Oktoberfest 2008

Fabrication Technology: Use It Today, Plan for TomorrowBIM – Building Information Modeling

Christopher Keyack – Steel Product Manager North America

BIM – Building Information Modeling

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the process of generating and managing building data during its life cycle. Typically it uses three-dimensional, real-time, dynamic building modeling software to increase productivity in building design and construction.The process produces the Building Information Model (also abbreviated BIM), which encompasses building geometry, spatial relationships, geographic information, and quantities and properties of building components. A Building Information Model is a special case of a Facility Information Model.

How Tekla Provides BIM Tools In the Industry

Contractor Design Team

BIM – Design Stages of the Project

Structural Engineers Coordinating with the Architect and Passing Models to the Fabricator

Stage 1: Conceptual Design

Conceptual Architectural Definition of the Building into Tekla Strucutres

Stage 2: Structural Design

Engineer Builds Actual Structural Model Within Architectural

3D Coordination Allows Engineer and Architect to find/prevent Design Problems earlier

Stage 3: Structural Analysis

Direct Links to Analysis Programs Remove Import/Export Problems

Stage 4: Conceptual Connections

Find Connection Workability Problems Through Conceptual Connections

Stage 5: Model Coordination

As The Architectural Model Evolves, The Designer Verifies Structural System Works

IFC

DWG

DXF

DGN

XML

Stage 6: Design Drawings

Design Drawings Come From and Match the Structural Model

So How Does This Benefit Me As A Fabricator?Prevent RFI’s and Costly Change Orders Often Caused By Design ErrorsExpedite and Generate Accurate Estimates and Advance Material PurchasesHead Start On Detailing.– Connect The Steel– Make Drawings– Get Steel Out the Door Faster

BIM – Fabricators Benefiting from the detailed 3D Model

Feeding Your Peddinghaus machines and Material Management Systems with automatic electronic information generated from the 3D model

Get Accurate ABM Information Before Connections and Drawings Done

Main Sticks OnlyReports

Visually Plan Sequences early in the Project and its in the same model.

The Process Of Detailing Through Fabrication

Main Sticks Only Connect 2D Drawings

ReportsCNC - DSTV MIS - Purchasing

Detail Drawings and CNC Information Comes from the Same 3D Model

Electronic BOM’s For Material Purchasing

KISS

BIM – 3D Models for Planning Construction on the Jobsite

Your Detailed Fabrication Model can be used to Coordinate with the Erector and General Contractor on the Jobsite

All Parties Collaborating in Common Tekla Model

Synchronization Tekla StructuresModel

Design/Detailing

ContractorFabricator

Synchronization All parties can see the same Information or can choose to only view their own, for the same project and common Model

Steel Only

Internet & File Exchanges

Schedule Data

Linking Schedules With the Model

Bringing All Trades Together in a Detailed Model

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Contractors Can Schedule, Prevent Clashes between Trades, and Inquire Real Data From the Model including Weights, Vendors, Installation Dates, Cost, etc.

Layout of the Jobsite, Including Cranes, and Associated to Sequencing and Time

Jobsite Planning Deliverables

2D Plan, Elevation DrawingsIsometric DrawingsReportsEasily Illustrate the Construction Plan

Taking Jobsite Planning FurtherPicking Order/SequencingCheck for Weight CapacitiesAnimate Crane Movement, Jobsite Activities Complex Lift and Erection Scheme Proposals