rics perspective on project managers and bim - matthew saunders
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RICS Perspective on
Project Managers & BIM
Matthew Saunders BEng, MSc, MRICS Associate Director of Built Environment
Professional Groups, Built Environment
Contents
• RICS in context
• The BIM challenge
• RICS activity – RICS BIM Manager Certification
– BIM Manager training
– Guidance
• Software vendor challenge
• Questions
RICS in context
• Global professional body, 140k
• Land, Property & Construction
• Standards, Guidance, Policy
• Products
The BIM Challenge - Industry
Naysayer:
“Fallible”
“Expensive”
“Moving goal posts”
“The next fad”
Trailblazer:
“Paradigm shift”
“Essential Investment”
“Standards are set”
“Future proof”
Cultural & Behavioural Change
A human challenge
“Dealing with people is probably the biggest
problem you face, especially if you are in business.
Yes, and that is also true if you are a housewife,
architect or engineer.”
Dale Carnegie
Talk about benefits
Project delivery Business
benefits
Strategy Brief Concept Definition Design Build Handover & close-
out
Operation & end of
life DPoW
BIM Training
• Distance Learning: – 5 months - £1,495 - 20+
delegates
• 1 Day Introduction: – F2F - £295 - 30th April - 8+
delegates
• Blended Learning: – F2F + Distance learning
• In-house training: – Bespoke to client
BIM Manager Certification
Syllabus:
• BIM initiation
• Processes
• Collaboration & integration
• Technology
• Commercial & contract
Capex & Opex cost data sets
2D
Line
Drawings
3D
Object
Models
4D
Time -
Schedules
5D
Cost Plans /
Estimates
6+D
Operation /
Maintenance LCC,
Carbon, Water, etc
• Standards
• Consistency
• Efficiency
• Better decision making
• Four different software vendors
• One BIM model
• One set of questions
• And a tape measure…
BIM Vendor Showcase
To Understand:
• How BIM software can take off quantities
• The challenges faced
• What assumptions were made
• How the results compare against ‘a tape measure’
• Any consistency in the results
• What levels of checking should be applied to outputs
• Considerations for BIM of ‘existing buildings’
BIM Vendor Showcase - Purpose
Gross Internal Floor Area
The Results
Raw data gives a cost variance of 27% *
Actually <10% on a like-for-like basis
BIM Vendor Showcase - Findings
• Software worked in different ways – 1 way flow vs real-time
interactions
• The BIM was incomplete
• The model was not designed in a way that made it easy to
extract the information
• There were errors in the model
• The software needed inputs from professionals who
understand the appropriate standards/ classifications
BIM Vendor Showcase - Summary
• Technology can do the heavy lifting
• Content planning and model ‘quality’ is key to success
– Identify what the purpose of the Model is and then
plan design requirements around it
• Understand the workflow and collaborative philosophy of
the software you use
• Checking, checking and more checking!
• Importance of the survey specification
• Importance of the BEP
• Ensure designers & QS are using the appropriate
standards
• Peer reviews/ quality assurance/ checking
• Create a collaborative environment
Summary for PMs