Contextualizing learning approaches which shape BIM for maintenance

Abstract

Publisher: Emerald 2Contextualizing learning approaches which shape BIM for maintenance Abstract Purpose: Studies of BIM examine the potential benefits in maintenance. There is also a perspective maintenance teams should be involved early in the building project process.There is little understanding on learning processes for BIM in maintenance in the early building project stage which this paper sets out to address. Methodology:Case study is used to examine the context maintenance learn about BIM.Maintenance managers and project managers were interviewed where discussions centered on a new build project which introduced BIM and how it would impact current practices. There is a necessary balance between exploration and exploitation learning in order to shape BIM for maintenance. Research limitation/implications:The paper is limited to one case study however, it takes an in-depth look at the development of BIM in maintenance and how it is understood in maintenance.Originality/value: The contribution of the paper examines the context of learning in which BIM is shaped in maintenance.

The building information modelling trajectory in facilities management: A review

“…Built asset proposals can be rigorously analysed across disciplines and organisations. Simulations can be quickly executed and performance benchmarked, enabling improved and innovative solutions [26,75,94,95,96,98] Collaboration between building owners and the FMT at the design stages is very limited. Little evidence shows FM related constraints being analysed in BIM.…”

Digitalising asset management: concomitant benefits and persistent challenges

“…Deployment of digital modelling in asset management can greatly improve the quality of data transfers between development stakeholders (Jiao et al, 2013;Lindkvist, 2015;Khaddaj and Srour, 2016). Traditional, manual handover of data often leads to inaccuracies (or worse, loss of data), diminishing the operational information held on a building during its lifecycle (Lindkvist, 2015;Motawa and Almarshad, 2015;Love et al, 2016a). Studies have shown that facility owners regularly encounter incomplete as-built data documentation, fostering dissatisfaction, particularly where transferred operations and maintenance (O&M) data proves wholly unsuitable for asset management (Mayo and Issa, 2016).…”

“…However, academic discourse points toward a disconnect in interoperability related to BIM format data across asset information systems including: computerised maintenance systems (CMMS); energy management systems (EMS); electronic document management systems (EDMS); and building automation systems (BAS) (Becerik-Gerber et al, 2012;Ilter and Ergen, 2015). The primary objective of any data management activity is to enable increased data interoperability, essentially allowing data generated by one party to be easily accessible for all participants (Jiao et al, 2013;Lindkvist, 2015;Khaddaj and Srour, 2016). In practice, and despite the desire for sharing capabilities amongst asset management applications, many existing systems support the individual asset management function for which they were designed, but leave the overall interoperability with other systems in a fragmented stateoften requiring manual input to facilitate any form of exchange (Becerik-Gerber et al, 2012;Counsell, 2012;Xu et al, 2016).…”

“…The building's operational 'in-use' phase has received comparatively scant academic attention, yet is the chief contributor to the building's whole lifecycle cost and performance (Bosch et al, 2014;Kessem et al, 2014;Liu and Issa, 2014;Lindkvist, 2015;Nical and Wodynski, 2016). Consequently, asset management is now progressively gaining considerable academic and practitioner interest particularly in terms of exploiting the beneficial implications of BIM implementation (Arayici and Coates, 2012; Olatunji and Akanmu, 2014;Lindkvist, 2015;Pärn et al, 2016). Pärn et al, (2017) and Dubé et al, (2005) have suggested BIM is displacing traditional AECO practices and replacing them with virtual communities of practice.…”

“…Consequently, BIM is considered to offer a potential remedy to the construction industry's susceptibility to economic recession, prompting the UK Government to commit to implementing BIM as a basic standard for all national infrastructure projects by 2016 (Race, 2013; BIM Task Group, 2013; Eadie et al, 2014; Kessem, 2014; Lindkvist, 2015; Mehran, 2016). This is especially pertinent considering that the sector has undergone a period of introspection regarding performance and productivity levels in recent decades (Babič et al, 2010; Underwood and Isikdag, 2011; Li et al, 2013; Love et al, 2013; Fox, 2014; Lu et al, 2015; Rogers et al, 2015).Digital modelling facilitates greater continuity between the various systems and actors throughout the built environment life-cycle(Bosch et al, 2014;Olatunji and Akanmu, 2014;Lindkvist, 2015;Pătrăucean et al, 2015). Palpable benefits afforded by a BIM model include: accurate costing information throughout the development (Azhar et al, 2011;Barnes and Davies, 2014); opportunities to capitalise upon off-site prefabrication thus aiding in the delivery of an efficient and cost effective development(Azhar et al, 2011; Eastman et al, 2008;Race, 2013); and availability of data from a development for the purposes of informing future developments, representing a significant opportunity to improve knowledge transfer between different AECO projects(Kensek and Noble, 2014;Göçer et al, 2015;Grover and Froese, 2016).…”