Abstract
A study performed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA in 2004 found that owners account for approximately $10.6 billion of the $15.8 billion total inadequate interoperability costs of U.S. capital facility projects in 2002. Because of these inefficiency costs, it becomes vital that information produced during the design and construction phases of a project be transferred into operations with maximum leverage to the end users. However, very few owners have defined these informational needs or developed an integration strategy into existing maintenance management systems. To increase operational efficiency, an organization must first develop an understanding of their operating systems, as well as identify how Building Information Modeling (BIM) will add value to their daily tasks. The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) has a unique opportunity to diversely implement BIM processes because not only does the University act as an owner, but also as designer and construction manager on the majority of projects. The struggle that PSU faces is one that is unique only to owners with a large, existing, multifaceted building inventory. This paper outlines the current initiative by the Office of Physical Plant (OPP), the asset manager at PSU, to develop an information exchange framework between BIM and FM applications to be used internally. As a result of this research, PSU has been able to define owner operational requirements for future projects and develop a flexible integration framework to support additional BIM tasks and information exchanges.
Highlights
According to The Smart Market Report produced by McGraw-Hill in 2008, owner organizations are beginning to see that the value of Building Information Modeling (BIM) implementation goes beyond the design and construction of a facility, having the potential to integrate within their operational work flows
This document indicates that 41% of the owners reported that BIM has a positive impact on their projects (McGraw-Hill 2008)
Case Study Results The OPP has been working extensively with vendors to develop the integration between their chosen BIM software platform and their existing Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) program
Summary
According to The Smart Market Report produced by McGraw-Hill in 2008, owner organizations are beginning to see that the value of BIM implementation goes beyond the design and construction of a facility, having the potential to integrate within their operational work flows. The Office of Physical Plant (OPP) supports and maintains the University Park campus, as well as is involved with the design and construction on new projects, major and minor renovations, rehabilitations, and major maintenance work. While the OPP saw some benefit of using BIM on recent design and construction projects on PSU campuses, the idea of implementing an overall BIM strategy seemed incomprehensible when considering the amount of effort and resources needed to just complete the backlog of projects, without modeling or associating the appropriate data to the existing facilities and assets. Due to the advanced systems and processes in place and the overall technological capabilities of the OPP, a strategy is currently being developed to streamline the processes between the facility project lifecycle and the operations of that facility
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