The Benefits of BIM Integration with Facilities Management: A Preliminary Case Study

Terreno, Saratu; Anumba, Chimay J.; Gannon, E J; Dubler, Craig

doi:10.1061/9780784479247.084

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“…Some researchers (Dias and Ergan 2016;Liu and Issa 2016;Sattenini et al 2011;Terreno et al 2015;Thabet et al 2016) have attempted to determine LOD needed for O&M phase by interviewing experts. Liu and Issa (2016) conducted a survey questionnaire to define a list of maintenance problems such as Lack of equipment accessibility, poor design of equipment layout, lack of adequate space for mechanical room, lack of space designed in the ceiling to contain MEP systems, limited space for AHU filter access that ought to be deliberated in design phase.…”

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BIM LOD for facility management tasks

Alavi¹,

Forcada²

2019

Computing in Construction

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Building information modeling (BIM) widely adopted in design and construction phase of the buildings, holds undeveloped possibilities for supporting Facility Management (FM) tasks in Operation & Maintenance (O&M) phase. The purpose of this paper is to define appropriate Level of Development (LOD) for different FM areas in order to enable FM-BIM for existing buildings during O&M phase. To do so, the customized LOD have been defined by existing literature review and facility experts. Then the required properties for each FM areas are implemented in two case studies. Conclusion demonstrated that more than 60 percent of properties defined as LOD500 are unnecessary to execute FM tasks. Besides, the categories of Services including Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) and fire systems requires more properties comparing with another categories and it needs specific LOD to leverage BIM in O&M phase.

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Section: Lod For Fmsmentioning

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BIM LOD for facility management tasks

Alavi¹,

Forcada²

2019

Computing in Construction

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“…Despite numerous benefits reported, past research [27] [28] [29] found BIM applications in FM still at the initial and emerging stages and encouraged further research to address the existing implementation challenges. Challenges found in these research efforts for incorporation of BIM in FM can be summarized as: absence of structured method for incorporating BIM in FM processes; lack of proper tools for demonstrating BIM benefits to FM; limited knowledge on types of information to be collected and methods and tools to be used for applying BIM in FM; too much detailed specifications required for BIM development; lack of expertise for working with BIM in public organizations; resistance to change previously adopted methods; and challenges for linking BIM to the current tools used in FM.…”

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confidence: 99%

Improving facility management of public hospitals in Iran using building information modeling

Alvanchi

Seyrfar

2019

Scientia Iranica

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Improving management of complex and congested facilities in hospital buildings is a potential point for both reducing money spent and enhancing quality level of the medical services provided in public hospitals of Iran. Although building information modeling (BIM) is identified as an effective tool for improving facility management (FM), use of advantages it offers to the FM processes of hospitals has been neglected thus far in the country. To address this issue, this research aims to investigate the BIM capabilities and the supporting organizational structure public hospitals in Iran can adopt to improve their FM processes. A comprehensive literature review was conducted on applicable capabilities of BIM to the FM processes. Hierarchical FM structure of public hospitals in the country was recognized through review of the related regulations. A public hospital case was chosen for an in-depth recognition of FM processes operations and validation of the proposed BIM-based improvements. It was argued the use of BIM capabilities can cause substantial improvements in the FM processes of the public hospitals. Reduced duration of FM activities, improved facility layouts, enhanced communication and coordination, facilitated training, and improved emergency management are some expected outcomes. Hospitals are complex organizations with various stakeholders, facilities and materials closely linked and working together to accomplish their vital missions, i.e., curing patients in need and improving public health. The complex combination of people with different organizational roles and various types of materials and facilities working together in a variety of sensitive medical procedures makes operating costs of hospitals among the highest in the public service organizations [1] [2]. As World Health Organization [3] reports, government expenditure on health exceeds 14% of total government's expenditure globally. Despite high cost spent on different hospital operations, a single slight flaw in any parts of this complex organization may cause dire consequences and create significant dissatisfaction. Efforts on improving different parts of hospital management resulting in quality enhancement and cost reduction are valuable to the society. Meanwhile, a variety of medical and non-medical equipment used in hospitals and diversity of utility demanding medical services make hospitals utility systems among the most congested and complex utilities in public buildings [4]. Furthermore, the high pace of advances in medical equipment technologies in recent decade compels hospitals to continually install new medical equipment to maintain their operability and competitiveness in this highly competitive market. Cost consuming modifications to the utility systems become necessary to support new medical equipment. Poor hospital facility management (FM), though, can add to the costs of these modifications. Prolonged activities, frequent disruption to regular hospital operations and short or excessive supply of utility services are some example...

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“…In addition, some studies have discovered that the benefits of BIM are in improvement of design quality, information sharing ability, reduction in construction and design errors, faster working environment, enhancing efficiency, operational efficiency, and so numerous (Doumbouya, Gao et al 2016). With abundant benefits, BIM utilization and its possible benefits can be divided into five categories: 1) life cycle cost control; 2) effective construction process; 3) design and quality improvement; 4) decision-making support; and 5) risk management, and some are more abundant in specific cases, such as facilities management (Tomek and Matějka 2014, Terreno, Anumba et al 2015, Enshassi, Hamra et al 2018).…”

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“…If we think about the benefits of BIM utilization, however, then some financial benefits and associated advantages should be elaborated. There are studies describing benefits in risk management, construction time reduction, error management, and some other issues that may involve costs (Love, Matthews et al 2014, Terreno, Anumba et al 2015, Dakhil, Underwood et al 2016. But in many cases, precise measurements on financial costs of BIM utilization can be hardly accessible.…”

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Benefit-Cost Analysis of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in a Railway Site

Shin¹,

Lee²,

Kim³

2018

Preprint

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Recent technological improvements have made abundant changes in construction industry. In specific, some technical applications, such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) opens up many possibilities. Some studies have articulated the use of BIM and its advantages in construction, but most of them are theoretical, not practical. This study is to provide an insight to such obstacles in BIM research. By investigating a real project that could utilize BIM in planning and construction phases, the authors try to investigate a possible outline of advantages in BIM implementation. The study area was set to a railway construction site in South Korea. The site covers a multiple railway tracks, stations, telecommunication facilities, infrastructure facilities, railway structures, and so numerous. In the site, the authors have identified 12 errors in 7 projects that could be prevented if BIM was utilized before the construction. The total upfront costs required to provide a BIM for 7 projects were $116,348. On the other hand, the total costs required to fix the errors in 7 projects were $166,486. This can be regarded as the benefits of using BIM because if BIM was implemented then the associated errors are easily replaced. Therefore, the benefit-cost ratio can be estimated as 1.32 for one-month delay and 1.36 for a three-month delay.

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The Benefits of BIM Integration with Facilities Management: A Preliminary Case Study

Cited by 33 publications

References 9 publications

BIM LOD for facility management tasks

BIM LOD for facility management tasks

Improving facility management of public hospitals in Iran using building information modeling

Benefit-Cost Analysis of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in a Railway Site

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