Digital Transformation 2018

Editor's Notes

• #4: Across all verticals within the industry, there’s an emergence of new technology and ways of doing things to aid productivity, safety and quality The E&C industry is set to grow to a $17.5 trillion business by 2030 The change is driven by the need to improve productivity, safety and margins while reducing complexity and risk
• #5: Aconex focus is 5D BIM, establishing transparency in design, cost, and progress visualization; advanced analytics enabled by the Internet of Things to improve on-site monitoring of materials, labour, and equipment productivity; and digital collaboration and mobility tools (such as apps mobile devices) to better track progress and collaborate in real time
• #6: Listen to Peter giving the pitch Note: This data is average stats from 103 “Airport” projects valued between $25M-500M executed on Aconex.
• #7: Is it simply as easy as turning it on? It is people process technology. The UK government has its PAS/BS1192 guidelines, technology is available on the market to support these principles including CDEs and other toolsets but the people on projects using BIM need to be trained so organisations like BSI, BRE, MaM and others provide that upskilling. STANDARDISATION.
• #9: BIM adoption is clearly increasing and the focus on it, particularly in the UK is growing. The trend is really clear in terms of the growth over time.
• #10: We’re also seeing an increase based on research via TechValidate with Aconex customers and users. Techvalidate provide efficient methods of surveying a client’s user community. However the use of BIM does not come without its own challenges if not managed correctly.
• #11: The changes impact all industries and at the core of it is data. We spoke with certain customers to understand more. Let’s have a look to some examples: Customer Lendlease -> 15 Bil $, 11.000 employees We need to establish a manufacturing model, data is key It’s our right to survive If we don’t change fast, we are out of the game Prospect Deutsche Bahn, German Railway, 40 Bil €, 12.1 Mil customers/day, 300.000 employees Face competition in all segments We are too slow and inefficient, projects take 25 years plus, we need to be faster BIM is an essential piece in the change. From 85 Bil investments we want to save 10% Customer Bechtel, largest construction and civil engineering company, 32 Bil $, 53.000 employees We have to be more productive, Special programme 2020 to save 20% BIM is in the CoreBecome a data driven company! Core client needs to be in the center, becoming more agile, becoming more flexible
• #12: We did a BIM study where we have interviewed several BIM experts from customers and BIM gurus worldwide We wanted to understand how they see the market maturity the vendors and Finally Aconex Most important insight to share, BIM does not have an end in itself. We have tried out to understand why it’s relevant for our customers
• #13: BIM is central to our story to becoming the most reliable, powerful and secure CDE and integral to our vision of providing clients with the ability to build a digital twin. In other words, a cloud-based, digital version of the physical asset with a complete audit trail. Built on open standards, it also feeds into our strategic view of the ecosystem
• #14: The basic rules of good project information management do not change in a BIM world. There is still a need for a secure repository from which documents, models and information are shared, accessed and managed by authorised users.
• #15: “solving customer problems for 16 years” Doc control & correspondence Change management – rfis, change orders, Project controls– instead of Show layers instead of blocks Mobile / Field
• #17: In the year of Customer Love, we’ll be increasing our focus on the customer and what they need to do their job Each role has different requirements and benefits We support each role in achieving specific goals Great example: The BIM Manager BIM Manager is a result of change What’s required in a fragmented industry?
• #18: Summary points / Script: Connected BIM helps to facilitate smarter and faster processes and decisions. For example, it simplifies the clash detection / model coordination processes especially when design team are working in different tools. The Mechanical Engineer, who uses Revit for authoring, has just made some updates to the MEP model, and submits it to Connected BIM. The BIM Coordinator/Manager, needs to analyse the project’s various disciplinary models (MEP, Structural, Architectural, etc.) for clashes, and uses Navisworks to do this. She retrieves these models from Connected BIM, runs clash detector and generates clash report. She can then submit that report to Connected BIM and assign different clashes to different disciplines as appropriate. The Mechanical Engineer can then go in and retrieve those clashes assigned to him and work through the list in Revit, making updates to MEP model. He would then resubmit the model to Connected BIM when finished. This process will be repeated numerous times throughout project. It is very important that it can be performed as smoothly and efficiently as possible to avoid constructability issues and keep the project on schedule.
• #20: We focus on use cases rather than just features. We try to solve specific problems and improve processes which is the real value for users and clients. Helping clients to deliver BIM in accordance to specifications and government mandates, will help drive efficiencies across processes and provide robust data that feeds into plans, schedules, AIM etc.
• #21: Summary points / Script: Connected BIM helps to facilitate smarter and faster processes and decisions. For example, it simplifies the on-site RFI processes and can record all resulting correspondence in the context of the model. The Contractor finds an issue on-site. He checks the model, but still needs to consult the Mechanical Engineer. So, he creates and sends an RFI from within the model, linking it to the object the issue relates to. The Mechanical Engineer receives the RFI, which includes a link to the same viewpoint the Contractor was looking at. He clicks that link and is taken into the model. From here, he can review the model and all other relevant linked information before responding with an instruction. This response is also linked to the object it relates to, and has all been managed from within Connected BIM. The Contractor receives the instruction and can resolve the issue on-site.
• #22: Summary points / Script: Connected BIM helps to facilitate smarter and faster processes and decisions. For example, it can manage asset operations and maintenance, keeping a full audit trail within the model of all relevant maintenance correspondence and documentation. A building’s hot water system unit needs some parts replaces. The appropriate Subcontractor performs the work, and sends the relevant new documentation to the Facility Manager. The Facility Manager then links this new documentation to the hot water system object in the BIM model, keeping a full audit trail and up-to-date record for this asset.
• #23: Summary points / Script: To summarise, the three key points I want you to take away today are: Connected BIM provides access to context for those beyond the design team that need it, moving away from ‘Lonely BIM’ to project-wide BIM. Connected BIM provides a TRUE Common Data Environment for the project, where you can manage and connect all project information in the context of the model, producing one fully connected BIM dataset at handover which can be relied on for operations and maintenance. Connected BIM helps facilitate and streamline processes that span across project teams and organisations, over the entire project lifecycle.