Project Lifecycle and Infrastructure

Question 1

What is 3D BIM?

Answer 1

Structural analysis + clash detection + detailing

Question 2

What is 4D BIM?

Answer 2

3D BIM + Scheduling

Question 3

What is 5D BIM?

Answer 3

4D BIM +costing

Question 4

How much percent of the building lifecycle cost does the inital cost of a project contribute to?

Answer 4

10 to 20 %

Question 5

How much of the building lifecycle cost does facilities management contribute towards?

Answer 5

80 to 90 percent

Question 6

Despite facilities management making up most of the building lifecycle cost, what has industry been typically focused on>

Answer 6

The upfront intital capital costs of construction

Question 7

By shifting the focus from initial costs to the whole life cost of assets, what does it allow for?

Answer 7

Better decisions upfront in terms of cost and sustainability.

Question 8

What is the life cycle cost analysis?

Answer 8

Intital cost, service cost, preventive maintencance cost, operating cost, disposal cost.

Question 9

What does 6D BIM focus on?

Answer 9

Sustainabilty

Question 10

What is the motivation for ‘nD’ BIM?

Answer 10

Focusing on the whole life cost of the projject

Question 11

What is 7D BIM?

Answer 11

Facility management

Question 12

What is 8D BIM?

Answer 12

Safety

Question 13

In detail, what is 6D BIM?

Answer 13

Sustainability, energy analysis of buildings.

Question 14

How is 6D BIM used at the design stage?

Answer 14

Using performance data enables teams to consider the impact of their proposals, simulating costs.

Question 15

What is 7D BIM?

Answer 15

6D BIM + facility management information

Question 16

When is 7D BIM used by managers?

Answer 16

In the operation and maintenace of the facility throughout its life cycle.

Allows participations to extract and track relevant data asset such as maintenace and warranty data.

Question 17

How is 7D BIM used during the operational stage?

Answer 17

Spend profiles can be created, helps adopt a planned and pro active approach to facility management opposed to a reactionary one.

Question 18

What is 8D BIM?

Answer 18

7D BIM + Health and safety information

Question 19

What does the SmartMarket report analyse?

Answer 19

The use of BIM for transportation infrastructue projects and the value it brings.

Question 20

For bridges, how does 8D BIM help you?

Answer 20

Anticipate issues, assess information and act more confidently at each stage of your design bridge project.

Minimised re-work

Question 21

How does 8D BIM help rail and transit?

Answer 21

Makes high speed rail design faster, more accurate and minimises disruption.

Question 22

What is a Tunnel Boring Machine Model?

Answer 22

Describes geometries, material properties and manufacturing information and machine operating data.

Question 23

What does a tunnel structure model describe?

Answer 23

Dimensions of alignment, type of material

Question 24

What does a ground model describe?

Answer 24

3D soil layer geometry, soil layer material properties, ground water level.

Question 25

What does a built infrastructure model describe?

Answer 25

Dimensions of existing buildings, roads, bridges etc. Area, stiffness, mass, vulnerability.

Question 26

What is the IFC the combination of?

Answer 26

Built infrastructure model, ground model, tunnel structure model and tunnel boring machine model

Question 26

What does 'GIS' stand for?

Answer 26

Geographical information systems

Question 27

What is GIS a framework for?

Answer 27

Gathering, managing, analysis and visualising data

Question 27

What does the GIS include?

Answer 27

Maps, data, analysis and application

Question 28

What is the map section of the geographical information system?

Answer 28

Geographic container for the data layers and analytics.

Question 29

What data does the GIS include?

Answer 29

Imagery, features and base maps linked to spreadsheets and tables.

Question 30

What does the analysis of the GIS include?

Answer 30

Evaluation of sustainablity, capability, predictions.

Question 31

What is the difference between BIM and GIS?

Answer 31

BIM supplies detailed information about assets. GIS supplies information about assets in the context of the built and natural environment.

Question 32

Why do we want to integrate GIS into BIM?

Answer 32

In BIM we do not have environmental data

Question 33

How does BIM benefit from GIS integration?

Answer 33

Project participants have a better understanding of the impacts of decisions before, during and after the construction of a project.

Question 34

How does GIS benefit from BIM?

Answer 34

In GIS systems, the proejct can be assesed at any scale. GIS helps manage and plan. BIM helps design and build.

Question 35

What are 4 of the main benefits of using GIS-BIM?

Answer 35

Spatial analytics, logisitics and networks, ability to model and forecast and visualisation,