1. buildingSMART Open BIM in the USA The World Awakens to Open BIM
Dana Kennish “Deke” Smith FAIA
Executive Director
buildingSMART alliance

2. Bridge between Private and Public Construction
Public Law , Sect. 809
Bridge between Private and Public Construction
Non-governmental – Unique 501c3 Organization
Unique in that it represents all disciplines in industry
Board includes - Architects, Engineers, Contractors, Insurers, Unions, Manufacturers, Legal, Housing, Vendors, Owners, Consumers, State & Federal Government, Codes & Standards, and Testing
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An Authoritative Source of Innovative Solutions for the Built Environment

3. Organization and Programs
Industry Advocacy & Outreach
Consultative Council
Council on Finance, Insurance and Real Estate (CFIRE)
National Council of Governments on Building Codes and Standards (NCGBCS)
Facility Performance & Sustainability
Building Enclosure Technology and Environment Council (BETEC)
High Performance Building Council (HPBC)
National Mechanical Insulation Committee
Facility Maintenance and Operation Committee (FMOC)
Security & Disaster Preparedness
Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC)
Multihazard Mitigation Council (MMC)
Multihazard Risk Assessment/HAZUS
Information Resources & Technology
Whole Building Design Guide
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
buildingSMART alliance
National CAD Standard
National BIM Standard-U.S.
The Institute has several councils and has diverse interests as defined in its enabling legislation.
The Alliance is a chapter of buildingSMART International who are working on International Standards supporting interoperability.
buildingSMART International

4. Shifting Perceptions on the Cost of High Performance
We need HPB
Productivity is down
Earth’s Limitations
Improved Facility Delivery
Reduce product waste
Prefabrication
Improve supply chain
Process optimization
Systems analysis
Performance analysis
Commissioning
Improve product selection
Common information base
Coordinate decision making
Integrate scheduling
Optimize design
Design to sustain
High Performance Buildings
Operationally Cost effective
Sustainable / Green / Energy Efficient
Resilient / DR-COOP
Supports Productivity / Mission
Functional / Operational
Preserve historical value
Safe to work in
Secure from threats
Accessible
Aesthetically pleasing
Results
Achieve net zero energy
Reduce water consumption
Protect environment
Reduced carbon footprint
Meet LEED goals
Meet Energy Star Goals
Asset optimization
BIM
Initial
Investment Cost
Lifetime Cost Reductions
Zero or Net Positive Goals

5. CAD BIM Automating an Existing Process Affected Only Design
CAD was simple compared to BIM and it was hard to get people to initially shift to CAD!
BIM
Information For Facility & Infrastructure
New Business Processes

6. Alliance Sponsors Are The Heart of Our Efforts
Government A/E Associations Companies Software Vendors
These sponsors are already taking a lead role in the industry transformation we hope you will soon join them in this noble effort:
We are able to accomplish our mission through the generous support of our sponsors. These sponsors all contribute $10k or more with HOK contributing $50k every year. We are constantly seeking new sponsors to expand our efforts. We hope that your firm will be included in the sponsors list soon.
We also have contributions from companies at the $5k and $1k levels and that certainly appreciate that support and proudly list them on our web site.
A Private/Public Partnership 6

7. bSa MOA Holders – Project Focus
[Deke]
In looking more closely at our relationships in the US with associations, this also shows how some of them are related. There are some additional ones who are sponsors.
There are approximately 150 professional associations and so as you can see we have only scratched the surface.
One prime example is AISC, they are also a sponsor. They are moving their standards effort toward IFC. For a long time they have had a standard called CIS/2. But as they explain it, they have gone to the limit with that standard and since IFC is now coming of age it is time to make an adjustment. We are also seeing where the structural interface between Tekla and Revit is now IFC based.
Things are changing, and hopefully the end user will not be too severely impacted. They will need to change the way the do things however, and that is calling for a big change. I believe the companies that prepare for this will be the least impacted as they will be prepared and hopefully involved in the change.

8. American Institute of Architects
Policy Statement:
The AIA believes that all industry-supporting software must facilitate, not inhibit, project planning, design, construction, commissioning and lifecycle management. This software must support non-proprietary, open standards for auditable information exchange and allow for confident information exchanges across applications and across time. This is best accomplished through professional, public- and private sector adoption of open standards. The AIA encourages its members and other industry organizations to assume a leadership role in the ongoing development of open standards.
(approved December 2009)
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9. Supporting Open Standards
Original Document 2008
GSA – USA
DECA – Denmark
Senate – Finland
Statsbygg – Norway
Rijksgebouwendienst - Netherlands
First Amendment – 2011 added
GCCA – Iceland
INDAABIN – Mexico
SRE - Estonia

11. BSI 2020 Roadmap Vision Mission Values
Sustainability by building SMARTER
Mission
Contribute to the sustainable built environment through SMARTER information sharing and communication using open international standards in the building and construction sector, private and public.
Values
What currently are bSI’s unique and distinct values which might be said to distinguish it from other organisations in its area?
It is, or aspires to be:
Neutral and independent, and therefore not beholden to any group or company, whether software suppliers, building companies, architects or others, or indeed governments
Open and transparent, because the processes by which bSI operates need to be clear and understood by all to demonstrate its independence and neutrality
A not-for-profit organisation, meaning that any profits it might make from commercial or quasi-commercial activities are used for non-commercial purposes

12. International Community
Countries Aligned in Chapters
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
China
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
India
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kuwait
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Qatar
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
29 Countries
16 Chapters
Countries with Involvement / Interest
Nigeria
Brazil
Russia
Philippines
Turkey
Estonia
Iceland
“No one country, association, agency or company can develop BIM alone, it must be a team effort”

13. A Building Information Model (BIM) is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility.  As such it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life-cycle from inception onward.
A basic premise of BIM is collaboration by different stakeholders at different phases of the life cycle of a facility to insert, extract, update or modify information in the BIM process to support and reflect the roles of that stakeholder. The BIM is a shared digital representation founded on open standards for interoperability.
United States National BIM Standard V1, P1 Jan 2008 13

14. Process and Product Room Concept
BSI
IUG
Steering Committee
Steering Committee
Process Room TF
Product Room TF
Room = TC (ISO)
Group = CC (ISO)
Task Force
Industry Experts
Task Force
Industry Experts
TF = WG (ISO)
Coordinator
Coordinator

15. BIM Use Cases Product Selection Perform procurement
Manufacturers Information (Incl. LCA)
Code compliance checking
Design Reviews
Consistency control
Construction System Design
Digital Fabrication
Phase Planning (4D Modeling)
Commissioning
Record Modeling
Asset Management
Space Management and Tracking
Disaster Planning / Emergency Preparedness
Building (Preventative) Maintenance Scheduling
Security & Key Management
Telephone move/add/change management
Way finding
FM Documentation
Maintenance & Repair Information
Existing Conditions Modeling
Site Analysis
Architectural Programming
QTO
Cost analysis
LCC Analysis
Specification production
Design Authoring and Briefing
Sustainability (LEED) Evaluation
Engineering Analysis
Energy Analysis
Structural Analysis
Lighting Analysis
Mechanical Analysis
Other Engineering Analysis
Building System Analysis
3D Coordination
3D Control and Planning
Site Utilization Planning
Product Library

16. Process Room Arrangement
Way finding
Space Management
Site Analysis
Digital Fabrication
Record Modeling
Structural Analysis
Energy Analysis
Sustainability LEED Planning
Architectural Programming
Construction Systems Design
Phase Planning (4D)
Existing Conditions Modeling
3D Coordination
Asset Management
Mechanical Analysis
Lighting Analysis
Code Validation
Security / Key Management
Telephone Management
Commissioning
Building Maintenance Scheduling
Design Procure Assemble Operate
Engineering Analysis
Product Library
Product Selection
Manufacturers Information
Perform Procurement
Disaster Planning / EM Preparation
FM Documentation
Maintenance & Repair Information
Life Cycle Costing
Quantity Take Off
Site Utilization Planning
Design Authoring & Briefing
Design Reviews
Cost Analysis
Specification Production
Other Engineering Analysis
3D Control & Planning
Building System Analysis
[Deke]
This tetralogy based organization identifies that the use cases are currently design centric. We feel that over time additional use cases will be identified which balance out the uses more evenly.

17. Product Room Supports and Promotes:
Development of common information structures for the facility design and construction industry for the application of openBIM globally
The development, population and use of an open, shared content naming and structuring service based on the principles identified in ISO TC59 SC ‐2 Framework for Object‐oriented Information Exchange that relies on a system of Global Unique Identifiers (GUID) to explicitly name
Access to the entities, types and property sets of the IFC model for explicit reference, translation, management and extension of the IFC model by bSI chapters and other organizations and companies.
Access to a library of concepts and relationships for naming and structuring databases of content for BIM
Networking opportunities between organizations sharing a vision of a more efficient, productive and sustainable industry
Meeting of organizations across disciplines and borders
Assistance in forming and supporting projects that involve the organizing and structuring of digitized A/E/C/O industry information by both providers and consumers
Developing requirements for information access and use by tool providers, such as software vendors/developers and information providers

18. buildingSMART Data Dictionary
CMU or Concrete Block
The data dictionary is the users interface to the BIM to ensure common terminology language and access to the information in a model.
Data Dictionary
Language
Synonyms
Preferred use
GUID based
Sutter Medical Center – Castro Valley – DPR Construction

19. Interoperability
Will be international standards based
Is a team effort
Requires changing the culture of facilities planning, design, construction and operations
Will change the way everyone works
Will improve productivity by over 30%

20. Case Study:
Standards
National BIM Standard

21. Where Does Content Come From?
International
Standards
National
Standards
NBIMS-US
National
Standards
NBIMS-CANADA
National
Standards
NBIMS-China?
Association
Guidelines
IFMA
Guidelines
GSA
Guidelines
I2SL
Guidelines
Member
Companies
AIA
Guidelines
Member
Companies
Member
Companies 21

22. CHN
There is intended to be a core standard that will be able to be used worldwide – how much is in core is yet to be determined.

25. International Memorandums of Understanding
[Deke]
We currently have agreements in place with several countries.
We already have working agreements with several other countries and will continually be expanding these. Including Australia and China.
These agreements spell out how we will deal with intellectual capitol as well as what and how we shall share.

26. Guidelines and Applications
NBIMS-US Content Model C.
Guidelines and Applications
A. Reference Standards
A.1. ISO Standards
B. Information
Exchange Standards
A.2. Normative Standards
A. 3. Conformance Specifications
A. Reference
Standard
A. 4. Test Suite
B. Information Exchange Standards
B.1. Information Exchanges
B.2. Reference Processes
B.3. Reference Specifications
Not just your typical standard, but includes best practices
B.4. Reference Examples
C. Guidelines and Applications
C.1. Contract Specifications
C.2. Best Practice Guides
C.3. Open Standards based Applications

27. Included in Version 2 Minimum BIM
Guidelines and Applications
Minimum BIM
BIM Project Execution Guide / Content
MEP Coordination
Planning, Executing and Managing Information Handover
Information Exchange Standards
COBie
Design to Spatial Programming
Design to Energy Analysis
Design to Quantity Take-off
Reference Standards
Industry Foundation Class (IFC 2x3 / ISO PAS 16739)
OmniClass Tables (13, 21, 22, 23, 32, 36)
IFD Library Update 27

28. The Movie

29. Construction Operations Building Information Exchange COBie
COBie is an open information exchange format describing the spaces and equipment within a facility.
The primary COBie exchange occurs at construction handover; however, efficiencies will be gained by using COBie throughout the life-cycle whenever information about spaces and equipment need to be exchanged.
COBie is the U.S. implementation of the internationally recognized Facility Management Handover Model View Definition.
This is the better way - COBie

30. COBie Construction Operations Building Information Exchange
Conception & Definition Phases
Identify items from the specifications that will require warranty information
Procurement & Execution Phases
Collect information as items are ordered and delivered such as who is warranting, when the warranty starts, how long is the warranty period, what preventive maintenance is required to keep the warranty in force
Utilization & Closure Phases
Read the information collected directly into your CMMS software to ensure that the warranties are supported
COBIE obtains and organizes information according to the logical steps in the life-cycle of a facility. Once captured, information is subsequently used for additional purposes.
Information is captured at point of origin
and flows through the phases of a facility

31. Version 3 – We Need You! Chris Moor Jeffrey Ouellette Call for Content
AISC
Chair
Jeffrey Ouellette
Nemetschek
Vice Chair
Call for Content
United States
International
Anticipate close to a one year cycle initially
Then go to a 3-5 year cycle on updates
You are encouraged to join the project committee
14 countries participated in Version 2
Nearly 3,000 downloads thus far.

32. Other Actions www.buildingsmartalliance.org Enjoy JBIM on line
Track buildingSMART alliance efforts
Join and Sign up for NBIMS Project Committee to vote
Continue Your Education
Building Information Modeling: A Strategic Implementation Guide – Smith & Tardif
BIM Handbook – Eastman, Teicholz,
Sacks & Liston
Closing

33. Thank you For additional information please contact:
Deke Smith Birgitta Foster
Executive Director Assisting Director
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I appreciate the opportunity to present to you today.
I would be happy to take any questions now, or you can contact either Deke or Birgitta at any time in the future.
Thank you