Module 2 – BIM Strategy

4 Star Hotel – Bucharest, Romania, 1st district, new build

development

1. Project Brief

We are aware of the client intention to build a GF+15 fl hotel, in downtown Bucharest
Romania. The quality of hotel will be 4 star. The hotel shall have retail area in groundfloor.The
client of the hotel is the final beneficiary – an international chain of hotels ready to expand in
Bucharest. Following items shall be considered:

 Land is purchased but zoning permit (PUZ) and building permit are still pending;
 The project is new building in city center, with restricted access;
 The site is brownfield as the building plot previously was built, however existing
buildings have been demolished;
 Budget is not confirmed yet at this stage;
 The design team has not been appointed and shall be after approval of zoning permit
(PUZ);
 Top interest is in getting the hotel opened as quickly as possible against cost;
 The client has its own operational team who will manage and maintain building next 10
years;

2. BIM Benefits and Challenges

2.1. Benefits of BIM Implementation

BIM has to be considered as a practice which may enhance the process from the strategy
phase continuing with Design then with Building Process and finalising with Commissioning and
Facility Management.
 Coordinated information with clash removal / mitigation;
 Better budgeting
 Geometric data (3D and plans) are consistent with non-geometric data;
 Possibility to work and visualize a centralized work model in a CDE ( Common data
environment);
 Better planning and scheduling of work ( ability to work “just in time”);

2.2. Challenges of BIM Implementation

 BIM designer needs training in BIM authoring software ;

 Standards and procedures needs to be put in place: these shall be detailed below;
 BIM management has to be provided on behalf of client with cooperation with the
design team;
 Client must have correct understanding of expectations regarding BIM and products:

3. Proposed standard and processes

BIM Level 2
The present study advises achieving BIM Level 2 as having a common interdisciplinary model
shared by all parties.
BIM Level 2 is different from Level 1 by using a centralised single-source for all documents
namely CDE – Common Data Environment enabling all parties to access CDE.

BIM Level 2 is also different from BIM Level 3 by the fact the information is not in a single format
compatible for all the applications accessing the CDE.

RIBA Work Plan

Not a BIM document itself, this set of procedures outlines the typical phases of a
building/infrastructure design process from Phase 0 - Strategy until Delivery of Building. The
documents below refer to this procedures.
To be noted RIBA Work Plan does not refer to phases beyond Delivery of Building - such as FM
Facility Management.

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 PAS 1192-2:2013 Specification for information management for the
capital/delivery phase of construction projects using building information
modelling.
Developped in UK, this standard outlines specification for BIM level 2 during the phases from
strategy to project delivery - PIM (Project Information Model) covering three sections:
Geometrical data, Non-geometrical data and documents.
The mirror document in EN ISO classification is EN ISO 19650-1: Organization and
digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information
modelling - Information management using building information modelling: Concepts and principles

PAS 1192-3:2013
Specification for Information Management for the Operational Phase of Assets
using Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Also developped in UK, this standard outlines a guidance for BIM use during the phase of
building operations - AIM (Asset Information Model). This standard is intended as a follow-up of
the previous but may as well apply to a building not comissioned by BIM standards.
The mirror document in EN ISO classification is EN ISO 19650-2: Organization and
digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information
modelling (BIM) -- Information management using building information modelling : Delivery phase of
the assets

PAS 1192-4 Fulfilling employer’s information exchange requirements using COBie

– Code of practice :
Collaborative production of information. Fulfilling employer’s information exchange requirements
using COBie. Code of practice
This standard refers to COBie procedure, developped in US, which consists in a code of practice
and set of written expectations for the lifecycle of a facility (asset) from the design phase to
operational and to end of life. COBie uses a tabular description of essential data pertaining to the
project in a concise manner.
Information comprises technical data for equipment, warranties, maintenance data.

PAS 1192-5 Specification for security-minded building information modelling,

digital built environments and smart asset management:
Specification for security-minded building information modelling, digital built environments and
smart asset management
By default, BIM is an open system hence it may give opportunity for a security breach.This
standard provides solutions to counter security threats and ways to provide a security culture in a
colaborative environment.

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 PAS 1192-6 Specification for collaborative sharing and use of structured
Health and Safety information using BIM

Specification for collaborative sharing and use of structured Health and Safety information using
BIM. This standard (so far in draft format) provides outlining for H&S Information regarding project +
asset throughout project and asset life cycles.

Uniclass (2015,2018)
It is a unified classification system originated in UK but applicable worldwide covering all the
sectors of construction, both building and infrastructure industry.
As per NBS indication, there are tables for civil and infrastructure projects , using a classification
based on Complexes, Entities, Activities, Systems, Products, with coding in two digits (XX - format)
ranged in a congruent manner.

This classification allows items to be organised and annotated in a consistent manner.

Uniclass is the UK implementation of BS ISO 12006-2.

Uniclass classification can be downloaded here:

https://toolkit.thenbs.com/articles/classification/#classificationtables

4. BIM Process Map

BIM Opportunity Review:

At the beginning of the project a decision of the project stakeholders needs to be taken in order to
decide if BIM must be considered or not:
 Added value - BIM approach is able to bring extra value in cost/quality/time

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  Competitive - BIM approach gives room to at least two different delivery methods format
IFC/COBie to ensure that bid is competitive.

EIR (Employer Information Requirement) , OIR (Organisational Information

Requirement), AIR ( Asset Information Requirement)
The EIR (Employer Information Requirement) is a document issued by the client at the
beggining of BIM process. EIR may be defined as a trigger for the whole BIM process, and the base for
documents such as BEP (Bim Execution Plan).
Purpose of the EIR: To create a set of protocols, standards and services who ensure that the customer
(Employer) shall be satisfied by the BIM Services (Information).
The need for the development of the project must begin from an existing need at the level of the
organisation (here the Hotel chain) which is the Employer. Hence, the OIR (Organisational Information
Requirements).
 At the very basic, OIR may be a cost-benefit analysis on behalf of the Employer to justify
financially the expansion politics which proves the need for a new asset.

The next step is to link the existing policy of the investor from the OIR going to a particular asset
. Hence the AIR (Asset Information Requirements) is more granular and is a collection of information
needed to design and operate the asset (in this case, the hotel).
 Following areas shall be covered by the AIR (copyright www.designingbuildings.co.uk)
 Legal Information (ownership, procedures, risk assessment)
 Commercial information ( description, details of supplier, schedule, performance indicators).
 Financial Information ( building cost, operational cost, maintenance cost)
 Technical information ( design, engineering data, technical sheets, services).
 Managerial information (type of asset, location, floor area, outstanding tasks, standards,
processes and procedures, emergency plans).

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 EIR Structure
Employer Information Requirement shall consider the points below with respect to the three following
areas:
 Technical :
- Choice of Software Platform.
- Data Exchange Format
- Co-ordinates protocol
- LOD
- Training
 Management
- Standards
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Data segregation
- Security
- Coordination and Clash Detection
- Design Management
- Quality and Compliance
- Delivery Strategy
 Commercial
- Data Drops and project deliverables
- Client Strategic Purpose

Pre-contract BEP: BIM Vision and Objectives

BEP - precontract is the response of the BIM services provider to the EIR and is a confirmation
that the requirements outlined in the EIR shall be met.
BEP typically also covers the following areas:
 Project implementation Plan (PIP) and Master Information Delivery Plan (MIDP)
 Project goals
 Major project milestones
 Project information model (PIM) deliverable strategy
 Project OBS (Operational Breakdown Structure).

Contract Awarding and Information Delivery

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 Following contract award a kick off meeting shall set the following:
 it is able to fulfill the requirements as per the EIR;
 identify further problems and critical points;
 develop a MIDP (Master Information Delivery Plan);

BIM Vision and Objectives

BIM is a process meant to adress a series of needs and BEP needs to confirm this. BEP must
provide an awareness of the objectives. As told in management, these objectives needs to be
SMART: Specific, measurable, actionable, realistic and time bound.

Client Strategic Application

This section states the primary use of the information (models, documents & data)

Managing of the Asset Information and Common Data Environment (CDE)

The term of Common Data Environment (CDE) has been introduced in BS 1192-2 and it is
paramount to BIM. The data provided in this environment may have four statuses:
 WIP (Work in Progress). This information ought not to be shared, it is not ready neither for
collaborators or for client.
 Shared . This information may be shared with collaborators and is pending for submittal
 Published. This is status for information submitted.
 Archived. Status of formerly published information.

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Roles and responsibilities
The framework for EIR - Core content and guidance from www.cdbb.cam.ac.uk/ highlights the
following roles connected to
 BIM services contractor:
1. Client Technical Adviser (TA)
2. Project Delivery Manager (PDM)
3. Supplier Information Manager (IM)
4. Lead designer (LD)
5. Task team manager (TTM)

 BIM services employer:

1. Built asset security manager (BASM)

2. Employer Information Manager (EIM)
3. Employer Project Manager (EPM)

Coordination and Clash Detection

One key feature in BIM services in providing clash detection/elimination/mitigation. In order to
achieve this, the BIM contractor needs to have in place a clash detection/removal procedures with
following steps complied:
 Clash detection process
 Tolerance strategy

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  Responsibility for coordination and clash avoidance

Quality and Compliance Assurance

As any information-related process, BEP needs to follow compliance to standards and
compliance procedures . The following to be consider:
 Quality standards compliance
 Level of assurance
 Associated software
 Period of aftercare ( warranty)

Delivery and Data Segregation

The data delivery and segregation rules the information delivery, the information packaging and
the information exchange between the contractor and the client.
This is done by the Information Delivery Plan and highlited in the BEP :
 Model Management - detail of procedures coordinated by Information Manager
 Definition of Volumes, Zones and Areas (outlining the scope of the delivery)
 Naming Conventions
 Purpose of issues : the issue has to state clearly whether it is WIP/Shared/Published
 Publishing Processes

Training
This chapter is treated as EIR Framework states: " The EIRs should communicate clearly that
the responsibility for training associated with other modelling and analysis tools rests with the
consultant/constructor."
Hence training of the collaborators must be considered.

Technical Aspects
Technical side of collaborations must be considered in the following aspects:
 Software platforms;
 System performance;
 Data exchange format;

Commercial
Several documents need to be put in place :
 BIM Execution Plan - provided by the contractor and put in place as part of the tender submittal;

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 BIM Specific Competence Requirements. The bidder/contractor must prove they have capability
to comply to standards outlined in the EIR in the following:
-BIM Experience - organisation and personnel;
-BIM capabilities;
-security understanding;
-out-sourced roles;

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