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4Projects 4BIM
Lloyd Pickering, BIM Team Leader
John Adams, Product Manager
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product description
About 4BIM
Collaborative BIM Server
BIM in the Cloud
Built on 4Projects’ Construction
Collaboration product
Enables BIM data to be:
• Viewed
• Reviewed
• Federated
• Validated
• Captured
• Cross-referenced
• Exchanged
… using a collaborative web based
system
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product features
Model Server
Supporting Open BIM workflows (IFC)
Versioning & Audit Trails
Permissions & Access Control
Browser-based 3D viewer
No plug-ins required
Optimized for real-world models
Supports ‘Co-Viewing’ over internet
Collaborative Annotation and Review
Collaborative Communication
Saved Viewpoints
Synchronized to COBie data
Collaborative COBie Data Capture
COBie Data Generation
COBie Validation & Checking
Collaborative COBie editing
Database Driven
Cell level Audit Trail
Generation of COBie output
Integrated with 3D Viewer
Integrated with Document Management
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user base
users
user count:
facility count:
public sector:
private sector:
customers
name:
name:
name:
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325,000
~30,000
30%
70%
4BIM
250
100
35%
65%
Messer Construction
UK Ministry of Justice (UK Gov BIM Trials)
Yates Construction
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tested product
product name:
product version:
PC or Cloud:
website:
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4BIM
‘Guyzance’ (Oct 2013)
Cloud (SaaS)
www.4projects.com
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Builders’ COBie challenge scope
information
COBie.Sheet*
Imported
Exported
spaces and equipment
Space, Type, Component
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space and equipment properties
Attribute
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equipment PM/safety procedures
Job
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equipment safety procedures
Job
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equipment replacement parts
Spare
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pm materials, tools, training
Resource
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spatial zones
Zone
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equipment systems
System
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system operations procedures
Job
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suppliers, manufacturers, etc…
Contact
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handover documents
Document
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* and supporting COBie sheets as required per standard.
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configuration - Create a COBie Project
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process - #1 Upload an IFC Model
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process - #2 Open the Model
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process - #3 Collaborative Editing
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process - #4 Export
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process – points of note
• Contacts sheet populated from 4Projects team
• Edits to COBie data can be preserved across
model versions
• Coordinates are maintained from IFC
• 3D view and COBie view are integrated &
synchronised
• Items can be linked to model elements. E.g.
Documents
• Based on open source IFC/COBie software:
– XBIM available at http://xbim.codeplex.com
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COBie savings – single project
building type:
floors:
total SF:
equipment count:
Prison Wing Extension
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80,000
2000+
“The Cookham Wood Ministry of Justice BIM information handling would
not have been achieved without the use of 4Projects"
Project Manager at Ministry of Justice
$1300K saving on $30M project – attributed to use of BIM and COBie [1]
[1] Source : http://www.cnplus.co.uk/technical/bim/moj-extends-bim-trials-and-saves-800k-on-first-project/8637425.article
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COBie savings – facility portfolio
building types:
number of buildings:
total SF:
equipment count:
Prisons & Courts
2000+
100million+
n/a
Total $ construction office savings:
$millions ??
Too early to say…?
UK Government aims to reduce cost of construction by 20% before 2016
• Largely through Collaborative BIM & use of open data such as COBie
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contacts
COBie support
name:
phone:
email:
web:
Helpdesk
+1 (202) 621 0400
support@4projects.com
http://support.4projects.com/
marketing POC
name:
phone:
email:
Jason Warde
+1 (703) 879 6500
Jason.warde@4projects.com
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