This document discusses moving from being efficient to being effective in building information modeling (BIM) projects. It provides examples of highly detailed BIM projects using IFC data formats for modeling, quotations, rule checking, logistics, fire safety analysis, and simulations. Lessons learned include not letting the means become the goal, that data alone does not equal collaboration, and data is only useful when used effectively. The future of construction is predicted to have more available data, automation through robotics and niche applications, and a greater need for knowledge of both engineering and data. Organizations must learn to work effectively with increasingly complex technologies and changing processes rather than just focusing on efficiency.

1. STOP BEING EFFICIENT;
START BEING EFFECTIVE
Future BIM projects | Léon van Berlo

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3. Source: Philips

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5. Ca. 5 BC: Vitruvius: “Ten Books on Architecture”, various editions

6. Beetz, 2014

7. Beetz, 2014

8. Beetz, 2014

9. Beetz, 2014

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14. “A ‘PERFECT DATASET’ WILL
GENERATE A PERFECT BUILDING”

15. “Before uploading to the shared area, a model
should be reviewed and checked according to
compliance requirements in order to be fit for a
specific purpose”
Source: PAS/BS 1192

16. Source: PAS/BS 1192

17. Does this make your work more effective?
Always Most of the time Sometimes No
Source: BIMSupporters.com

18. CREATING A ‘PERFECT DATASET’
HAS MORE DOWNSIDES THEN
ADVANTAGES…
(OWNERSHIP, LEGAL, CHANGE REQUESTS,
COORDINATION, REMOVING OBJECTS, ETC...)

19. WE ARE ON A QUEST FOR A ‘SIMPLE SITUATION’

20. Source: mro-network

21. Source: mro-network

23. Sources:
Ruben Van de Walle et al;
CBS National Statistics;
Digital Built Britain

24. WE ARE ON A QUEST FOR A ‘SIMPLE SITUATION’

25. WE ARE ON A QUEST FOR A ‘SIMPLE SITUATION’
IN AN INDUSTRY WITH INCREASING COMPLEXITY

26. A FRAGMENTED INDUSTRY
SHOULD BE COMPARED WITH FRAGMENTED INDUSTRIES

27. Source: Elsevier

28. A FRAGMENTED INDUSTRY
SHOULD LEARN TO DEAL WITH FRAGMENTATION,
INSTEAD OF FIGHTING IT….

29. A FRAGMENTED INDUSTRY
SHOULD LEARN TO DEAL WITH FRAGMENTATION,
INSTEAD OF FIGHTING IT….
Let’s look at some other fragmented industries

30. Source: Wikipedia

31. Source: a16z

32. Source: a16z

33. Source: ProgrammableWeb

35. BEST PRACTICES
THAT DEAL WITH FRAGMENTATION,
INSTEAD OF FIGHTING IT….

41. Pontsteiger Prominent Amsterdam location
316 apartments
(including most expensive penthouses in Amsterdam)
100 million EURO construction costs
• Everything in BIM from the beginning
• Quotations via IFC
• Rule checking in IFC
• Just in time logistics based on IFC
• Suppliers deliver data in IFC Cranes and
support constructions in 4D BIM
• Fire safety analyses with IFC
• Simulations (wind, fire, energy) based on IFC
• And so much more…

42. PONTSTEIGER STATISTICS
Final version:
230 IFC files (actually almost 350)
15.1 Gb data
236 Million IFC objects; of which
19.3 Million relations
2.7 Million products
16.5 thousand aggregations
> 3300 revisions
> 6000 BCF topics communicated

43. Different software used

45. LESSONS LEARNED

46. DON’T LET THE MEANS BECOME THE GOAL

47. DATA != COLLABORATION

48. DATA = USEFUL

49. DATA = USEFUL
WHEN YOU USE IT IN A USEFUL WAY

50. GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE…

52. CE
CE

54. A fragmented industry with already lots of data available

55. THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT
There are more and more data available!
So:
Things will be automated
You can already buy a robot for 1500$ and program it to do what you want
Niche applications will make your life easier
Machine learning will be there faster then you think

56. PREPARE YOURSELF (AND YOUR ORGANISATION)
Actual experience and knowledge about engineering/construction
will be more and more important
Knowledge how to work with data will become a requirement,
and later a ‘normal’ competence
Remember there is a backside to everything
Nothing is simple

57. PREPARE YOURSELF (AND YOUR ORGANISATION)
“We are used to doing the same thing over and over and make that more efficient,
but the ‘standard’ processes and tools don’t cut it anymore
in an industry that is increasingly complex and changing.
We need to learn to work in an effective way to reach our goals faster”

58. PREPARE YOURSELF (AND YOUR ORGANISATION)
“We are used to doing the same thing over and over and make that more efficient,
but the ‘standard’ processes and tools don’t cut it anymore
in an industry that is increasingly complex and changing.
We need to learn to work in an effective way to reach our goals faster”
because the technology to automate tasks is already available

59. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
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