A Case Study of BIM Implementation in Malaysia

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BIM Implementation in Malaysia – since 2003….

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AGENDA

• Introduction

o What is BIM?

o Why BIM?

• BIM Implementation in Malaysia

o Overview

o Sample Projects

o Lessons Learned

o Way Forward

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BIM is a business process supported by technology. To optimise use of the technology it is necessary to deploy the process. It is absolutely critical to understand this as in the construction industry, traditional methods use technology in isolation, but the BIM process uses technology in collaboration.

BIM

INTRODUCTION What is BIM?

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During the 1980s, manufacturing, automotive and aerospace faced a similar situation to construction today. Driven by the need for dramatic improvement in efficiency due to international competition, rather than a volatile property market, it was clear that disparate and isolated work groups, each shrouded in their own environments, were not the platform for success. The solution was to adopt new technologies that encouraged collaboration.

INTRODUCTION What is BIM?

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ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and MRP (Manufacturing Resource Planning) systems revolutionised collaborative work practices. Design took a major step forward with advanced CAD systems the 2D versus 3D debate (that has been deliberated for two decades in construction), being resolved completely in favour of 3D within 18 months of inception.

INTRODUCTION What is BIM?

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Early adopters of the new processes and technologies saw massive increases in productivity and quality that enabled them to meet the challenge of lower priced competition whilst maintaining profit levels. Those who adopted late lost their competitive advantage many did not survive.

INTRODUCTION Why BIM?

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BIM is an integrated process that allows professionals to explore a project’s key physical and functional characteristics digitally – before it is built.

Use coordinated, consistent information to:

– Design innovative projects from the earliest stages

– Visualize, simulate & analyze real-world appearance, performance, and cost

– Document accurately

– Deliver projects faster, more economically, and with reduced environmental impact

BUILDING INFORMATION

MODELING

ARCHITECTS

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

MEP SYSTEMS ENGINEERS

BUILDERS

OWNERS

CIVIL ENGINEERS

INTRODUCTION Why BIM?

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BIM works on the basis of collaboration in construction. In this environment, all stakeholders in the construction process including Owner/Developer, Project Managers, Consultants, Contractors, Sub-contractors and Facilities Management, have access to the same design, cost and scheduling information at the same time.

INTRODUCTION Why BIM?

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INTRODUCTION Why BIM?

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BIM implementation in Malaysia Overview

BIM Uses 11 17/11/2011

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Challenges

People

Process

Technology

Policy

BIM implementation in Malaysia Overview

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Process The first mandatory component of BIM-supported construction is defining the right processes. As the basis for all model based activities, the right processes can be the difference between the success and failure of a BIM Implementation. BIM processes should be defined and monitored.

• Conflicting Business Models

• Traditional Process, Phasing

• Content of Deliverables

• “Hybrid” – part electronic/part paper

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Overview

People The team is the success. No achievement would be possible without the right people on board. Knowing that BIM is still a new frontier in the AEC (architecture, engineering, construction) industry, the challenge of finding and nurturing the right team of people is ongoing.

• Resistance to Change

• “New” Roles & Responsibility

• Inability to Think/Solve Problem in New Ways

• Conservative Altitude of Professionals

• Clients expect “MORE FOR LESS”

• Resources

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Overview

Technology The conventional IT environment in construction projects today often requires enhancements to support the proper usage and utilisation of 3D models. An appropriate and cost effective set up of hardware and software has to be defined by the BIM Manager. Additionally, the data exchange and storage processes have to be defined and managed

• Software Incompatibility

• Wireless Access, Speed (processing time, bandwidth)

• Collaborative Tools

• Hardware

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Overview

Policy Complete and successful BIM Implementation requires having BIM in contracts. To create clear and thorough technical specifications to be the basis for the model development and exchange.

• Type of Contract

• Persistence of 2D standards

• Model Ownership

• Building Standards

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Overview

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Overview

BIM implementation in Malaysia Sample Project

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BIM implementation in Malaysia Sample Project

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BIM implementation in Malaysia Sample Project

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BIM implementation in Malaysia Sample Project

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A Case Study of BIM Implementation in Malaysia

Sample Project - Lessons Learned

Flexibility – every project has a different roster of players, and systems

Decide on purpose of model – estimating, scheduling, clash detection, fabrication

Set the standards– file name, model breakdown, level of detail

Set up the rules of engagement for the model transfer

Provide 3rd party assistance where needed

Group effort – open discussion and collaboration with everyone together

Focus on key components / areas of the building

Make sure your system can handle the information

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BIM implementation in Malaysia Way Forward

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Integrated Project Delivery

Building Information

Modeling

LEAN/ Economic Pressure

Sustainability

Industry Convergence

BIM - around the world

S’pore

Brunei

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BIM is evolving so hold on for the ride

If you can’t get a BIM, then create your own

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There’s nothing inherently risky about integrating geometry and performance data into a single model to simulate function—unless the design team is afraid to find out that their assumptions are wrong.

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The 10 Truths about BIM (Building Information Modeling) © 2011 WSP Group plc

BIM takes design to the next level. Technological developments open up new avenues for design, and BIM is no exception. The 3D function enables complex shapes and the software’s ability to handle sophisticated calculations will allow structural engineers to push the boundaries with ever more daring designs.

The ‘I’ is more important than the ‘B’. Pretty pictures might impress, but it is as an information management tool that BIM software really shines. One reason for the slow take-up of BIM in the civil engineering sector is that the BIM community has so far focused on ‘building’ to the detriment of ‘information’.

The colour of BIM is green. Using it properly will cut project time and thereby energy use, as well as cost. BIM will reduce the waste of materials during construction and building management and eventually assist in sustainable demolition. Energy modelling can also minimize energy use over a building’s life.

BIM will destabilise the construction industry. Unlike CAD, which computerized a single activity while leaving macro processes largely intact, BIM will change everything. There’s no point attempting to implement BIM software throughout the industry with the expectation that things won’t change. They will.

Governments must take the lead. The benefits of working the BIM way only come with close collaboration. If one member of a project team is using BIM while the others continue doing things the old way, there will be limited benefit. To make the investment worthwhile, someone has to break the stalemate. That someone is often the government.

Companies must work together as one. Firms and disciplines working separately, interacting only through the exchange of construction documents just won’t do any more. BIM both enables and requires tighter integration.

Both the software and the professionals must work together. But simply working together isn’t enough – habits and routines have to be aligned in order to make cooperation natural. The software will need to be developed to allow seamless integration, and so will the attitudes of professionals.

New contracts will emerge. Both digitalisation and close collaboration challenge the prevailing system of intellectual ownership. There are two possible development routes. One is increased specialisation where ownership resides with modelling specialists. The other is consolidation into giant firms, as companies work increasingly closely, solving ownership issues.

The software platform is at a crossroads. The fight for supremacy in the software world rages on. Depending on the outcome of current power struggles, the digital environment in the new construction industry will conform to one of three types: open standard, closed and proprietary standard, or no/several standards.

BIM will become the DNA of future construction. When the system is sufficiently streamlined we can start to focus on using it. Once the basic information infrastructure is in place and we’ve learned to work with it, numerous technologies, in use or in the pipeline, can be brought in.