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Stephen Spangler

LEED AP BD+C, O+M, DTM

U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development

Center – Information Technology Laboratory

February 6, 2014

USACE BIM Challenges

and Successes

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Language, New College Edition


Remember that old Virginia Slims

slogan “You’ve come a long way,

baby?”

USACE has come a long way in its BIM

implementation!


Challenges Faced

• Lack of BIM Managers when

we started

• No policy (the “Thou shalt”

document)

• Establishment of ELAs

• Back to the “apples vs.

oranges” argument

• Varied USACE missions –

MILCON, Civil Works

• Budget cutbacks/travel

restrictions


USACE Has Come a Long Way,

Baby!

• October 2005 – First “official” BIM workshop held

(Louisville District)

• March 2006 – COS BIM memo released

• October 2006 – USACE BIM Roadmap released

• Oct/Nov 2006 – First BIM Managers Workshop

(Bentley)

• 2007 – USACE BIM Roadmap wins FIATECH award

• November 2008 – Advanced BIM Managers

Workshop (Bentley)


USACE Has Come a Long Way,

Baby! • June 2009 – First BIM Managers Workshop

(Autodesk)

• 2010 – Division BIM Implementation Plans developed

• April 2011 – COS Districts shift to vendor neutral for

standard facility type deliverables

• April 2011 – First Civil Works BIM Managers

Workshop (Bentley)

• May 2012 – Revit BIM Templates released

• Sept 2012 – Update to BIM Roadmap released

(addresses Civil Works)

• July 2013 – ECB for BIM released


Why Did USACE Become

Interested in BIM?

Study Identifies $15.8B Annual Loss

Interoperability problems in the capital facilities industry stem from the

highly fragmented nature of the industry, the industry’s continued paper

based business practices, a lack of standardization, and inconsistent

technology adoption among stakeholders.

Based on interviews and survey

responses, $15.8 billion in annual

interoperability costs were quantified for the

capital facilities industry in 2002.

Of these costs, two-thirds are borne by

owners and operators, which incur most of

these costs during ongoing facility operation

and maintenance (O&M).


Where are the Losses Coming From?

Planning Operations

Construction

Design

GOAL: Continuous

Information Collection

Info

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Time

WASTE


“Now Where Did I Put that Warranty?”

BIM is More Efficient for Design


When Do You Want to Find a Conflict?


Owner

Maintenance

Return on Investment For BIM

Facility Life-Cycle Value Flow

Design/Eng

Construction

Operations

Facility Manager

ROI – 1.3:1

ROI – 2:1

ROI – 5:1

ROI – 6:1

ROI – 15:1

ROI – 35:1


Hurdle to Success


“Just as the haphazard way in which

Building Information Modeling (BIM) was

touted as a knight in shining armor, a

haphazard understanding of BIM is

causing the industry to lose both in terms

of efficiency and cost.”

Source: “Would You Like Some Chilli Sauce With Your BIM?”,

Christopher Pynn and John Hainsworth, AECbytes Viewpoint

#60 (June 28, 2011)


“However, I believe the answer is relatively

simple: Education and Scope.”



#60 (June 28, 2011)


My Translation: Learn to crawl before you run!


USACE Success 1: Education


How the USACE BIM effort took off

According to the Realignment/Establishment

of COS memo dated 3/6/06:

► All COS have to develop and maintain BIM

models for each standard facility type

The Center and CERL were tasked with

developing a BIM Road Map to provide

guidance to those sites in implementing BIM


What does the Road Map Present?

Communicates USACE’s intentions to industry

Phased approach (crawl before run)

Details goals, objectives and metrics in adopting BIM

Provides advice and lessons-learned in BIM adoption

Anticipates technology, but plans to adjust to technology and industry risk

Living Document – The plan will update as technology matures


What in the World is a BIM Manager?

• In Oct 2006, the USACE

BIM Road Map came out

• In that document, a brand

new position was

described – BIM Manager

• The thing is, nobody knew

what being a BIM Manager

entailed! It’s one thing to

read it, another to do it…


The Solution – BIM Manager

Workshops


What is Covered?

• Overview of BIM

• Duties of a BIM Manager

• Installation of BIM products

• Installation/configuration of BIM

Workspace/Template

• Troubleshooting techniques

• Exposure to BIM-related activities


HQ Mandate

In an Enterprise GIS Memo from HQ in early

2009, “each District shall have a trained BIM

Manager by Sept 2009.” The Milestones

were:

► 25% of Districts in 1st Qtr 09

► 50% of Districts in 2nd Qtr 09

► 75% of Districts in 3rd Qtr 09

► 100% of Districts in 4th Qtr 09


Timeline of Workshops

• BIM Managers Workshop I (Oct 2006)

• BIM Managers Workshop II (June 2007)

• BIM Managers Workshop III (Nov 2008)

• BIM Managers Workshop IV (March 2009)

• Advanced BIM Managers Workshop (March

2009)

• Revit BIM Managers Workshop (June 2009)


Sites That Received BIM Manager

Training

MVK

SAS(2)

SWF(3)

NWO(2) NAU(2)

POA(4)

POH(2)

POF(2)

POJ(2)

NWS

NWP

NAN(2)

NAB

NAO(2)

SAM(2)

CERL TAC(3)

LRH(3)

LRL(4)

HNC(3)

ERDC(5) SWL(2)

MVS(2) NWK

SWT(3) SPL

SPK SPN

SPA

SAW

NWW

MVN

LRN

NAE

LRB

MVR

NAP LRC(2) LRP


What About Training at the

Districts?


The BIM PIT


Sites That Have Received

Onsite BIM Training*

SAS

SWF

NWO

NAU

POA

POH

NWS

NAN

NAB

NAO

SAM

TAC

LRL

HNC

SWL

* = From either Autodesk or Bentley

NAP

SPA SWT

MVN

MVR

NWK

NWP


USACE Success 2: Scope


BIM Roadmap Update

• Covers Civil Works

• Revised timeline

• Reflects current strategy

and implementation status

• Bentley and Autodesk to

provide vendor-specific

supplements that cover

MILCON and CW


Contract Language

USACE Model RFP Wizard – Online tool for

developing Requests for Proposals

• Mandated for the Centers of Standardization

• Applies to Design/Build Contracts

• Covers:

• COS Projects - Previously only Bentley BIM, now open

• Non-COS Projects - Up to the Customer or District

Recommendation

(Bentley, Autodesk, ArchiCAD)


Project Execution Plan (PxP) (Based on Penn State’s Project Execution Planning Procedures

and Guide)

PxP – The Means and Methods of how A/E

(Contractor) will use BIM • BIM Requirements

• Create Intelligent data

• Use of BIM for Construction Documents

• Model Granularity

• Quality Control

• Design Construction Reviews with BIM models


Division BIM Implementation Plan

• Snapshot of Division

BIM capabilities

• Captures info on BIM

Manager, projects

achieved, skillsets

• Information captured

every other FY


Division BIM Implementation Plan

Moving to an online means

of collecting BIM/District

data will make it easier to

obtain an up-to-date

reporting of status


Enterprise License Agreements

• Give USACE the best tools and training and they

will accomplish great things

• When USACE moved to BIM, already had an

ELA with Bentley

• In Oct 2010 signed an Enterprise License

Agreement with Autodesk


BIM Workspace: Bentley Creating an environment for consistent BIM model data:

► Bentley Workspace

• Since the Bentley model is not encapsulated and is dependent upon

an external structure to support all the graphics and data that

resides in the final model, a complete environment needs to be

created and managed on separate levels:

Corporate Level: information that is common to all projects and is

passed down to the districts.

District or COS Level : Specific additional requirements for a district (ie:

title sheets,…) or a project type (ie: dining hall kitchen equipment,

medical rooms…)

Project Level : The incidence level in which the building is created with

all the components necessary to provide construction documents.

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BIM Templates: Revit

Creating an environment for consistent BIM model data:

► Revit Templates

• Most of the Revit model is encapsulated and allows a template to be

created that includes basic information and structure for the final

completed design. Schedules, legends, settings, model organization

and common components will be part of the templates:

Corporate Level: information that is common to all projects and is

passed down to the districts.

District or COS Level : Specific additional requirements for a district (ie:

title sheets,…) or a project type (ie: dining hall kitchen equipment,

medical rooms…)

Project Level : The incidence level in which the building is created with

all the components necessary to provide construction documents.

• A separate template is being constructed for each discipline.

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Most Important: Need a Directive!

In other words, a

“Thou shalt”

document

http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/ARMYCOE/COEECB/ecb_2013_18.pdf


USACE Success 3: USACE Rocks

when it comes to BIM

In other words, here are the pretty

pictures!


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Howard Hanson Fish Passage Facility


Pump Station


Lock 22 – Culvert Transition Monolith

* 10 of 119 interference are reasonable

before

After

Duct VS Pipe Col VS Pipe Girder VS Duct

Col VS Duct

Col

Duct

Output: Interference Checks

Consolidated Vehicle Maintenance Shop

Door Schedule Basic Data

Windows Schedule Basic Data

Mechanical Schedule Basic Data

Output: Schedules


Repair Bay duct way

Repair Bay

2ND

FL Duct Way

Mechanical Room

Rest room 1st

FL

Output: Renderings



Future Successes: Where is

USACE Heading Next With BIM?


Building Information Management –

the New BIM Acronym

Building Information Modeling (BIM) will always

be perceived as a pretty picture – not a life-

cycle medium that carries building information.

However…

Owners and operators understand data. For

them, Building Information Management (BIM)

speaks to their life-cycle needs.


2012/2013 USACE BIM Focus

• Focus on the needs of the

installation/operator

► Building Information Management (BIM) not

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

• Energy, sustainability, Executive Order 13423,

EISA 2007, LEED

4D Time/Scheduling


5D Cost


Futuristic Viewing Techniques


BIM in Design & Sustainability

Use of BIM in early design creation can rapidly create alternative designs for making energy, sustainment, LEED, etc. decisions prior to costly design development and rework.

Planners and Designers (design charrettes)


Project - BIM in Energy Analysis

Original Design Renovation Design

3 - 2 Lamp 2x4 Fixtures

Avg. Luminance: 13.2 fc

Power Density: 0.48 w/sq ft

6– 1 Lamp Recessed Can Fixtures

Avg. Luminance: 14.94 fc

Power Density: 0.28 w/sq ft

Joint project to use BIM to meet EPAct 05 policy requirements


LEED Review System (LRS)

Current Focus – Information!

Designer

Data

Owner / Occupier

Data Environmental

Data

Specifier

Data

Financial

Data

Legal

Data

Sustainers

Data

Geospatial

Data

BIM

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http://www.usgbc.org/



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Hurdles to Future Success


“…we see it (BIM) bandied about, over and

over, with very little thought to what

objective it is that is actually being set out to

achieve.”



#60 (June 28, 2011)


Owner

Maintenance

Return on Investment For BIM

Facility Life-Cycle Value Flow

Design/Eng

Construction

Operations

Facility Manager

ROI – 1.3:1

ROI – 2:1

ROI – 5:1

ROI – 6:1

ROI – 15:1

ROI – 35:1


Next Area of Focus

OWNER


Questions That Need to be Asked

• Why do you want a BIM model?

• What do you want to use the BIM model for?

• What data do you need captured in the BIM

model?

• What O&M software do you use?

• If we gave you the BIM model for your facility

today, would you know what to do with it?


Translation: Don’t let the BIM model just sit on

a shelf once it reaches the hands of the

owner!


facilities management

multi-disciplinary 3D design

construction documents

cross discipline coordination, collision detection

construction sequence visualization

fabrication

Keep the “Circle of Life” Going!!

engineering analysis

construction


“…regarding BIM implementation… nobody

really knows what BIM means yet. BIM is

still in its infancy”

Source: “Have the BIM Truth Talk with Your Boss, Part 2”,

Robert Green, cadalyst (June 8, 2011)

The Thing to Remember


USACE is ready to be a good parent, guiding

BIM into adulthood!


Contact Info

Stephen Spangler

► [email protected]

► 601-634-3104

CAD/BIM Technology Center

► https://cadbim.usace.army.mil/


Questions?