Different Perspectives on Facilities Management to Incorporate in BIM

Purpose: This paper will review the value of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and demonstrate how the early integration of Facilities Management (FM) within BIM can enhance building performance from the perspectives of the building delivery team, facilities management team and building occupants. Background: It is proposed that involvement of the facility management team at an early design stage can contribute towards enhancing building performance, but this requires a multiple perspective of FM to be adopted. BIM has the potential to be used for managing facilities as it provides extensive information about all physical assets in the building. Approach: Pilot data has been acquired from a newly built and operated university building in the United Kingdom using interviews to capture information from these different perspectives. Results: The differences in perspectives are presented based on the responses collected from the interviews. Three parameters are used to compare and analyse them highlighting how these differences are difficult to accommodate in building design Practical implications: The paper proposes a structure for BIM to accommodate the different perspectives on FM from the building design stage. This leads to the necessity of involving the facility management team during the design and construction process. Research limitations: The proposed structure is based on the responses from the interviews, and may apply to other educational buildings, but may not be generalised to all buildings. Originality/value: This paper provides an initial platform towards better understanding of the contribution of facilities management in the design process to improve building performance with the use of BIM.