BIM Application in Construction Management
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MASTER THESIS Master Màster en Enginyeria Estructural i de la Construcció Title BIM Application in Construction Management Author Fernán Vargas Renzi Tutor Elena Fillola and Stefania Mirtolini Speciality Structural and Construction Engineering Date 11/05/2018 2018 BIM Application in Construction Management BIM METHODOLOGY FERNAN VARGAS RENZI Intentionally Left Blank i Key Words BIM, Construction Management, BIM Application, BIM 360, Synchro Software, KPIs Executive Summary Building Information Modelling (BIM) does “work” in the field. There is plenty of room for improvement and smoother interoperability between field systems and tools in the construction management ambit, but a valuable opportunity is overlooked by firms that omit the use of today’s technologies and leverage on the construction site. The model coordination plan and the conventional BIM approach continue playing a critical role in the BIM design environment; but the author attempts to produce a BIM methodology that is both practicable and feasible in the construction management discipline. The dissertation paper focuses on the implementation of two highly-recognized software of BIM 360 Field and Synchro Pro with their respective tablet applications. The author presents workflows for tasks executed on-site and then demonstrates how the methodology successfully meets the nature of the activities by means of either software. The author confirms that BIM products can be configured to pursue activities that are proper of a Construction Management firm even when both software were originally designed to serve General Contractors. The methodologies are invented to go far-and beyond the prime objective, thus enhancing the overall process. Key performance indicators are presented to corroborate the viability of the application of the author’s methodologies. Fernán Vargas Renzi ii Table of Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Main Objective ............................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Secondary Objectives .................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Background ................................................................................................................. 2 1.3.1 Foc Cisell Station and L9 Project ........................................................................ 2 1.3.2 3D Model Context................................................................................................ 6 2. Literature Review ............................................................................................................. 10 2.1 BIM in Industry and Case Studies............................................................................. 10 2.1.1 Interview Professor Ignacio Valero about the current application of BIM in construction ...................................................................................................................... 13 2.2 Theory and Key Concepts ......................................................................................... 14 2.2.1 Lean Construction .............................................................................................. 14 2.2.2 BIM in Construction .......................................................................................... 16 2.2.3 Level of Development ........................................................................................ 19 3. Methods ............................................................................................................................ 21 4. BIM 360 Methodology ..................................................................................................... 23 4.1 BIM 360 Platform ..................................................................................................... 23 4.2 BIM 360 Team .......................................................................................................... 25 4.3 BIM 360 Glue............................................................................................................ 26 4.3.1 Integration and Merging of Models ................................................................... 28 4.3.2 Clash Detection and Avoidance ......................................................................... 30 4.3.3 BIM 360 Glue connection with BIM 360 Field ................................................. 32 4.3.4 Equipment Sets .................................................................................................. 33 4.3.5 Workflows and Channels of Information .......................................................... 34 4.4 BIM 360 Field ........................................................................................................... 36 4.4.1 Eliminating Waste in Rework of Information ................................................... 37 4.4.2 Improving Quality through Checklists ............................................................... 39 4.4.3 Promotion of Safety ........................................................................................... 39 4.4.4 Automation of Reports ....................................................................................... 40 4.5 Straying from the Path and Creating a Methodology ................................................ 42 4.5.1 Library................................................................................................................ 43 Linking documents and locations ................................................................................ 43 Tags and documentation .............................................................................................. 43 Barcodes in documentation .......................................................................................... 44 4.5.2 Companies.......................................................................................................... 44 4.5.3 Reports ............................................................................................................... 45 Fernán Vargas Renzi iii 4.5.4 Project Overview ............................................................................................... 45 Permissions .................................................................................................................. 46 4.5.5 Checklists ........................................................................................................... 47 Equipment Set-up......................................................................................................... 47 Checklist Set-up ........................................................................................................... 48 Checklist Execution ..................................................................................................... 48 4.5.6 Issues .................................................................................................................. 51 Issue Types................................................................................................................... 52 Custom Properties ........................................................................................................ 52 Root Causes ................................................................................................................. 52 Issue Templates ............................................................................................................ 53 Sonometrías (Sound Pressure Level Measurements) ................................................... 53 Assajos (Material Testing and Analysis) ..................................................................... 60 Testigos (Plaster tell-tales) ........................................................................................... 69 No Conformidades (Non-conformities) ....................................................................... 78 5. Synchro Methodology ...................................................................................................... 95 5.1 Synchro Pro ............................................................................................................... 95 5.2 Synchro Site .............................................................................................................. 96 5.3 Implementation.......................................................................................................... 97 6. KPIs ................................................................................................................................ 108 6.1 KPIs BIM Methodology .......................................................................................... 110 6.1.1 Quantitative KPIs ............................................................................................. 111 6.1.2 Qualitative KPIs ............................................................................................... 112 7. Conclusions .................................................................................................................... 115 8. References ...................................................................................................................... 118 9. Annexes .......................................................................................................................... 121 ANNEX 1 Interview Ignacio Valero .................................................................................