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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success n. 1. The achievement of
something desired, planned, or attempted.
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English
Language, New College Edition
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Remember that old Virginia Slims
slogan “You’ve come a long way,
baby?”
USACE has come a long way in its BIM
implementation!
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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
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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)
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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
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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).
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Where are the Losses Coming From?
Planning Operations
Construction
Design
GOAL: Continuous
Information Collection
Info
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Time
WASTE
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“Now Where Did I Put that Warranty?”
BIM is More Efficient for Design
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When Do You Want to Find a Conflict?
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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
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Hurdle to Success
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“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)
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“However, I believe the answer is relatively
simple: Education and Scope.”
Source: “Would You Like Some Chilli Sauce With Your BIM?”,
Christopher Pynn and John Hainsworth, AECbytes Viewpoint
#60 (June 28, 2011)
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My Translation: Learn to crawl before you run!
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USACE Success 1: Education
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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
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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
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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…
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The Solution – BIM Manager
Workshops
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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What About Training at the
Districts?
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The BIM PIT
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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
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USACE Success 2: Scope
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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
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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)
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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
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Division BIM Implementation Plan
• Snapshot of Division
BIM capabilities
• Captures info on BIM
Manager, projects
achieved, skillsets
• Information captured
every other FY
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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
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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
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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
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USACE Success 3: USACE Rocks
when it comes to BIM
In other words, here are the pretty
pictures!
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ERDC-ITL
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Howard Hanson Fish Passage Facility
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Pump Station
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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
Consolidated Vehicle Maintenance Shop
Repair Bay duct way
Repair Bay
2ND
FL Duct Way
Mechanical Room
Rest room 1st
FL
Output: Renderings
Consolidated Vehicle Maintenance Shop
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Future Successes: Where is
USACE Heading Next With BIM?
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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.
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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
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5D Cost
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Futuristic Viewing Techniques
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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)
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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
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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
© 2006 NIBS NBIMS, All Rights Reserved
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Hurdles to Future Success
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“…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.”
Source: “Would You Like Some Chilli Sauce With Your BIM?”,
Christopher Pynn and John Hainsworth, AECbytes Viewpoint
#60 (June 28, 2011)
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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
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Next Area of Focus
OWNER
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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?
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Translation: Don’t let the BIM model just sit on
a shelf once it reaches the hands of the
owner!
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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
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“…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
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USACE is ready to be a good parent, guiding
BIM into adulthood!
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Contact Info
Stephen Spangler
► 601-634-3104
CAD/BIM Technology Center
► https://cadbim.usace.army.mil/
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Questions?