Implementing BIM for facility management: data coordination and collaboration

Abstract

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is recognized as being meaningful during the design and construction phases, but also can play an essential role in providing essential information about the facility or managing buildings' life cycle. BIM is intended to improve different areas, as space management, energy efficiency, corrective and preventive maintenance among others. This paper presents a recent BIM implementation project focused on facility management (FM), covering the building plan approach, 3D modeling and information recording. Specifically, it describes the connection between 3D models and existing operating systems for carrying out maintenance and supervision, gathering information from maintenance database and real-time data from the existing controllers' network. This article also describes the implementation process, along with the issues found and adopted resolutions.