The Building Information Model in Facilities Management

.............................................................................................................................. ii Acknowledgements............................................................................................................ iv Table of Figures ................................................................................................................. vi 1.0 Introduction................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 Background................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Industry Fragmentation............................................................................................. 5 2.1.1 Interoperability................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Computer Aided Design ......................................................................................... 10 2.3 Building Information Model ................................................................................... 12 2.3.1 Parametric Modeling........................................................................................ 17 2.4 Autodesk Revit........................................................................................................ 18 2.4.1 Autodesk Revit Study ...................................................................................... 22 2.5 Autodesk Revit Systems ......................................................................................... 23 2.6 Building Operations and Maintenance.................................................................... 25 2.7 WPI Plant Services ................................................................................................. 26 2.7.1 Current Information Management ................................................................... 27 2.7.2 Fire Safety........................................................................................................ 30 3.0 Methodology............................................................................................................... 32 3.1 Literature Review.................................................................................................... 32 3.2 Interviews................................................................................................................ 32 3.3 Case Study .............................................................................................................. 32 3.4 E-Buildings Interactive Qualifying Projects........................................................... 35 3.5 Outreach to the Industry.......................................................................................... 36 4.0 Survey of Facilities Management Personnel .............................................................. 38 4.1 University A............................................................................................................ 38 4.2 University B ............................................................................................................ 41 4.3 University C ............................................................................................................ 43 4.4 University D............................................................................................................ 44 4.7 State Building Inspector.......................................................................................... 47 4.8 Summary................................................................................................................. 49 5.0 Proposed Case Study Website .................................................................................... 52 6.0 Conclusions & Recommendations for Future Work................................................... 66 6.1 Conclusions............................................................................................................. 66 6.2 Recommendations for Future Work........................................................................ 69 Appendix AJ. Miller Interview....................................................................................... 72 Appendix BC. Salter Interview ...................................................................................... 73 Appendix CN. Benner Interview.................................................................................... 75 Appendix DUniversity A Interview ............................................................................... 77 Appendix EUniversity B Interview ................................................................................ 78 Appendix FUniversity C Interview ................................................................................ 79 Appendix GUniversity D Interview ............................................................................... 80 Appendix HState Building Inspector Interview ............................................................. 82 Appendix IWebsite ......................................................................................................... 83