“Integrating and Digitalising the Built Environment Value Chain”

Streamlining work processes and

connecting stakeholders… INTEGRATED
DIGITAL
…through digital data, innovation
and technology…

DELIVERY
…across the whole project life cycle from design,
construction, fabrication, to facilities management…

… to deliver a better outcome for end users.

IDD TECHNICAL GUIDE: THE “HOW” OF IDD IMPLEMENTATION
 Key Areas to Move From VDC to IDD

Build Twice: First Virtual, then Real

DESIGN CONSTRUCTION

Integrating and Digitalising the Built Environment Value Chain

Asset
Delivery &
DESIGN Fabrication
FABRICATION Construction
CONSTRUCTION Management FM

STREAMLINED AND INTEGRATED PROCESSES

FABRICATION FM
Key to value chain integration Key to life cycle integration
 IDD Implementation Overview
Identify I D D U S E C A S E S Determine key areas to further ST R EA ML I N E A N D I N T EG R AT E

DESIGN COORDINATION Process

SHOP DRAWING APPROVAL
Innovations &
Transformation
Fabrication Example:
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

LOGISTICS TRACKING

Construction
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

BIM based coordination ICE coordination & • Streamlined ICE process

PROGRESS MONITORING & shop drawings virtual mock-ups • Improved information standards
• 2D + BIM hybrid shop drawings
Asset
Delivery &
Managem
• Digital submission & approval
ASSET MODEL HANDOVER ent • Automated checking

SMART FM
[RESOURCES]

See examples of IDD USE CASES See I D D F R A M E W O R K A N D M E T H O D O L O G Y See CASE STUDIES for examples of
and download TEMPLATE for process streamlining and integration process transformation
 Fabrication

Asset
Delivery &
Management

Construction
IDD Use Cases Across the Value Chain
The following are some examples of IDD use cases that you can consider for every phase:

Asset
Delivery &
DESIGN Fabrication
FABRICATION Construction
CONSTRUCTION Management FM

Cloud-based model collaboration

Fabrication detailing
Generative design Construction ICE coordination
Detailed fabrication coordination
Design optimization Digital virtual mockups As-built verification & documentation
BIM-based fabrication drawings
Design analyses and simulations RFI & issue documentation & tracking Defects management
Fabrication drawing submissions &
Integrated design modelling Materials submission & approval Asset model handover
approval
Design collaboration Shop drawing submission & approval Digital commissioning
Quantity Takeoff
ICE coordination Construction planning & scheduling Real-time monitoring of asset
Digital procurement
Digital virtual mock-up performance
Production planning and scheduling Cost planning & cost control
Advanced visualization Smart operation and maintenance
BIM for off-site production automation BIM-to-Field (digital layout)
Design model quality checking Progress monitoring
Production management
Cost planning and estimates Progress update & claims
QA/QC Inspections
Tender documentation QA/QC inspections
Logistics tracking and monitoring
Safety planning, surveillance, &
inspections
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D U S E C AIDD
S E TUSE
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RFI and Issue Documentation & Tracking

CHALLENGE STATEMENTS:
Reduced time taken for
• Reduce manual documentation and paperwork
KPI

issue documentation
• Improve issue / RFI response time
and resolution • Move towards real-time issue tracking and monitoring

CONVENTIONAL PROCESS:
After ICE sessions, issue reports and Manual RFI Manual
START Coordination Email RFI/issue Email END
and issue RFI response
RFIs are still manually compiled, issues
reporting
RFI/report report
documentation
RFI response
documented, and tracked
PROCESS

NEW PROCESS:
RFIs and issues are captured via a
cloud-based platform, thereby
reducing manual documentation while
providing real-time updates to issue
Digital Step eliminated
resolution status START Coordination Digital RFI / issue Step eliminated END
issues RFI/issue RFI/issue
response
documentation

BCF format: Issue / RFI parameters:

INFORMATION

 3D location of clash  Issue / RFI tracking number

All issues are tagged with key
 Other textual information  Assigned responsible party
information that are necessary for
 Issue priority/urgency
tracking and data analytics
 Type of issue
 Issue status
TECHNOLOGY

Clashes detected in Solibri are

exported as BCF format to BIMCollab
for cloud-based tracking and issue
BCF
Clash file
BIMcollab
Cloud-based issue manager
monitoring Model Checker Tool
 IDD Framework & Methodology
The following methodology serves to guide project teams in utilizing the IDD framework to
improve and transform actual processes. As these are only a set of guidelines, your team
may implement any of the principles as you see fit, so long as your outcome is to
apply innovative thinking and digital technologies to streamline and integrate current
processes in project delivery.

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OUTCOME PROCESS I N F O R M AT I O N C O M M O N D ATA
BASED KPIS STREAMLINING S TA N D A R D S ENVIRONMENT
Clearly define challenge Identify process bottlenecks Streamline critical information Effectively set up Common Data
statements to meet desired and brainstorm innovative exchanges and define data Environment and apply digital
outcomes countermeasures standards technologies to support
streamlined processes
 PRIORITY
Outcome OUTCOMES
based KPIs
Determine your desired project
outcomes from IDD implementation
 What is our client’s desired outcome?
OUTCOME-BASED KPIs
 What other outcomes are critical for
this project?
 What outcomes are useful for
Provides intent and direction for benchmarking across similar
process streamlining projects?
Helps to identify key information TIME: On Time Completion
exchanges for standardization
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Defines relevant project health
indicators for CDE data analytics QUALITY
S TA R T 1 2
CRITICAL
USE CASES
Identify key project use cases that
have the most effect on project
outcomes
 Which processes have the most
potential to meet or improve our
outcomes?
 Which processes are bottlenecks or
barriers to outcomes?
 E.g. Which processes result to the
most delays or rework?
TIME: On Time Completion
DESIGN LOGISTICS
CONFIRMATION TRACKING
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CHALLENGE TA R G E T METRICS
S TAT E M E N T KPIs

Define your specific objectives for Identify relevant measurable KPIs Identify relevant metrics or project
process streamlining and set targets health indicators for performance
tracking over time

 What is our desired end state?  Can we translate our challenge

statements into KPIs that can be  What indicators are meaningful for
 In what areas do we want to
measured? us to track?
improve this process?
 What is our current benchmark?  How do we measure?
 What is our target productivity  What are our sources of data?
improvement?
 Do these KPIs help achieve our
DESIGN CONFIRMATION outcomes?

LATENCY
 Reduce process time of design
confirmation
Reduce design confirmation
latency from xx to xx
 Reduced number of design
changes
MONTHS

3 4 5 PROCESS
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SET PROCESS PROCESS MAP
Process BOUNDARIES

Streamlining
Determine desired project outcomes
Determine your effective scope for Map how the process is currently
process steam lining being done (not how it should have
 client priority
been done)
 project team priority
The “How” of achieving outcomes  What is our process start and end?
and KPIs  Who are the stakeholders involved
 Does this scope cover our
in this process?
objectives in question?
 Where do the process inputs come
 Is this scope manageable?
from?
PROCESS STREAMLINING
 Where are the handoffs between
stakeholders?

Helps to identify key information

exchanges for standardization START END

Helps to identify relevant

technologies & solutions to deploy

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PA I N P O I N T S
Walk through your process to
identify current problems and
inefficiencies
 Which tasks or exchanges are still
manual or inefficient?
 Which tasks typically result in
errors?
 Are there any data re-entries,
duplicate efforts, or rework?
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BRAINSTORM
Brainstorm possible areas for process
improvement and innovative
countermeasures to pain points
identified
 Can the task be digitalized or
automated?
 Can the information be extracted
from BIM or digital data?
 Can we improve our ICE or
collaboration process?
 Can we improve our data standards?
F U T U R E S TAT E
Map proposed future state process
incorporating brainstormed strategies
 Which strategies should we prioritize
for implementation?
 What resources do we need?
 How should we phase
implementation?
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 K E Y I N F O R M AT I O N I N F O R M AT I O N
Information EXCHANGES REQUIREMENTS

Standards
The “How” of achieving outcomes
and KPIs
Streamlines processes even further
through improved data exchanges
Determine
Determinedesired project requirements
information outcomes
Identify critical information exchanges
for further streamlining and from recipient
 client priority
standardization
 project team priority
 What information do I need to do
 Which information exchanges are my task effectively and efficiently?
bottlenecks?  What information must be correct?
 Which exchanges are inefficient /  Do I need it in a certain format?
result to rework or long latency?
 Can I streamline my information
 Which information deliverables can requirements?
be improved?

I N F O R M AT I O N S TA N D A R D S

“?”
Enables seamless data integration
between digital solutions
RECIPIENT

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 I N F O R M AT I O N
COMPLIANCE
Determine extent of information
compliance by author
 Am I already providing these
requirements?
 If not, can I consider to provide
these requirements?
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AUTHOR
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BRAINSTORM S TA N D A R D I S E
Brainstorm innovations to effectively Document streamlined information
and efficiently meet requirements exchanges as new / improved data
standards which may include:
 Can we automate information
extraction / production?  Deliverables
 Can we automate checking /  Data format
verification of information?
 Core information
 Can we improve our standards and
 Quality standards
templates?
 Should we make further
improvements to process?
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 D I G I TA L D ATA S T R U C T U R E
Common Data USE CASES

Environment
Determine
Determine desired project data
appropriate outcomes
and folder
Identify all digital use cases throughout
your project structures to align with use case
 deliverables
client priority
and workflows
 project team priority
 What are all the digital use cases for
Provides insights to “project health” this process?  How should we best organize our
through data analytics
 What other digital use cases are we project data and deliverables?
looking into for our project?  Where should we store project data
 What platforms, tools, or digital (Work in Progress, Shared, Published,
Digitalizes streamlined processes
solutions are we using / considering for and Archived) for ease of control,
and other project use cases sharing, and consumption?
each use case?
 Does each tool provide the  How should we define CDE roles and
functionalities we require to carry out responsibilities and access rights?
Digitalizes information exchanges each use case effectively?
LOCAL SERVER

WIP

C O M M O N D ATA
ENVIRONMENT SHARED PUBLISHED

CLOUD SERVER

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D ATA & P L AT F O R M
I N T E G R AT I O N
Ensure seamless data integration
between platforms and digital
solutions where possible
 Can all our digital solutions
integrate with our collaboration
platform or where data is stored
and shared?
 Can our digital solutions pull / push
data seamlessly from / into BIM or
our collaboration platform?
 Can different stakeholders access
and consume relevant project data
without any data loss?
PROJECT DATA
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D ATA A N A LY T I C S
Setup data analytics to show
relevant metrics and project health
indicators
 Does our collaboration platform
have data analytics features?
 Are they able to show our desired
indicators and in a format that is
useful to drive decision making?
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PROJECT DATA
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See CASE STUDY 1 for actual examples and additional best practices
C U S T O M I Z AT I O N
Develop further enhancements to
Common Data Environment or digital
workflows where necessary
 Can our previous brainstormed
innovations be incorporated into our
CDE functionalities?
 Do we need to work with the vendor
to customize certain features in our
digital tools / platforms?
 Do we need to develop APIs or scripts
for integration of data or automation
of tasks?
PROJECT DATA
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