Evidence of systematic approaches to innovation in facilities management

Hou

Building Information Modeling

et al. 2015

The management of complex information flow can be a crucial aspect of Facility Management (FM). Because of the increasing complexity of the present-day building projects, FM activities, for example, maintaining a building facility or a system, normally involve enormous human multitasking across different knowledge domains. Lessons learned from the present successful FM instances manifest that the FM teams are increasingly interested in applying more viable technologies to achieve the effective management of massive information. Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology is one of the promising approaches, as it forms a platform for the users to manage the information of a facility and leverages virtual digital representations as a reliable basis for decisions during its life-cycle. Nevertheless, the fully immersive environments produced by BIM still lack the capability of mapping a virtual world into a real world, or vice versa. Augmented Reality (AR) is emerging as an advanced visualization which is possible to bridge the gap. It enables the demonstration of BIM context into the real world, and is envisaged to effectively improve the way of how information is displayed. Meanwhile, the virtuality-toreality changeover from BIM to AR is conductive to a better understanding of information about a facility from the human perception perspective. The objective of the study is to explore that the merging of AR with BIM is a way for improving the information search and management in FM applications. This chapter firstly brief what is FM and how it is generally implemented. Followed by the state-of-the-art review of BIM/AR aided FM research, the chapter then proposes the viability of integrating BIM and AR and demonstrates its efficacy of processing complex onsite information based on four BIM+AR case studies. Finally, the chapter discusses the technological transferability issues in terms of deploying more and more BIM+AR scenarios in the prospective FM process.

Section: Bim and Fm Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…FM data is scattered and difficult to be searched in a timely manner (Cardellino 2006;Stack 2012). It highly demands the domain knowledge and project technology from design to construction (Cotts 2009).…”

Section: Bim and Fm Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating Augmented Reality into Building Information Modeling for Facility Management Case Studies

Hou

Building Information Modeling

et al. 2015

Built Environment Project and Asset Management

“…BIM may offer "added value" to services of maintenance which is key when introducing new technologies to maintenance (Lindkvist and Elmualim, 2010). Added value is considered through an optimization process rather than cost cutting where business returns are seen through effective planning and quality support services (Alexander, 1997, Cardellino and Finch, 2006, Mudrak, Van Wagenberg and Wubben, 2005. The main objective of maintenance is to maintain the building as designed -therefore the benefits derived from introducing BIM need to add value but may not be visible or tangible.…”

Section: Contextual Differences Between Project Practices and Maintenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Contextualizing learning approaches which shape BIM for maintenance

Lindkvist

2015

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.

“…Change and innovation are synonymous. Innovation encompasses new ideas, processes, procedures and services (Cardellino and Finch, 2006). The analysis of interview results indicates that FM organizations and practitioners have increasingly recognized the importance of innovation to business success.…”

Section: Culture Of Learning and Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Facilities management: tracing its development trajectory

Meng

2015

Property Management

If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to provide facilities management (FM) practitioners and researchers with a better understanding of the FM industry sector by analyzing the trend of its development. Design/methodology/approach -Semi-structured interview is adopted in this research as the main methodology. In total, 30 FM professionals in the UK were interviewed to explore the past, present and future of FM. The analysis of interview results helps to identify the key areas in which FM has changed, is changing and will change. It also helps to explain the implications of FM development in each key area. Findings -FM evolves and matures continuously. It is important for FM organizations and practitioners to recognize the dynamic nature of this industry sector, based on which they can develop appropriate strategies to adapt to changing circumstances. This is probably the only way for them to keep pace with the times. Originality/value -Both backward looking and forward looking are crucial to the development of an industry sector. However, existing studies on FM development are conducted through either review or outlook. On the other hand, most of these studies focus on one particular management area or one particular industry sector. Based on 30 expert interviews, this research attempts to bridge the knowledge gap and analyze the trend of FM development in a systematic way. A better understanding of the trend provides a possibility and a guide for FM organizations and practitioners to pursue best practice.