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19CEC13 Building Information Modeling

Department of Civil Engineering

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Dr. A.Arun Solomon

Sr.Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering

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 Unit I:Introduction to BIM

8/ The Current AEC Business Model - New Tools and New

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23 Processes in BIM - BIM as a Lifecycle Platform - Benefits of
BIM - Challenges in BIM – The concept of different dimensions
- Core Technologies and Software- Collaboration and
Interoperability.
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Benefits of BIM; Impacts of BIM in design; Hardware system

requirements.

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Challenges in BIM
 8/ • Improved processes in each phase of design and construction
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with traditional practices.
• Intelligent use of BIM, however, will also cause significant
changes in the relationships of project participants and the
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contractual agreements between them.

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 Challenges with Collaboration and Teaming

8/ • While BIM offers new methods for collaboration, it introduces

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teams.
• How to permit adequate sharing of model information by
members of the project team is a significant issue.
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• Where designers create their design using BIM and share the
model, it may not have sufficient detail for use for
construction or may have object definitions that are inadequate
for extracting necessary construction quantities. This may
require creating a new model for construction use.

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 8/ • If the members of the project team use different modeling
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to another or combining these models are needed. This can add
complexity and introduce potential errors and time to the
project.
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• The collaborative and open work environment that BIM

creates can also raise security concerns.
– For example, if appropriate steps are not taken, a detailed
BIM model of a security-sensitive facility such as an
airport, a railway station, or other public and private
buildings may fall into the hands of people with malicious
intent.

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 8/ • In response to this threat, the UK BIM Task Group developed
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Building InformationModelling,Digital Built Environments
and Smart Asset Management (BSI, 2015). ISO 27001:2013,
Information Technology— Security Techniques—Information
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Security Management Systems (ISO, 2013) also provides

guidance, although it is not specific to BIM. Many cloud-
based BIM services seek ISO 27001 certification to
demonstrate that their services are secure.

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 8/ • Legal Changes to Documentation Ownership and Production.
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design, fabrication, analysis, and construction datasets;
who pays for them; and who is responsible for their
accuracy, arose as BIM use grew.
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– These issues have been addressed by practitioners through

BIM use on projects. Professional societies, such as the
AIA and the AGC, have developed guidelines for
contractual language to cover issues raised by the use of
BIM technology.

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 8/ • Changes in Practice and Use of Information
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knowledge earlier in the design process.
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 8/ • Implementation Issues
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modeling system involves far more than acquiring
software, training, an d upgrading hardware.
– Effective use of BIM requires that changes be made to
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almost every aspect of a firm’s business (not just doing the

same things in a new way).
– It requires some understanding of BIM technology and
related processes and a plan for implementation before the
conversion can begin.

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 8/ • Assign top-level management responsibility for developing a
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• Create an internal team of key managers responsible for
implementing the plan, with cost, time, and performance
budgets to guide their performance.
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• Allocate time and resources for education in BIM tools and

practices, and ensure that people at all levels are prepared.
• Start using the BIM system on one or two smaller (perhaps
already completed) projects in parallel with existing
technology and produce traditional documents from the
building model.

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 8/ • Use initial results to educate and guide continued adoption of
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management apprised of progress, problems, insights, and so
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• Extend the use of BIM to new projects and begin working with
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outside members of the project teams in new collaborative

approaches that allow early integration and sharing of
knowledge using the building model.
• Continue to integrate BIM capabilities into additional aspects
of the firm’s functions and reflect these new business
processes in contractual documents with clients and business
partners.

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 8/ • Periodically replan the BIM implementation process to reflect
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for performance, time, and cost. Continue to extend BIM-
facilitated changes to new locations and functions within the
firm.
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 BIM Risks

8/ • The first legal risk to determine is ownership of the BIM data

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• When project team members, other than the owner and A/E,
contribute data that is integrated into the BIM, licensing issues
can arise.
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• Another issue to address is who will control the entry of data

into the model and be responsible for any inaccuracies in it.
• Taking responsibility for updating BIM data and ensuring its
accuracy entails a great deal of risk.
• It also requires more time spent imputing and reviewing BIM
data, which is a new cost in the design and project
administration process.
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 8/ • The integrated concept of BIM blurs the level of responsibility
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• As the dimensions of cost and schedule are layered onto the
3D model, responsibility for the proper technological interface
among various programs becomes an issue.
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 8/ • BIM adoption is much slower than anticipated (Fischer and
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managerial
• 1.the need for well-defined transactional construction process
models to eliminate data interoperability issues,
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• 2. the requirements that digital design data be computable, and

• 3. the need for well-developed practical strategies for the
purposeful exchange and integration of meaningful
information among the BIM model components.

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 8/ • The management issues cluster around the implementation and
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implement or use BIM.
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