Research with Industry Partners Experiences and Lessons Learned

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1 Research with Industry Partners Experiences and Lessons Learned Sheryl Staub-French, PhD, PEng Associate Professor Goldcorp Professor for Women in Engineering Department of Civil Engineering University of British Columbia BIM in Research and Education October 21, 2016 bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

2 BIM TOPiCS LAB: who we are bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

3 Some of our partners Academic Industry bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

4 Key Considerations for Industry Projects Funding Access Expectations Critical Path Novel Outcomes Win-Win bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

5 Our Research (and Teaching) Focus at the bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

6 Three Example Research Projects 1. BIM Implementation within a Project Organization 2. BIM Implementation within a SME Organization 3. BIM Implementation within an Owner Organization bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

7 BIM IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN A PROJECT ORGANIZATION bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

8 BIM Implementation within a Project Research on the Pharmacy Project Research Themes Coordination / Interactions with physical and digital artifacts. Change Management with BIM. Research Activities Ethnographic field study Interviews with key personnel Forensic data/information analysis bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

9 BIM Implementation within a Project Research on the Pharmacy Project bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

10 BIM Implementation within a Project Research on the Pharmacy Project bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

11 BIM Implementation within a Project My Research Lab bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

12 BIM Implementation within a Project My Research Lab bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

13 BIM Implementation within a Project Coordination with BIM Challenges: Multiple disciplines, multiple models Constantly changing design Difficult to know which conflicts are real and important Difficult to interact with models on-the-fly. bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

14 BIM Implementation within a Project Coordination with BIM Approach: Observed and video taped all design coordination meetings. Video analysis of select meetings. Focus on navigation of and transitions between the different artifacts. bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

15 BIM Implementation within a Project Coordination with BIM CLASH3 -MECH DUCT vs ELECT Cable GROUND FLOOR WEST MECH ROOM Image courtesy of Ledcor bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

16 BIM Implementation within a Project Coordination with BIM Analysis: Artifact Use (top) Artifact Transitions (bottom) Navigation Types Results: Better understanding of interactions, artifact use, and user needs Requirements for new tools to better support BIM coordination bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

17 BIM Implementation within a Project Change Management with BIM Challenge Change is an integral part of design, and design changes often occur through construction. Managing change on fast-track projects is particularly challenging Approach Observed more than 40 BIM meetings (~100 hours video recorded). Identified and documented over 100 design changes. Evaluated relevant BIM tools (Revit, Solibri and Vico). bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

18 BIM Implementation within a Project Change Management with BIM Example Tracked changes in fire-rated walls and openings Identified some incorrect and irrelevant changes. bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

19 BIM Implementation within a Project Change Management with BIM Results Characterized the different types of design changes in relation to a BIM. Characterized the inter-model dependencies based on model evolution. Evaluated a suite of existing tools. Established the requirements for a new set of tools for change management. Source: Langroodi, B.P., Staub-French, S., and Nepal, M. (2015). An Approach to Track Design Changes within a Multi-Disciplinary BIM Environment. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, CSCE, 42(2): bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

20 BIM Implementation within a Project Change Management with BIM Results Characterized the different types of design changes in relation to a BIM. Characterized the inter-model dependencies based on model evolution. Evaluated a suite of existing tools. Established the requirements for a new set of tools for change management. Source: Langroodi, B.P., Staub-French, S., and Nepal, M. (2015). An Approach to Track Design Changes within a Multi-Disciplinary BIM Environment. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, CSCE, 42(2): bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

21 BIM IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN AN SME ORGANIZATION bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

22 BIM Implementation within a SME Div. 15 Mechanical Ltd. Study of BIM implementation within an SME organization spanning 2+ years. Started as part of a 3-project study focused on SME s. Initially funded by NRC-IRAP and CEFRIO, in collaboration with ETS-GRIDD. Objectives To document BIM implementation process To evaluate the impact of this transformational process To determine avenues of development for productivity gains bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

23 BIM Implementation within a SME Evolution of competencies across projects Poirier, E., Staub-French, S., and Forgues, D. (2014). Embedded Contexts of Innovation: BIM Adoption and Implementation for a Specialty Contracting SME. Construction Innovation, 15(1), Incremental innovations relating to BIM capacity development bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

24 BIM Implementation within a SME Impact of BIM on Productivity Poirier, E., Staub-French, S., and Forgues, D. (2015). Measuring the impact of BIM on labor productivity in a small specialty contracting enterprise through action-research. Automation in Construction, Volume 58, bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

25 BIM Implementation within a SME Technology Transfer Poirier et. al., 2015 bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

26 BIM IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN AN OWNER ORGANIZATION bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

27 BIM implementation within an Owner Organization Alberta Infrastructure Funded by Alberta Infrastructure, following on a 3+ Year research project studying the impact of BIM on the RAM Project Objective is to investigate the potential use of BIM for Facilities Management and Operations. Quality of BIMs and project deliverables at handover. Feasibility of using BIM s to populate O&M databases Usefulness of BIMs to support Operations in the field RAM Project Team bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

28 BIM implementation within an Owner Organization bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

29 BIM Implementation within an Owner Organization Analysis of Model Quality bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

30 BIM Implementation within an Owner Organization Analysis of Model Quality bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

31 BIM Implementation within an Owner Organization Requirements Analysis and Information Extraction bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French

32 Lessons learned Extremely positive outcomes Great experience for all students Masters & PhD Excellent way to collect data, which can be re-analyzed in numerous ways Enables research that is grounded in reality Industry gains understanding of emerging tools and approaches and independent evaluation of practices WIN-WIN!! Challenges (but not barriers) Translating research results into industry reports Managing expectations Dealing with different funding cycles bimtopics.civil.ubc.ca Staub-French