This class provides guidance for creating Revit software models that you can use effectively for facilities management. We will focus primarily on the creation of simple models that you can use as the foundations for facility plans to be used for space management, asset management, and maintenance. This class will focus on the basics, such as generating proper area plans, creating areas, and placing assets. We will also explore concepts including level of accuracy; level of development; and communication of your modeling needs to service providers who are creating models for you during the design, engineering, and construction process. We'll wrap up this session by connecting our model to a Computer-Aided Facilities Management / Integrated Workplace Management System (CAFM/IWMS) Solution so we can explore our results in a more traditional facilities management environment.

Have you seen a facilities management spec? What is a facilities management spec? As a facilities manager, would you like to have a say in what your data deliverable is? As a contractor, would you like to focus your owner on what matters? What if the asset data was collected, organized, and usable before the facility opened? What if the preventative maintenance was scheduled and the maintenance records were accessible on a phone or tablet before day one? Our industry is producing some fantastic data, but owners are often left with none of it or an overwhelming, unusable amount of it. This class will focus on what a facilities team genuinely needs to maintain the building. We’ll give you the questions to ask in order to focus on the data facilities that technicians need, not the data we want to provide them with. We’ll also discuss the processes needed to achieve success.

Facility management (FM) or 6D has been discussed as a huge benefit to owners, but very few owners take advantage of this because it typically requires significant forethought and investment prior to construction. We wanted to see we could implement this after construction. We’ll dive into a case study of a small 8,400-square-foot, net-zero structure, and look at several approaches to BIM-based FM. The study will also discuss what elements were deemed worthwhile tracking as opposed to those that were nice to have. We’ll cover how much effort went into creating a usable solution and what business models exist to support this. We’ll look at a self-generated approach using BIM 360 Ops software, a consultant-based solution (EcoDomus), and a vendor-based solution (syyclops). Based on the scale and type of project, we’ll discuss the merits of each solution and potential fits within the construction sectors. And we’ll have some value metrics and projected value over the lifespan of the building.

As owners and facility managers, we are the ultimate customers, consumers, and caretakers of Building Information Modeling (BIM). We manage our buildings, grounds, and utilities for years and even decades after the designers and contractors have wiped their hands clean of the projects that built them. In spite of that, proportionally little emphasis is given to owners and facility managers when it comes to BIM. Most is focused on owners as customers of designers and contractors, rather than emphasizing owners as consumers and users of data. What BIM information does a facility really need? How is it integrated into a facility management program? How does an asset management program get stood up for a facility? How are renovations, partial facilities, and campuses integrated in such a program?

The inclusion of point cloud support inside Autodesk® Revit® software means that documenting existing facilities is now easier than ever…hypothetically. With the advent of facilities management software and operations and maintenance databases reaching out to Building Information Modeling (BIM) for visualization and representation, the workflow seems obvious. Follow us through a real example of taking a building with no drawings from laser scan data to intelligent model, then to a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) database, and finally to facilities management tools.

Everyone is being bombarded with information about Building Information Modeling (BIM) for facilities management, but how does it really bring value to your operation? This class will go beyond the hype and use over six years of real-world case studies and experience to explain the real return on investment. We will include examples of how to maximize the value proposition for owners and designers from design through construction and to post-construction applications. After this class, owners will better understand the issues and designers will be able to better sell the value of their BIM services.

Traditionally, facility data was managed using paper drawings and post-it notes. The process then evolved to include CAD software like AutoCAD software and static spreadsheets. In today’s world, collaboration over the web has become commonplace. In this class, we will demonstrate how easy is it to publish drawings from multiple disciplines into a single intelligent model making it available for collaboration. Once published, the drawing is then sent to the Forge server where it is converted to a viewable file format. This file is then combined with the live data from the database to create an intelligent resource. Next we will demonstrate how changes made in an AutoCAD drawing can be republished and viewed using the Forge Viewer in faciliCAD Web Manager. Live data enables real-time collaboration. Last, we will show how changes made in the database information show instantly without the need to republish the drawing.

The construction industry made the move to building information modeling (BIM) more than a decade ago using tools like Revit software to improve design and construction. From an FM perspective, the industry is now moving toward smarter buildings, and digital twins are becoming increasingly important. Ironically, depending on who you ask, industry experts will agree on applications for digital twins, but they often cannot agree on a definition. In this session, a diverse panel of experts will discuss different aspects of digital twins and definitions. We’ll present an overview of digital twins and the results of IT Community of IFMA’s “Annual Digital Twin Survey.” The presentation will then move to a discussion where panelists will share their insights into current and future applications of digital twins using tools like Autodesk Tandem software. This session will help clarify what a digital twin is; what should be expected as a deliverable from the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry; and the level of adoption within FM.

This panel of industry experts with backgrounds spanning facilities, real estate and technology will share their insights on using data to drive new efficiencies in facility operations. We’ll discuss how building owners are driving better outcomes with data and what the future holds with the rise of real-time digital twins and cloud-based maintenance platforms. This panel will put forward practical steps facility managers can apply today to become more data-driven and plan for a digital-first future. Audience members will walk away with new perspectives for managing their facility operations with connected data.

VINCI Facilities, a leading provider of facilities management (FM) solutions, explores new methods for incorporating BIM data in smart-building site applications. Discover how the BIM referential can successfully improve building lifecycle management after the handover phase. We’ll show you how we use BIM 3D referential to create a data network integrated with CMS, computer-aided facilities management, building managements systems, IoT, space management, and room reservation data. We use the Forge platform to manage FM workflow and process to give the best 3D modern data visualization and functionality from simple building information view with easy geographic or technical network navigation or more complicated elements like occupancy heat map. Facility management operators are given a holistic view of a building’s internal systems, accessible on-site or remotely. This is technology that can be applied to both existing and newly constructed buildings, leading to greater operational efficiency, easier maintenance, and smarter buildings.

High-quality facility drawings in AutoCAD software give organizations the information they need to assign, redesign, and reallocate space, whether for manufacturing or offices. When it comes to computer-aided facilities management (CAFM), there's one tool: AutoCAD. This class will show you the skills you need to use AutoCAD to calculate available area, understand which percentage is usable space, and export drawings and data for analysis and presentation. Concentrating on the basics, this class will guide you through a simple CAFM project, letting you learn at your own pace and develop your skills as you go. Shaun Bryant will show you how to set up drawings, define and measure areas, set up facilities area tables, and annotate drawings. By the end of the class, you'll be able to export the information to applications such as Microsoft Excel so that you can analyze the data in a tabular format.

During this session you will learn the value of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for owners, uses for operations / facilities management, and strategies for delivering models for these purposes. We’ll review critical elements and information an owner may require in a BIM deliverable and show how to capture this information during design and construction. You will understand how an owner may use BIM for operations and facilities management; understand the Project BIM Execution Plan’s role in defining the BIM deliverable for the owner; and understand current technologies that support delivering BIM to the owner for use in operations and facilities management

As Building Information Modeling (BIM) has matured, we have gained the ability to link and integrate data from the BIM model to many other systems. This class focuses on integrating BIM with facilities management (FM) and operations and maintenance (O&M). The class describes how we include the FM team during design to enable full integration of systems, as well as integrating facility data to enable access to information from many standard FM products. We review an example of how we applied data to the BIM model and delivered it to the FM products, enabling a familiar interface for FM and O&M managers to manage the facility after construction. We also look at using virtual FM, which enables a facility to be tested during design and construction. This is a must-attend class for building owners and facility managers who want to maximize the benefits of BIM from design to asset management.

More and more owners are starting to see BIM's benefits on their projects and also wanting to use BIM in their facility management. NTT Facilities, designer & owner, along with Takenaka Corporation, contractor, worked on its new R&D building project with the goals of achieving lifecycle management with BIM and reducing Life Cycle Costs (LLC) by 20% or more. The two companies formed a project team in early stages that included not only the designers and contractors but also the facility managers and owners. The team studied ways to create BIM data for lifecycle BIM and conducted virtual completion and FM in order to identify issues in the building design and implement improvements. This class will share the project experiences and best practices, from forming an inter-company project team to creating BIM data that meets the needs of multiple stakeholders, and developing techniques for reducing costs, all from the lifecycle perspective.

"Learn how Facilities Management (FM) teams use models to maximize their efficiency by visualizing all the buildings and assets together with information from the facility management system. See how Autodesk Forge and BIM 360 Docs can be integrated with Maximo and visualized in a modern, easy to use, web-based viewer. Understand the possibilites presented by Forge and BIM 360 and how you can integrate different systems with your models. This class will be using a real case study from Sweden, a complex hospital that is using BIM360 and Forge today to maximize their efficiency. The hospital contains over 600 000 assets that are being maintained using Maximo, delivered with the COBie standard. The models and assets are all visualized using a modern Sweco designed viewer, integrated with Maximo."

This class covers using Revit®-based software, BIM 360™ Field, and Navisworks® for the operation, maintenance, and lifecycle of facilities. We consider the progress of the facilities management industry in implementing Building Information Modeling (BIM) and review the outcomes of a project to use Revit, BIM 360 Field, and Navisworks to manage a new school in London. We also identify further opportunities to integrate BIM data into the delivery of facilities management services to owners and occupiers of facilities.

What are the benefits of the integration between BIM (Building Information Modeling) and geographic information system (GIS) in infrastructure facility management? This class will demonstrate how combined usage of Esri GIS data and tools and the as-built intelligent models enables your organization to do the following: monitor the entire railway or road integrating the intelligent model into the environment. The use of GIS data like geological surveys, interferometric data, and historical data regarding hydrogeological risks can let us prevent infrastructure damages; plan preventive and corrective maintenance merging data from intelligent models and GIS information, for example, choosing the optimal route to reach the point of interest; choose optimal solutions that respect the environment by exploiting the functionality of specific tools (for example, solar exposure and irradiation); and communicate effectively with the team distributed throughout the territory.

Over 70% of the cost of a facility is incurred during its occupied lifecycle, well after design and construction. Building owners who want to lower operating expenses can use BIM to improve how they document new spaces and maintain facility documentation and to create a streamlined collaboration channel for facilities and design firms. Facilities that have a Building Information Modeling (BIM)-based facility management system can expect improved coordination, efficient facility documentation, and accessible energy audit information. This class discusses the move from design to facility lifecycle management and explores the processes and best practices developed at Indiana University Health's Riley Hospital for Children and St. Vincent Fishers Hospital. Riley Hospital is an integrated project delivery (IPD)-driven project that is currently under construction, and St. Vincent Fishers Hospital recently completed an 11,000-square-foot expansion that integrates with the existing facility management plan.

Using project examples, this class will address the use of multiple software applications as a workflow, dealing with multiple clients and users—all of whom are collaborating and coordinating on large-scale buildings in one complex. The class will cover how we implemented Building Information Modeling (BIM) from 3D through 6D for design, coordination, simulation, estimating, and facilities management. We will discuss techniques used by the team to streamline the design process, program settings we used to facilitate BIM use in the construction phase, 4D simulations, visualization of building interfaces, BIM-integrated estimating processes and procedures, and BIM-integrated facilities management.

This class will cover how Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT Group), the largest telecommunication company from Japan, turned its complex data center facility Building Information Modeling (BIM) project into a successful BIM project from the facility owner’s perspectives with Autodesk Consulting. The owner established a BIM management office within their organization to manage the BIM process, utilizing project management methodology by Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Revit software was used to generate construction drawings and as-built drawings. Additionally, 3D models were coordinated and collaborated using BIM 360 Glue software during the preconstruction phase. The building QA/QC and commissioning process was redesigned using BIM 360 Field software. Information within Revit software was imported into the data center facility management system using Revit software’s COBie Toolkit and the data exchange format was customized to fit the facility manager’s demand.