Session 3.2
BIM for Facility Management at NATO Headquarters
Synopsis:
NATO adopted BIM to support the operations of its Headquarters in Brussels. Join us to discover the transition of the BIM models from Construction to Operations and Maintenance, and the impact that BIM can have on Facility Management.
Learning Objectives:
1. From Construction to Facility Management: understand the challenges of a BIM transition
2. Identify (preventive) strategies to successfully tailor BIM to organizational O&M needs
3. Explore relevant BIM uses for Facility Management
Body:
In 2018 NATO moved into its New Headquarters, the political and administrative center of the Alliance. With more than 245,000 m² of floor area, the building accommodates 5000 people and hosts the Delegations of 30 Allied Nations. At the start of construction in 2011, the General Contractor opted for BIM as traditional systems were not suited to the project because of its size and complexity. In the later stages of construction, NATO decided to adopt BIM and integrate the existing data to support the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of the facility.
Our presentation will provide an overview of this transition process, time and resources required, and challenges met, presenting four case studies along the way. The first two case studies will show the workflows developed to strip down the models to a specific quantity of information and restructure parameters and families. The third and the fourth case studies will focus on how we integrated data from (and to) different sources such as CAD, Common Data Environments, and FM information systems.
We will talk about the strategies adopted to promote a cultural shift within a complex FM environment, composed by multiple internal and external stakeholders, explaining the communication processes adopted to assess information requirements and to encourage the use of new systems and tools. We will focus on our models today, presenting the BIM uses that we implemented, explaining how they are relevant to facility managers, and how construction models should be tailored to achieve the right level of detail and information, making the BIM transition as smooth as possible. We will conclude with insights into our vision of the future of BIM for FM.