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Aligning BIM with FM: streamlining the process for future projects

Construction Economics and Building

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Title Aligning BIM with FM: streamlining the process for future projects
 
Creator Kasprzak, Colleen
Dubler, Craig
 
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Building Information Modeling, Facility Management, Owner, Processes
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Description A study performed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA in 2004 found that owners account for approximately $10.6 billion of the $15.8 billion total inadequate interoperability costs of U.S. capital facility projects in 2002. Because of these inefficiency costs, it becomes vital that information produced during the design and construction phases of a project be transferred into operations with maximum leverage to the end users. However, very few owners have defined these informational needs or developed an integration strategy into existing maintenance management systems. To increase operational efficiency, an organization must first develop an understanding of their operating systems, as well as identify how Building Information Modeling (BIM) will add value to their daily tasks. The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) has a unique opportunity to diversely implement BIM processes because not only does the University act as an owner, but also as designer and construction manager on the majority of projects. The struggle that PSU faces is one that is unique only to owners with a large, existing, multifaceted building inventory. This paper outlines the current initiative by the Office of Physical Plant (OPP), the asset manager at PSU, to develop an information exchange framework between BIM and FM applications to be used internally. As a result of this research, PSU has been able to define owner operational requirements for future projects and develop a flexible integration framework to support additional BIM tasks and information exchanges.
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
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Date 2015-10-15
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3038
10.5130/AJCEB.v12i4.3038
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 12, No 4 (2012): AJCEB Incorporating Special Issue on BIM; 68-77
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3038/3249
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2012 Colleen Kasprzak, Craig Dubler
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0