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Australasian Joint Research Centre of
Building Information Modelling
Curtin/HUST
Professor Xiangyu Wang
Co-Director
BIM Summit
Sydney Harbour Marriot Hotel
26-27th August 2013

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Professor Xiangyu Wang, Ph.D.
 Curtin-Woodside Chair for Oil, Gas & LNG Construction and Project Management
 Co-Director, Australasian Joint Research Centre for Building Information Modelling (BIM)
 Editor-in-Chief, Visualization in Engineering: an International Journal, Springer-Verlag
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Aim of the BIM Centre
 The Australasian Joint BIM Centre focuses on developing
world class research that will improve the performance and
productivity throughout a project’s life-cycle. The Joint
Centre acts as an allied international platform for creating
and sharing knowledge among worldwide community which
will enhance policy development and enable key industry
stakeholders to ameliorate their informed decision-making
throughout a project’s life cycle.

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Joint research Project ‘Echo’ proved initial concept and will be taken
forward for further research, along with other new initiatives.
Woodside will consider the EOI from industrial co-sponsors and partners
for Project ‘Echo’ including major operators, contractors, academics, and
technology providers.
Joint
BIM
Centre Tools:
Building Information Modelling (BIM), Augmented
Reality (AR), RFID and mobile technologies, etc.
Purpose:
Examine how productivity may be improved during the
execution of an LNG megaproject.
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All inquiries and EOI to:
Mr. Martijn Truijens
Lean Construction Technology Advisor at
Woodside &
Adjunct Prof of the Joint BIM Centre at
Curtin Univ.
Woodside Energy Ltd.
Woodside Plaza
240 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA 6000
Australia
T: +61 8 9348 7036
F: +61 8 9214 2717
E: martijn.truijens@woodside.com.au
The Godfather of Project ‘Echo’

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The Australasian Joint Research Centre on BIM at Curtin
University is the first and strongest university-based BIM centre in
Australia. It consists of a physical BIM research suite/lab, an
advisory board and large research team.
The BIM Centre also has privileged access to the iVEC and WA’s
supercomputing nerve Centre.
Curtin BIM Centre Laboratory iVEC Centre Image source: www.ivec.org WA Supercomputing Nerve Centre, Perth.
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The Advisory Board of the BIM Centre is made up of the following academic staff:
Organisation
Distinguished Professor Moses Tade
Dean of Engineering
Curtin University
Distinguished Kok Lay Teo
Applied Mathematics
Curtin University
Professor Geoff West
Spatial Science
Curtin University
Professor Sambit Datta
Digital Architecture
Curtin University
Steve Mickler
Department of Digital Media
Curtin University
A/Professor Ping Yung
Construction Management
Curtin University
A/Professor Monty Sutrisna
Construction Management
Curtin University
A/Professor Lynn Meuleners
Health Science
Curtin University
A/Professor Tele Tan
Department of Computing
Curtin University

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Worldwide Network

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Petroleum precinct planned
20/Aug/2013 by Sam Gibbs, Canning Times
 “the government would invest $30 million in the centre.
The funds would be matched by investment from project
partners, taking total investment to $60 million over three
years.
 Led by Woodside Energy Ltd. with Curtin as the Core
Partner
 One subset is construction productivity (inc. technologies
such as BIM)

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Outline
 BIM practical projects in oil and gas, infrastructure, and
building industries
 BIM Integration with advanced technologies
 Productivity and performance measurements of the
adoption of BIM
 Beyond BIM: Future trends and developments

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Location: core area in Chengdu financial city
Include: unit1(58-storey)-residential building
unit2(48-storey)-office building
Total Gross Floor Area:167895.00 sq.m
Height:202.175m

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architectural
drawings
checking
Structural
drawings
checking
Combine architectural models and
structural models to check the
drawings again

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MEP layout optimization
MEP Model

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MEP layout optimization
MEP Modeling
MEP design review
MEP constructability review
Measure
Final MEP layout
TheprocessofMEPlayout
Responsible
Party
Re-check
yes
no
Designer
MEP
subcontractor
Project
related
parties
MEP comprehensive optimization
MEP
manager
Purpose
Eliminate Physical Collision
Consider Installation and
inspection
Adjust
Design
Consider Supports and
Hangers

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MEP layout optimization

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MEP prefabrication
Category Cost saving
Cost of labor 59%
Cost of MEP material 10%
Cost of MEP change orders 15%
Cost of MEP equipment and
valves installation
10%
Total cost saving 10%
Cost comparation between traditional and BIM based

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Roaming

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Wayfinding

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Step1：install column KZ1a
Step2：install beam and
column KZ2a，KZ3a
Step3：install beams

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4D optimization

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4D optimization

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5D
BIM
construction
model
construction
schedule
Location
based
quantity
Location breakdown
structure (LBS)
Worker
number
work
efficiency
construction
zone
Structure
category
Activity
duration
sequence
Value
Location based
quantity
(construction)
norm quota of
consumption
5D

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Quality control

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Quality control
As-planned As-built

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Shanghai power grid project

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Shanghai power grid project

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Luban iBan
 Quality defect recorded by taking
picture
 Flexible and real-time field data
collection
 Quality defects directly connected to
BIM model
 Convenient information sharing: letting
managers trace quality defects and
safety risk factors real-time in office
 Effective collaboration: every party can
check and address defects according to
their permission
 Support of various handheld devices:
letting customer record problems
anytime, anywhere
 Based on cloud computing

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Using BIM for Smarter and Safer Scaffolding
Construction
• What is the problem we are addressing?
Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Authorities in Australia have found
that 40% of all scaffolding projects do not comply with national safety
and design standards.

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• Expected outcomes and how will they contribute to a
solution
(i) a comprehensive understanding of practices related to the
design and construction of temporary scaffolding structures;
(ii) digital modelling tools and processes that aid scaffolding
design and construction to improve the safety, productivity and
profitability of construction projects;
(iii) education and training requirements to facilitate the uptake of
these digital modelling technologies and thus reduce workplace
accidents while maximising social and business benefits for
construction workers and organisations.
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Using BIM for Smarter and Safer Scaffolding
Construction

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Using BIM for Smarter and Safer Scaffolding
Construction

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• What is the problem we are addressing?
There is an identified industry need for BIM (Building Information
Modelling) guidelines and case studies to developed in the
infrastructure sector – especially in transport infrastructure and
in a complimentary mode to resource and mining
developments in this area.
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Image Source: NBS NBIMS
Developing BIM Guidelines for Infrastructure

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• Research done by us to address the previous slide
A comprehensive review on the existing BIM guidelines and
initiatives have been collected and studied which include over
40 BIM guidelines across around 10 countries.
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Developing BIM Guidelines for Infrastructure

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• Expected outcomes and how will they contribute to a
solution
With strong input from Western Australia, Queensland, New South
Wales and Victoria, this project will leverage off earlier
successes in commercial building and provide a practical set of
BIM guidelines and case studies to support ongoing industry
productivity improvements.
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Developing BIM Guidelines for Infrastructure

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Developing BIM Guidelines for Infrastructure

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Future Trends
 Big Data
 Augmented Reality - Construction Layout
 Context-Aware
 Integration
 As-built

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BIG DATA and BIM

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BIM and Big Data
Image Source: NBS NBIMS

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Augmented Reality for On-site Pipe
Assembly and Training

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34.3
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Drawings AR
Mean time of
completion (Min)
Average Time of Completing Pipeline Assembly
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Drawings AR
Mean
number of
errors
Average Number of Overall Errors in Pipeline Assembly

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Individual Time Indicator Relative to
Average Overall Time under Each
Treatment

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Example: What can Augmented Reality do
for ductwork installation?
Image source: Metaio Augmented Reality

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2.2
m
2.4
m
2.2
m
Date :
2012/3/28
Task: Windows
Install
Defect
Information
Task Guiding
Semantics
Tuan, Park and Wang
Field application based on rain penetration joint

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Contact
Professor Xiangyu Wang, xiangyu.wang@curtin.edu.au