the Employer’s Information Requirements (in other words, comparable to ‘con-tractor’s
proposals’ in a Design & Build contract) and a ‘post-contract’ BEP which sets out the contracted delivery details.

4. CIC BIM protocol

A supplementary legal agreement which is designed to be used by construction clients and contractor clients. It is incorporat-
ed into professional services appointments and construction contracts – an amendment to standard terms, creating addi-
tional rights and obligations for the employer and the contracted party to facilitate collaborative working, while safeguarding
intellectual property ownership and liability differentiation between those involved.

5. Clash rendition
Referred to in PAS 1192-2, rendition of the native-format model file is be used specifically for spatial coordination process-es.
Used to achieve clash avoidance or for clash detection (between, for example structure and services) between Building
Information Models prepared by different disciplines. The key benefit is in reducing errors, and hence costs, pre-construction
commencement.

6. Common Data Environment (CDE)

This is a central information repository that can be accessed by all stakeholders in a project. Whilst all the data within the CDE
can be accessed freely, ownership is still retained by the originator. Cloud storage is a popular method of providing a CDE,
although it could also be a project extranet. The scope and requirements for a CDE are defined in PAS 1192-2.

7. Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie)

COBie is a data schema which is delivered in a spreadsheet data format, and contains a ‘subset’ of the information in the
BIM

building model (all except graphical data, and hence a subset of IFC; see below), for FM handover. It was originally devised by
the US Army Engineering Corps. Over the course of a project, data can be added to it from a range of sources (besides CAD
programs), relating to brief, design, construction, operation, refurbishment or demolition, as the case may be. The Govern-
ment’s Level 2-mandated requirement is for COBie-compliant information exchange (see above). BS 1192-4 documents best
practice for the implementation of COBie.

8. Data drop
A key information delivery stage, referred to in the BIM Industry Working Group’s Strategy Paper for the Government Con-
struction Client Group, and also the CIC BIM Protocol. PAS1192-2 refers instead to ‘data delivery’ and ‘information exchange’.
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These match common project stages, as set out in the RIBA Plan of Work 2013, but they are to be made electronically. Level 2
compliance requires these to be to the COBie standard .

9. Federated model
This is, in essence, a combined Building Information Model that has been compiled by amalgamating several different models
into one (or importing one model into another; i.e. ‘collaborative’ working). For example, an architect can import a structural
engineer’s model data into their spatial model. This is the basis of the UK government’s Level 2 BIM mandate, whereas Level 3
will result in all stakeholders working on one shared model (‘integrated’).

10. Government Soft Landings (GSL)

A UK government-initiated handover protocol to champion better outcomes for built assets during the design and construc-
tion stages. Its objective is to reduce costs (capital and running) and improve performance of asset delivery and operation,
and can be assisted through the use of a Building Information Model. Two notable features are that:
BIM is intended to be used increasingly as a data management tool to streamline the briefing process
8 Post Occupancy Evaluation is carried out, to measure and optimise performance of the asset, and learn lessons for the future.
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11. Industry Foundation Class (IFC)
IFC is an object-based format, to enable exchange of information between different software. Developed by ‘buildingSMART’,
a global alliance specialising in open standards for BIM, IFC is an official standard, BS ISO 16739, and contains geometric as
well as other data.

12. Employer's Information Requirements (EIR)

Set out the information required by the employer aligned to key decision points or project stages, enabling suppliers to pro-
duce an initial BIM execution plan from which their proposed approach, capability and capacity can be evaluated

13. Level 0 BIM, Level 1 BIM, Level 2 BIM, Level 3 BIM

The move to ‘full’ collaborative working via distinct and recognisable milestones, in the form of ‘levels’. These have been de-
fined within a range from 0 to 3, and, whilst there is some debate about the exact meaning of each level, the broad concept is:
Level 0 - No collaboration. 2D CAD drafting only. Output and distribution is via paper or electronic prints, or a mixture of both.
Level 1 - A mixture of 3D CAD for concept work, and 2D for drafting of statutory approval documentation and Production
Information. CAD standards are managed to BS 1192:2007, and electronic sharing of data is carried out from a common data
environment (CDE), often managed by the contractor. There is no collaboration between different disciplines – each publish-
es and maintains its own data.
Level 2 - Collaborative working – all parties use their own 3D CAD models. Design information is shared through a common
file format, which enables any organisation to be able to combine that data with their own in order to carry out interrogative
checks on it. Hence any CAD software that each party used must be capable of exporting to a common file format. This is the
method of working that has been set as a minimum target by the UK government for all public-sector work, by 2016.
Level 3 - Integrated working between all disciplines by using a single, shared project model which is held in a common data
environment (see above). All parties can access and modify that same model, removing the final layer of risk for conflicting
information. This is known as ‘Open BIM’ (see below), and the UK government’s target date for public-sector working is 2018,
although the precise requirements have yet to be determined.

14. Level of detail (LoD), Level of information (LoI)

‘Level of definition’ is defined in PAS 1192-2 as the “collective term used for and including ‘level if model detail’ and the ‘level
of information detail’”. ‘Level of model detail’ is the description of graphical content on models at each of the stages defined,
for example, in the CIC scope of services. The ‘level of model information’ is the description of non graphical content in mod-
els at each of these stages. BS 8541 defines level of detail for BIM objects as: Schematic, Concept, Defined.
BS 8541-3 is the code of practice for the shape and measurement of BIM objects.
Level of information defines how much detail is required at each of these stages – i.e. whether spatial, performance, standard,
workmanship, certification etc.

15. Parametric modelling

The generation of a model based on a series of pre-programmed rules or algorithms.

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flows. Open BIM is an initiative of several leading software vendors using the buildingSMART Data Model, which incorporates
data to ISO 16739 (via the IFC file format), terms to ISO 12006-3 (using the International Framework for Dictionaries, which
maps different technical terms that have the same meaning) and process to ISO 29481-1 (the Information Delivery Manual.

19. PAS 1192

The PAS 1192 framework sets out the requirements for the level of model detail (the graphical content), model information
(non-graphical content, such as specification data), model definition (its meaning) and model information exchanges:
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PAS 1192-2 deals with the construction (CAPEX) phase, and specifies the requirements for Level 2 maturity; sets out the
framework, roles & responsibilities for collaborative BIM working; builds on the existing standard of BS 1192, and expands the
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scope of the Common Data Environment (see above).

PAS 1192-3 deals with the operational (OPEX) phase, focussing on use & maintenance of the Asset Information Model (see
above), for Facilities Management.
BS 1192-4 documents best practice for the implementation of COBie.
PAS 1192-5 is currently under development, and will cover security of data.

20. Uniclass
Classification system used in the UK and owned by CPIC, which groups objects into numerical headers to allow things to be
arranged or grouped according to a type or class applied throughout the asset life and may be used as part of the categorisa-
tion used in BIM models. Uniclass 1997 tables are referenced by PAS1192 part 2. The classification categories are: Complexes
or collections of buildings – such as a university campus or an airport, Entities, which comprise individual build-ings, Activities
taking part within different parts of those buildings, Spaces, or rooms, Elements such as walls, floors and ceil-ings, Systems,
for example door and window systems, or wall lining systems,Products such as sheet materials, or fixings.

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