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Yesterday’s GreenBIM as it happened

On the 1st July, on the hottest day of the year so far, thinkBIM and Green Vision once again came together to host our final GreenBIM conference for a while exploring the themes of BIM and Sustainability from an Asset Management point of view.

As always the tweets were coming thick and fast as participants both in the 40-strong audience and those watching online joined in with the discussions and presentations delivered by representatives from BAM Construct, Turner and Townsend, BIFM, FM180 and Bill East, inventor of COBie.

We will be doing a couple of blog pieces summarising exactly what happened and some of the thoughts, suggestions that have come out of the conference but in the meantime here is a storify of #GreenBIM as it happened.

 

Can’t be at #greenBIM? Watch online at the link below

Our #GreenBIM conference on 1st July will be streamed at the link below from 13:10 onwards. Please note that this stream will be showing previous thinkBIM events up until 13:10 when we switch to a live feed.

For logistical reasons we will not be able to stream our round table sessions.

You can also keep up with the twitter stream by following the hashtag #GREENBIM

BIM + FM + Sustainability - joining the dots at our GreenBIM conference on 1st July

Green Vision and thinkBIM will once again be joining forces on 1st July 2015 to present the third and final GreenBIM conference exploring the theme of sustainability within digital workflows for the Operations and In-Use phase of an asset. This will be the last GreenBIM for a while as we return to separate BIM and Green Vision events in Autumn 2015 so don’t miss your opportunity to have your say! Here is what we are up to,

For our UK keynote you will hear from Nitesh Magdani, Director of Sustainability at BAM Construct UK Ltd. Nitesh will present on the themes of BIM, the links to sustainability and the whole life cycle of projects.
Our international keynote address will come from Bill East, the owner of Prairie Sky Consulting and one of the foremost authorities on COBie, who will present on this game-changing schema for exchanging data that is a fundamental plank of the UK Government Level 2 BIM strategy.

 

RoundtablesJuly

Round Table Discussions

Nitesh Magdani, Director of Sustainability, BAM Construct UK Ltd

“BIM, sustainability and the circular economy”

Mark Whittaker, Business Development Manager, Integral UK Limited

“What tangible cost benefits can BIM bring to the Facilities Management Industry”

Steve Owen, Senior FM Consultant, FM180 Ltd

“How to BIM 4 FM”

Tom Oulton, BIM Manager, Turner & Townsend Project Management

“BIM and the role of the client”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get those pet peeves banished to room 101 in our new conference segment

What irks you about BIM & sustainability? Let it all out in our new interactive Room 101 conference session.

This is your opportunity to get your frustrations & pet peeves out about any aspect of green building or building information modelling (or both) that irks you.

What would you like to see banished to room 101 to move our industry forward?

Our Room 101 section is modelled on the infamous TV show based on George Orwell’s 1984 and is designed to be a light hearted look at some of the key challenges our industry faces in a lively and engaging way.

How does it work?

Participants will have two minutes with just one background slide to describe their pet peeve. Your pitch needs to convince the audience that your topic, subject or building is worthy, or unworthy enough, to be put into room 101. After listening to all the presentations, the audience will decide by a show of hands which “peeve” wins. There is only space for one so make those pitches count!

Sound good?

Send your pitches to Liz Schofield via [email protected]
Your topic will be kept a secret, only the organisers will know. We just have one rule “No slide - no pitch”. We want to see your case, creativity and humour all on one slide! Please note, you must be a registered delegate to take part.

 

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BIM and FM. Are we winning yet?

On the 3rd of June we welcomed around 40 industry professionals to Old Broadcasting House at Leeds Beckett University for the second twilight seminar of our summer series exploring the links between BIM and Facilities Management. We were thrilled to see many new faces in the room with nearly fifty percent of the attendees from a FM background which was a huge increase from our 2014 asset managemet series where only a smattering of individuals raised their hand during our straw poll of FM professionals in the room.

Progress for thinkBIM then but is that reflected in the FM industry and their adoption of BIM? These were the key questions and themes explored by our two speakers, Mark Whittaker from BIFM North & Integral UK & Martin Ward from Styles and Wood & iSite. The title of this write-up was inspired by this series of tweets after the event which neatly summarises where our seminar showed the FM industry was at, some traction finally but still work to go.

 

This great slide from Martin Ward particularly resonated (and not just for the Bowie references). What needs to ch-ch-change for BIM adoption in FM to happen?

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Our full storify of the event including the live tweets & links is below. Have a read and tell us what you think? Where do you think the FM industry is and where does it need to go?

Please note that if you would like to see a copy of the slides from either of our presenters please email [email protected]

Join us for GreenBIM on 1st July!

We will be continuing discussions around these themes at our greenBIM conference on 1st July at Squire Patton Boggs in Leeds. For that event we are thrilled to have our International Keynote delivered by Bill East, the owner of Prairie Sky Consulting and one of the foremost authorities on COBie. Our UK keynote will be delivered by Nitesh Magdani, Director of Sustainability at BAM Construct UK who will present on the themes of BIM, the links to sustainability and the whole life cycle of projects. As usual we will be running our highly successful and often evocative round table discussions and will be rounding off with our new Room 101 feature which will be an opportunity for attendees to get off their chest their pet peeves about BIM and sustainability. What needs to go to room101 to move our industry forward. Full details and booking here

An Introduction to FM and where BIM fits in

thinkBIM continues the Summer Series focusing on an Introduction to FM and where BIM fits into construction business processes.

We will hear from Mark Whittaker,Business Development Manager, Integral UK Limited & Deputy Chair, BIFM North Region.

Mark will provide an introduction/overview of the various strands of FM.

  • What the FM industry actually does and so what data it needs
  • The different types of FM - PPM, Hard FM, Soft FM and Total FM solutions - and what this all means
  • Why having access to the right data helps with performance based contracts
We will also hear from Martin Ward, Portfolio Services Director at Styles & Wood Group. Martin will talk about:
  • How the FM industry uses data and where they currently get it from
  • What data is important to the FM industry
  • How does the FM industry want to receive data - Excel, COBie, some other format?
A wish list of what design and construction teams really ought to give you rather than what you currently receive!

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Nobody puts BIM in the corner - thoughts from last night’s #tbim2015

thinkBIM returned last night with the first event of our summer series, a twilight seminar on BIM to FM and how we can utilise BIM to manage the full life cycle of the buildings we create & operate. A full house of attendees assembled at Old Broadcasting House in Leeds to hear two case studies of BIM FM early adoption; Arup Associates & their refurbishment of two Leeds Beckett University buildings & BAM Construct who reflected on lessons from their Wharfedale Hospital project, including a demo of the BIM 360 field.

As always the twitter stream was buzzing thanks to our social media savvy audience. Their insights & highlights, including images, observations and Patrick Swayze - yes you read that right - are detailed in our event storify below. We will be posting the slides from the event shortly so do keep checking back on our blog for that.

In the meantime, please pencil 3rd June in your diary for the second event in our operation & maintenance summer series. At this event we will be continuing our facilities management theme, providing a more complex introduction to work of FM professionals & how BIM can maximise operational excellence going forward.

Manufacturer’s Roundtable - Take-Aways

17056367051_2e806c4d00_oThe latest series at thinkBIM gave product manufacturers a platform to be heard - and to be questioned.

The discussion that followed has been up there with the most passionate of any thinkBIM series I have attended.

The good news for manufacturers is - we’re making progress.

More designers and more contractors are wanting to learn about our BIM content and process. All keen to see how this could benefit their business and how we could work with them in future.

So, when thinkBIM asked me to host roundtables at the #GreenBIM half-day event I jumped at the chance.

The topic I chose related to manufacturer BIM content and a recent post I wrote on the subject: Why Do Specifiers Ignore Your BIM Content?

The sessions provided further insight into the perception and use of manufacturer content. Groups from both sessions agreed on the following five take-aways:

There is no one-size-fits-all answer

Manufacturers need to appreciate differing attitudes and cultures within the design industry to help them deliver the best BIM solution.

Advice: Talk to your specifiers before investing.

When it comes to manufacturer BIM content - be useful

Don’t hinder projects with objects that have massive file sizes or information that isn’t relevant.

Advice: Kye Rooney - BIM Apprentice at East Riding of Yorkshire Council - made a super point: “Don’t go crazy with the 3D!”

Don’t ignore the visualisation aspect of BIM

Clients can now virtually experience a building before construction. As Alex Bill of Laing O’Rourke mentioned in the first session - visuals are now used by contractors to help win bids.

Advice: Having BIM objects could see your products used in visuals. Also consider the possibility of using BIM objects to create your own visuals for marketing purposes.

How do the costs compare to traditional product photography?

What data should manufacturers provide?

When it comes to Level of Information (LOI), what specific data does Facilities Management (FM) need? Manufacturers can provide COBie data, but does this meet FM and client requirements?

Suggestion: The client or FM should drive this. It would be good to have a manufacturer / FM discussion about the data at a future thinkBIM event.

Getting the data values correct

It was clear from discussions about my Guide to BIM Object Data that manufacturers need more help in this area.

Some manufacturers are providing data but not always relevant data, and not always to the correct values. The group agreed that manufacturers need to address this if the data is to be of use further on in the construction process.

Suggestion: Su Butcher suggested a good starting point would be to get the Guide to BIM Object Data into the mainstream, possibly via the BIM4M2 group (BIM for Manufacturers and Manufacturing).

 

Thanks to all who contributed during these sessions. I look forward to continuing the conversation at future thinkBIM events.

BIM 2 FM - Making the Data Work for Maintenance

Folllowing last month’s excellent #GreenBIM, we are pleased to bring you the first event in our Operation & Maintenance series which will explore BIM & Facilities Management.

It has been observed more than once that FM should be one the key drivers of BIM yet a 2013 survey conducted by the BIM 4 FM task group of end users, owners and occupiers identified that only 23.5% of respondants were planning to use BIM in the future with a massive 63.2% undecided. It was clear from the results that the majority of those surveyed were aware of BIM and the potential benefits it could bring but had concerns over initial investment costs of implemention, the need to implement new ways of working to facilitate adoption & how BIM data could/would integrate with existing CAFM & building management systems. The full survey can be downloaded here.

BIM4FM

(image taken from BIM4FM 2013 survey)

At the first event in our Summer series we will hear real life case studies of how BIM has been used to manage & maintain buildings from two of the region’s early BIM adopters. We will hear firstly from BAM FM and the ways in which they are adopting BIM Workflows in facilities management processes at Wharfdale Hospital. Hear about how BAM FM came up with a new solution to the heating, ventilation & air conditioning management of this 76 bed in & outpatient facility, reducing electricity use by 28%.

We will also hear from Arup who will talk about a project they are working on with Leeds Beckett University to update the Calverley and Portland buildings focusing on reducing energy costs and fire safety whilst addressing critical issues such as the location of internal services and communications. Arup will be discussing how they are utilising BIM on this project and exploring the ways BIM can help us operate buildings in the future.

Wednesday 6th May

Old Broadcasting House, Leeds, LS2 9EN, 17:30-19:30

Cost £15

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