Why BS 1192:2007? It’s the British Standard and code of practice for “Collaborative production of architectural, engineering and construction information”. It’s the code of practice on which several other standards build on, including PAS and PAS It defines the following for all graphical data, non-graphical data and documents. –The process and structure of a Common Data Environment (CDE). –The file and container naming convention. –The revision coding convention. –The status coding and suitability naming convention. It’s a BIM Level 2 requirement. BS 1192:2007+A2:2016 A practical implementation Daniel Taylor-North - Director 10 th May 2016

Why now? 4th April 2016 –The Government deadline which requires all government building and infrastructure projects in the UK to be PAS compliant. –This includes BS 1192:2007 compliance. BS 1192:2007+A2:2016 –Published January 2008, Amended October 2015 & April 2016 –So what has changed since the first publication? File and container naming (i.e. Zones and Assets = Volume or System). File type codes for drawings, models and documents. Revision codes (i.e. D1-D4 now retain minor version P0n.0n). Suitability categorization (i.e. Graphical Data, Non-Graphical Data and Documents). Status codes and suitability naming (i.e. S6, S7, CR and AB). Efficient WIP management is still a huge challenge. –Engaged with our customers, several architects and numerous experienced individuals across various industries to identify the challenges.

What are the main challenges? Education and training, “all our users need to be experts in BS 1192”.

What are the main challenges? Education and training, “all our users need to be experts in BS 1192”. Limiting mistakes and rework, as status and revision codes change.

Facts & Figures Scenario 1 – Manual process with BS 1192 workflow. Assume each gateway action takes 10 mins and an average charge out rate of £50/hr. A sample project was measured and 5,500 gateways found (a gateway = a single document creation and any further revision and status changes). Cost of wasted time approx. £46K. Scenario 2 – Manual process with BS 1192 workflow and enforced revision and status changes through the approval process. Assume each gateway action takes 10 mins and an average charge out rate of £50/hr. Strict enforcement of revision and status changes through the approval process. The number of gateways increased by 50% to 8,250. Cost of wasted time approx. £69K. NB: There is also a cost due to lack of production while following these manual processes and also a loss of additional fee paying charge out rate. This could lead to a doubling of the above cost to £92K and £138K respectively. Scenario 3 – Automated process with BS 1192 workflow. Gateway time reduces to 2 minutes. Cost is £14K, which is a saving of £55K per project over the manual process in scenario 2.

What are the main challenges? Education and training, “all our users need to be experts in BS 1192”. Limiting mistakes and rework, as status and revision codes change. Uploading to various clients’ extranet CDEs whilst maintaining your Shared and Published IP. Ensuring BS 1192:2007 compliance and auditable management information. Implementing the standard across multiple applications (Revit, AECOsim, AutoCAD, MicroStation and Office).

Project specific challenges. Generating and managing snapshots of multiple Revit projects for sharing and publishing, including managing the status and revision codes. Exporting IFC files for multiple Revit projects for uploading into a client’s extranet CDE. Sheet specific challenges. The sheet number parameter is unique, so we can’t have: PR0004-OPT DR-A-0001 & PR0004-OPT DR-A-0001 Sheets need to be created up front, all need unique drawing numbers and potentially across multiple Revit projects. The model is live, therefore so are the sheets. –Can’t just update the Status and Revision codes prior to sharing and publishing a sheet, as the model and/or composition may have changed. The exported DWG and/or PDF, require their Status and Revision codes updating prior to sharing and publishing.

What are the main challenges? Education and training, “all our users need to be experts in BS 1192”. Limiting mistakes and rework, as status and revision codes change. Uploading to various clients’ extranet CDEs whilst maintaining your Shared and Published IP. Ensuring BS 1192:2007 compliance and auditable management information. Implementing the standard across multiple applications (Revit, AECOsim, AutoCAD, MicroStation and Office).

What is the solution? Automate BS 1192:2007 –Fully automated file naming, suitability naming, status and revision codes. –Managed Common Data Environment (CDE) workflow processes. –Structured Work In Progress, Shared, Client Shared, Published and Archive management. –In session and automated application integration. Integrate and automate Revit without getting in its way.

So how do we do it? Revit Project Process Flow Video 1 (Click icon to view in YouTube):

So how do we do it? Revit Sheets Process Flow Video 2 (Click icon to view in YouTube):

What benefits does that bring? Automates BS 1192:2007. –Users don’t need to be experts in BS 1192:2007. –Eradicates mistakes and rework, saving time and money. –Upload to various clients’ extranet CDEs whilst maintaining their Shared and Published IP. –Ensures BS 1192:2007 compliance and auditable management information. –Ensures all their WIP, Shared and Published models, drawings and documents comply with BS 1192:2007.

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