Abstract
A building information model (BIM) contains data that can be accessed and exported for other uses during the lifetime of the building especially for facilities management (FM) and operations. Working under the guidance of well-designed BIM guidelines to insure completeness and compatibility with FM software, architects and contractors can deliver an information rich data model that is valuable to the client. Large owners such as universities often provide these detailed guidelines and deliverable requirements to their building teams. Investigation of the University of Southern California (USC) Facilities Management Service’s (FMS) website showed a detailed plan including standards, file names, parameter lists, and other requirements of BIM data, which were specifically designated for facilities management use, as deliverables on new construction projects. Three critical details were also unearthed in the reading of these documents: Revit was the default BIM software; COBie was adapted to help meet facilities management goals; and EcoDomus provided a display of the collected data viewed through Navisworks. Published accounts about the Cinema Arts Complex developed with and under these guidelines reported positive results. Further examination with new projects underway reveal the rapidly changing relational database landscape evident in the new USC “Project Record Revit Requirement Execution Plan (PRxP)”.
Highlights
Building information modeling (BIM) is a set of digital tools and processes that is primarily used to streamline the design, engineering, and construction of new buildings
In a special issue of JBIM on BIM plus facilities management, Jordani proposed that BIM should be used as the on-line portal for owners; he used the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts as an early example of what was accomplished by the Urban Design Group and “highly skilled people” for moving BIM data into a FM portal [4]
The three major advances described in the case study were the development of the USC Facilities Management Service (FMS) BIM Guidelines, the realization that data is more significant than the 3D model for FM, and the creation and use of a facilities management portal made information easier to find [29]
Summary
Building information modeling (BIM) is a set of digital tools and processes that is primarily used to streamline the design, engineering, and construction of new buildings. In order to test this assumption, a single case study research method was adopted that included the following: a literature review of common uses of BIM for FM, a study of the openly available USC FMS BIM guidelines, a summary overview of the USC Cinematic Arts Complex project implementation, and non-structured discussions with three experts: the USC Associate Vice-President of Facilities Management Services, the CAD Services Manager, and a more recently hired virtual design and construction (VDC) architect for USC Capital Construction Development (CCD). The inquiry is how BIM guidelines to supply FM deliverables continue to evolve as a result of practical pressures at USC from 2010 to 2015
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