Overview National BIM Standard National Institute of Building Sciences National Building Information Model Standard Industry Foundation Classes Information Delivery Manuals and International Framework for Dictionaries Based on and supporting Overview National BIM Standard Insert your name and the name of the group you are presenting to on this slide. Identify your relationship and you are part of a national team putting together this standard which is being coordinated with the international community. Use the slides in this deck as the basis to tell the story you need to to the intended audience. Be picky and use as few slides as possible… Here are a couple recommendations - If you only have a couple of minutes use only slide #1, 2, 9 & 28 If you have up to 10 minutes then add in slides #3, 10, 12 & 27 If you have a 10-15 minute presentation add in slides #5, 6, 13, 15 & 16 If you have a 20-30 minute presentation add in slides #4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 & 26 If you have more time use them all which adds in slides #20, 21, 22 & 23 What makes this a national standard is the national ontologies that already exist that we must coordinate with such as Master format, Uniformat and other similar items unique to North America. This presentation is copyrighted by NIBS to ensure that one coordinated story is being told. NIBS National BIM Standard Project Committee November 2006 This presentation is a collaborative product of the NIBS NBIMS Project Committee.

Having standardized information for a facility: Why NBIMS? Having standardized information for a facility: Defines facility information exchanges and resulting BIM data Organizes facility life-cycle information Provides basis for longevity to the information As in the BIM presentation, if you only have time for one slide this should probably be it. A BIM is great, but without it being standardized you could get locked into the limits of one vendors products We are encouraging the use of IFC based information exchanges which link us to the international community open standards. We need to have commonly organized information throughout the life-cycle so other software products outside our area of responsibility can find and read the data We will need to keep the data alive and usable for 50-100 years – this is no small order and it can only be accomplished with a standardized approach

What is a National BIM Standard? Agenda The NBIMS Initiative Organization Participation Method of working What is a National BIM Standard? Goal scenario - What does an NBIMS look like and how will NBIMS function How will NBIMS be developed? What is happening now? This presentation discusses not only the NBIMS initiative and why it is important, but also discusses the standard itself

Emerging buildingSMART-NA Initiative Draft Role A Strategy for Improving Facilities The buildingSMART Alliance will: Act as a focal point for improving facilities efficiency Establish consortia arrangements for conducting research, Conduct forums and workshops, Manage research and research-related projects, Disseminate information, Review work performed by others. Develop and recommend standards, guidelines and certification programs; Stimulate innovation in the industry Promote increased understanding and communications The buildingSMART effort is the overarching effort of making BIM happen However NBIMS is important but it is only a piece of the bigger issue of the acceptance of BIM by the industry. This acceptance will need money for research, education, communication, developing the standard, and certification.

NBIMS Organization Chart NIBS Board of Directors Facility Information Council NBIMS Project Executive Committee Fundraising Task Team Scoping Task Team Development Task Team Testing Task Team Business Process Integration Task Team Model View Task Team Communications Task Team Note the underlying ‘Community of Interest’. Next slide shows the extent of that community. Consensus Committee is essential to accomplish one of NBIMS core goals – Harmonizing existing efforts. Consensus Committee NBIMS Community of Interest

Groups Supporting NBIMS  OmniClasstm We already have these organizations and more either working with us extensively or indicating strong interest as to how they can become more involved. There is a great mix here of folks from almost every walk of the public and private sector. Many are signers of the NBIMS charter. If you have not signed the charter please consider doing so. There are big and small A/E’s, contractors, software vendors, agencies and many associations representing countless companies involved in the industry all coming together at NIBS, for a common goal. AEC Infosystems

NBIMS Levels of involvement Community of interest Membership on the listserv and participation in BIM related discussions Consensus Committee A cross-sectional subset of the Community of Interest that will actually participate in the voting on the standard. Task Teams Open membership for those who want to be involved in the drafting of the standard which will go to the Consensus Committee NBIMS Executive Committee Management and oversight of the entire project committee effort with cross sectional representation Facility Information Council The NIBS Council under which the NBIMS and NCS efforts operate. They determine what other projects may be necessary in the future This slide continues discussion of areas of involvement and nature of contribution/commitment.

Committees and Charters BIM Standards Requires an Integrated, Multi-Disciplinary Focus Executive Committee – Deke Smith, Chairman NBIMS Provides oversight, direction, and guidance on all aspects of the NBIMS initiative Scoping Committee – Dianne Davis, Committee Chair BIM/IDM Implementation “Roadmap” and North American Standards Mapping Model View Team – Richard See, Committee Chair Supports rapid deployment of IDM and IE schemas into IAI/IFC model Development Team – Bill East, Committee Chair Supports creation of IFC based Information Delivery Manuals Testing Team – Patrick Suermann, P.E., Committee Chair Support the testing of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and “best practices” Business Integration & Legal – David Jordani, Committee Chair Focus on “Building Lifecycle” legal and business documentation Communications – Allan Edgar, Committee Chair Supports the distribution of information about the NBIMS activity This slide simply provides a bit more information about each of the task teams listed earlier Chairs One line description The web site has a more detailed charter for each task team.

Building Information Model Definition National BIM Standard Definition of BIM – buildingSMART 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. The National BIM Standard is part of the global buildingSMART Information Delivery Manual Initiative. This is the agreed to “standard” definition for a BIM. Key points are that it is digital so a machine can read and analyze it. It includes the entire life-cycle from inception onward It supports collaboration It is shared information and supports interoperability It is an open standard and free It is part of the overall buildingSMART initiative

Define expansive scope of BIM NBIMS Goals Define expansive scope of BIM Everyone starting from different points of view Breaking down stovepipes Developing awareness and appreciation of life-cycle approach Define first and subsequent versions of the Standard Can’t boil the ocean Need to know when and what information will be available Need to identify authoritative sources and ensure accuracy Transition to the Goals of the NBIMS Committee We have two goals Define what BIM is on a higher level – get out of the stove pipe! Get people to understand that nearly every piece of information they gather is usefull by someone else later in the life-cycle of a facility Everyone has a different point of view Define the first version of NBIMS and identify the things that still need to be done

Products of NBIMS Version 1.0 Appreciation for the potential scope of BIM Break out of the stovepipes Help reduce some of the industry fragmentation Provides a compendium of tools available to the BIM user Help ensure that one adopts practices that are accepted throughout the industry An absolute critical aspect of communicating information Identifies areas for necessary improvement Will identify where resources are required in order to take full advantage of BIM Provide a format for developing information exchanges Work will be required to identify the various use cases With a standard format and approach training can be developed and specific projects created to capture the required information Will provide a vision and strategic plan for the National Standard Describe the philosophical ‘products’ of v1.0 This is what we want people to come away with from the first version of the NBIMS

Content of NBIMS - Version 1.0 Version 1.0 will be a starting point and will potentially identify as many problems as it will solutions Outline Table of Contents for the v1.0 Document/Publication. Appendix indicates some leading projects that are early ‘low hanging fruit’. We are making slight changes to this and the final version 1 draft will be out at the end of December. Transforming an industry will not be a quick fix but require dedication to long term goals

Developing the BIM Value-Chain IDM Information Value-Chain Planning Workflow Processes for an Integrated Team IDM – Part of the NBIMS IDM’s provide inform software companies of the processes to support Architecture Engineering BIM Applications Analysis Requestor Provider BIM applications Incorporating NA Data Standards Including OMNI-Class, Uniformat, International Building Code Estimating The heart of NBIMS is the information exchange between a requestor and provider of information The Information Delivery Manual (IDM) describes the information exchange and also identifies what Industry Foundation Class (IFC’s) are involved in that exchange This documentation will allow machine readable information exchanges to occur IFC’s are the building block objects and their attributes that need to be communicated between software products. This is true throughout the facility lifecycle Construction IFC Facilities Management IFC’s are the machine interpretable exchange mechanism supporting IFC interoperable applications

Planned Products For Each Exchange Standard The NBIM Standard is a collection of standards published as human-readable documents containing guidance for users and for application developers: A non-technical description of the standard & its intended use. A diagram illustrating the process the standard addresses. A technical description for application developers to use. Contract language for incorporating the exchange requirement into building process agreements. Results of test-bed activities including participants, results and any issues. Instructions & other change management materials. Statements as to the maturity of the Standard and any plans for additional development. As an introduction this lists the many ‘parts’ of an NBIM Standard and suggests uses for each.

Current Business Info Exchange Process You can’t automate what you don’t understand Each day information is exchanged by teams, but in different ways and with different content for the same purpose. Based upon a paper-centric process, email, phone, RFI’s This isn’t a process which can take advantage of BIM and automation. The problem we have today is that although the outcome is basically the same the processes we use to get there are often entirely different. In IDM’s we are seeking to identify the best practices This is when waste is reduced, time is shortened and costs go down.

Use of IDM to Support BIM Process Requirement & Goal Standardize on information needed for specific tasks within the building lifecycle Development based upon open data standards used by all Provides requirements to software companies In NA uses data standards CSI, OMNICLASS, Uniformat International Bldg Code CIS/2 and other authorities In an optimized information centric environment everyone can work off the same data when they need to and they are kept appraised of the progress of others This capability was demonstrated recently at the buildingSMART Industry Day at the National Academy of Sciences on November 1, 2006. The following companies demonstrated their products all working off the same Norwegian project – HITOS. The following groups were all working on the same IFC model on stage at the same time. - BIM is here Graphisoft - information markers, 3D pdf Bentley - import model - export to Google earth 3D pdf, EliteCAD - Netherlands, new system - simple. The Sketch Up of BIM, just now supporting IFC CRC - Australia Code Checking - did a ground plane related area calculation that is required in Australia Solibri - Accessibility checking, door sizes for routing, toilet wheelchair circles. Navis Works Jetstream - powerful viewer, bring together files of any format. DDS Viewer - free - not only geometry, but information, even edit model by adding information and save updated model. IFD (dictionary) - go to library, chose language, find the item to add something. CSI is working on  US  language version. Design into procurement. Item chosen goes into IFC model. Octaga - high quality visualization model viewer. Change out materials on the fly, what ifs... Not quite Max for IFC but that direction. cRofus - build room data sheet, export raw geometry into CAD, or work in CAD - import BIM IFC into cRofus. Model check between plan / model program - actual Grunland - MEP - Imported BIM, simulation and analysis for MEP, both envelope and inside loads, test things like add window shades / rerun. Also energy performance - can export this back to BIM. Tekla - BIM Structure - analysis to IFC DDS - IFC MEP Software (no details) Electrical safety - circuit diagrams, panels, etc. Interesting because there is no 3D stuff, just diagrams. Fix it and send it back into IFC model. CRC - Australia - Environmental impact model, (also earlier code check demo) change a finish, check, etc. Gemini Terrain - zoning, mapping, GIS / IFC link buildable volume display - Google earth - byggsok permit application to check zoning and EDM model server to share and accessibility check Specification and costing - views broken down by Uniformat or whatever. RAMBygg - Denmark - IFC based FM system focus on grouping building systems in light of maintenance. Digital Alchemy - IFC view in Visio. Not yet released, but important that this is Microsoft / IFC connection - could be useful in many ways. Oracle - collaborative BIM platform, built a web viewer with markups EPM ModelServer - check in - checkout through IDM or ownership / discipline, etc. central hub for various applications Onuma planning system - web based, bubble diagrams, links to excel or whatever, round and round.

Information Exchange Requirement This is the form that those items take – the Information Delivery Manual (IDM) The who, why, when, what and to whom provides structure to the IDM process and this standardized structure also provides the ability to search a database for information exchanges that have been developed or need to be developed Shows information about an exchange requirement which is needed to define and valuable to be mined when comparing similar processes or looking for an appropriate process to use in a project. Shows ‘Authoritative Reference’ (e.g.: content standard) for each element. The information exchange requirements are part of the Information Delivery Manual (IDM)

Information Exchange Requirement Process Who? Table 14 - Spaces by Form (Room, courtyard, city block) When? Table 31 – Phases (Conception, design, occupancy) Why? Table 32 – Services (Designing, constructing, inspecting) To Whom? Table 33, 34 – Disciplines, Organizational roles (General Construction, cost estimator)  OmniClasstm Interoperability IFC/IFD Mapping – for machine to machine exchanges Content (What) Table 14 - Spaces by Form Table 21 – Elements (walls, HVAC distr., furniture Table 23 – Products (conc., paint, partitions. Table 41 – Materials (rock, plastic, glass) Table 49 - Properties (color, width, fire resistance) Shows the ‘three legs’ of an information exchange requirement. Satisfies BIM definition. NBIMS stops at mapping information requirements to IFC’s. Implementing exchange requirement in applications is the work of software vendors. It is based on OmniClass tables that have been designed – some you are familiar with such as MasterFormat (Table 22) and Uniformat (Table 21), many of the ones listed here are new, but serve an important coordination purpose. Note – this does not just involve 3D modeling vendors but also estimating, model checking, energy analysis, etc. +300 more

Products using IFC’s This effort is not limited to the big CAD vendors There are over 300 software vendors internationally now supporting IFC’s – many of the international companies have US versions The IDM’s will provide the use cases for you to access these vendors Slide information from: International Alliance for Interoperability

NBIMS IDM Development Process This buildup shows: Functional organization of the Committee Opportunities for participation The NBIMS Knowledge base for managing work in progress and mining by external users. Oversight and quality control Commitment to associated research; e.g.: performance metrics, best practices, change management issues, etc. It also identifies where you or your organization can get involved in the process

What does an NBIM Standard look like? Information Exchange Requirements Illustration by Chuck Eastman – Georgia Tech Buildup shows standardized lifecycle phases overlaid by typical business processes. Illustrates the need for information exchange between two or three typical roles (and implies associated actors). Illustrates the ‘loop-back’ requirement for information as well as progressive through lifecycle. Red circle focuses on an information exchange site which is described further in next slide.

IFC/IFD - One object exists in multiple contexts One concept carries the same unique identification in every language 78AF4E98C8D4406B873DBB85E1FE7DB In a CAD system Properties In a briefing document Properties BARBi - Norway Properties LexiCon - Nederland Properties NBS - England Properties In a calculation system Properties In product catalogues Properties SDC - France Properties NBIMS – North America Properties In a Facility management system Properties In classification systems Properties Briefly introduce the idea that IFC/IFD elements are molecules used in various combinations to make up compounds. IFD (Directory) provides an international harmonization of molecular elements from different countries. Many companies are multinational and the dictionary allows translations to occur. For demolition and reconstruction Properties In building specifications Properties Courtesy of Lars Bjørkhaug, Norwegian Building Research Institute

Integrating Sector Specific Views of BIM Capital Projects The overall flow of information through a project adheres to a roadmap that was established by FIATECH Another major player in the BIM world is the Open Standards for Real Estate (OSCRE) organization. They are also looking at how information is used at each stage of the facility process There are a lot of players in their world and this provides a slightly different depiction of the information. Real Estate

Hierarchical Information Relationships IAI-IFC Usage Space Natural Asset Linear Structure Structure Building Facility / Built Theatre / World Sub-Systems System Level Site Real Property Asset Country State / Province County Installation / Region Node Segment Room Water / Sea Land / Parcel Underground Air / Space Geospatial Information (GIS) Overlay Building information (Building Information Models) Components City This diagram identifies how information is rolled up from the facility level up to the world view. It is a joint effort from many in the industry including the Federal Real Property Council and OSCRE. It shows how information inside a facility links into the geospatial world.

Reports or Extracted Data from BIM (examples from all classifications) Hierarchical Building Information Relationships Attributes Systems represent the physical entities of the building. Systems use NA classifications such as Omni-Class and Uniformat and are transported/exchanged via IFCs BUILDING Or Structure Metrics IFC objects, relationships, space SYSTEMS –Ex. Structural, MEP, Flooring, Ceiling, Exterior, Walls Attributes Space is physical in nature, but can be unbounded (have no or cross physical boundaries) but it will always be tied to the physical structure or systems in some way Attributes Metrics Sub-Systems (part of systems) Components Metrics Overlays are more abstract data - organizational, operational, functional, financial, non-fixed assets, resources, personnel, etc. that is data tied to the Systems and Space SPACE-Vertical Horizontal, Empty Example SUI,CI Metrics Level (Stories) Room Attributes Standards Void Vertical Metrics Reports or Extracted Data from BIM (examples from all classifications) Attributes From the previous slide we go down into the next level which is at the heart of the BIM. Systems are items such as structural systems, mechanical systems, closure systems and the like. Space is the room as s well as the void and adds up to the total footprint. Overlays are polygons that lay over the space and systems that could be heating zones, fire protection zones, organizations, financial cost centers, etc. It is also important to note that floor plans are only reports off the model. OVERLAYS – Typically associated with building hierarchy elements. Area Gross Example Furniture Equipment Phone Net Example Rentable Space Circulation Area Assets Financial Classifications Volume Usable Surface Example Space Assignment Business Group Example Secure Areas Systems Sq. Ftg. Personnel Quantities Zones Linear Ft. Materials & Types Example Marketing Administration Business Groups Metrics Example FCA,MDI

Capability Maturity Model The Capability Maturity Model will provide a user the ability to understand just how complete their model really is. There is a tool that provides a level rating based on responses to questions The three tabs along the bottom reveal the information that is stored in them. Use the first tab for the fully interactive mode Use the second tab for a spectrum or continuum for future planning Use the final tab for figuring out different category descriptions

Web Presence for NIBS – FIC - NBIMS http://www.facilityinformationcouncil.org/bim/ This is our web site – please visit it for more information Joint the listserv to be kept abreast with what is happening in the NBIMS world Participate on one of the task teams if any of those are of particular interest.

Thank You Conclusion Questions Please Contact Information NIBS: Earle Kennett - ekennett@nibs.org Chairman: Deke Smith - deke@dksic.net Task Team Chairpersons Fundraising: Ric Jackson - jackson@fiatech.org Business Process Integration: Dave Jordani - djordani@jordani.com Scoping: Dianne Davis - d.davis@aecinfosystems.com Development: Bill East - Bill.W.East@erdc.usace.army.mil Models: Richard See - RichSee@digitalalchemypro.com Testing: Patrick Suermann - suermann@ufl.edu Communications: Alan Edgar – aredgar@facilitygenetics.com NBMIS: www.facilityinformationcouncil.org/bim/index.php Questions Please Here are the points of contact that you might need to get further specific information Any questions? Thank you! Thank You