Presentation at Building Information Modelling - redefining the role of the project manager. Conference from the APM Knowledge SIG, 27th March 2014, University of Salford

1. RICS Perspective on
Project Managers & BIM
Matthew Saunders BEng, MSc, MRICS
Associate Director of Built Environment
Professional Groups, Built Environment

2. Contents
• RICS in context
• The BIM challenge
• RICS activity
– RICS BIM Manager Certification
– BIM Manager training
– Guidance
• Software vendor challenge
• Questions

3. The RICS in context

4. RICS in context
• Global professional body, 140k
• Land, Property & Construction
• Standards, Guidance, Policy
• Products

5. The BIM challenge

6. Questions?
Change

7. 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

8. 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

9. Our Challenge
Is BIM relevant to all?

10. Our challenge
Connecting the dots
Land
ConstructionProperty

11. BIM & Project Management

12. Where are the PM’s?
“QS’s
scared of
BIM!!”

13. Opportunity or obligation?
BIM
Time
Tech
Quality
Risk
Cost
Sustain
ability

14. Talk about benefits
Project delivery Business
benefits
Strategy Brief Concept Definition Design Build
Handover
& close-
out
Operation
& end of
life
DPoW

15. Our activities

16. 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

17. BIM Manager Certification
Syllabus:
• BIM initiation
• Processes
• Collaboration & integration
• Technology
• Commercial & contract

18. • BIM implementation
guide
• 5D BIM Surveyor
• QS Protocol
RICS Guidance

19. DPoW
3

20. 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

22. Software vendor challenge

23. Laser Scanning of Parliament Square

24. Laser Scanning of Parliament Square

25. Scan to BIM

26. • Four different software vendors
• One BIM model
• One set of questions
• And a tape measure…
BIM Vendor Showcase

27. 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

28. • What the showcase is not:
BIM Vendor Showcase

29. Gross Internal Floor Area
The Results
Raw data gives a cost variance of 27% *
Actually <10% on a like-for-like basis

30. 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

31. 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!

32. • 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

33. Summary
• RICS
• The BIM challenge
• Training and accreditation
• Software vendor challenge

34. Questions?