1. Lloyd Pickering, BIM Team Leader John Adams, Product Manager
4Projects 4BIM
Lloyd Pickering, BIM Team Leader
John Adams, Product Manager
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product description
About 4BIM
Collaborative BIM Server
BIM in the Cloud
Built on 4Projects’ Construction Collaboration product
Enables BIM data to be:
Viewed
Reviewed
Federated
Validated
Captured
Cross-referenced
Exchanged
… using a collaborative web based system
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product features
Model Server
Supporting Open BIM workflows (IFC)
Versioning & Audit Trails
Permissions & Access Control
Browser-based 3D viewer
No plug-ins required
Optimized for real-world models
Supports ‘Co-Viewing’ over internet
Collaborative Annotation and Review
Collaborative Communication
Saved Viewpoints
Synchronized to COBie data
Collaborative COBie Data Capture
COBie Data Generation
COBie Validation & Checking
Collaborative COBie editing
Database Driven
Cell level Audit Trail
Generation of COBie output
Integrated with 3D Viewer
Integrated with Document Management
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user base
users user count: facility count: public sector: private sector: customers name:
4Projects 4BIM
325,
~30,
30% 35%
70% 65%
Messer Construction
UK Ministry of Justice (UK Gov BIM Trials)
Yates Construction
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tested product
product name: product version: PC or Cloud: website:
4BIM
‘Guyzance’ (Oct 2013)
Cloud (SaaS)
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6. Builders’ COBie challenge scope
information
COBie.Sheet*
Imported
Exported
spaces and equipment
Space, Type, Component 
space and equipment properties
Attribute
equipment PM/safety procedures
Job
equipment safety procedures
equipment replacement parts
Spare
pm materials, tools, training
Resource
spatial zones
Zone
equipment systems
System
system operations procedures
suppliers, manufacturers, etc…
Contact
handover documents
Document
* and supporting COBie sheets as required per standard.
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7. configuration - Create a COBie Project
A series of screen shots showing required configuration settings needed to import COBie data
Reference to configuration documentation and/or associated help desk support line
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8. process - #1 Upload an IFC Model
A series of screen shots showing the generic steps needed to import and view COBie data
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9. process - #2 Open the Model
A series of screen shots showing the generic steps needed to import and view COBie data
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10. process - #3 Collaborative Editing
Errors and Warnings displayed
Editing and validation
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process - #4 Export
Includes validation
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12. process – points of note
Contacts sheet populated from 4Projects team
Edits to COBie data can be preserved across model versions
Coordinates are maintained from IFC
3D view and COBie view are integrated & synchronised
Items can be linked to model elements. E.g. Documents
Based on open source IFC/COBie software:
XBIM available at
Includes validation
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13. COBie savings – single project
building type: Prison Wing Extension
floors: 3
total SF: 80,000
equipment count: 2000+
“The Cookham Wood Ministry of Justice BIM information handling would not have been achieved without the use of 4Projects"
Project Manager at Ministry of Justice
$1300K saving on $30M project – attributed to use of BIM and COBie [1]
“back of napkin” savings:
in data capture from upstream
in capture in construction workflow
in production of handover data set
other, etc…
Total $ construction office savings
[1] Source :
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14. COBie savings – facility portfolio
building types: Prisons & Courts
number of buildings: 2000+
total SF: 100million+
equipment count: n/a
Total $ construction office savings:
$millions ??
Too early to say…?
UK Government aims to reduce cost of construction by 20% before 2016
Largely through Collaborative BIM & use of open data such as COBie
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contacts
COBie support name: phone: web: marketing POC
Helpdesk
+1 (202)
Jason Warde
+1 (703)
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