Operational BIM

Why Operational BIM?

The introduction of digital 3D BIM (Building Information Modelling) concepts for planning and construction were considdered the pinacle of progress and even seen as a contribution to ecological improvements in the building sector. By adding a time dimension, so called 4D models, 3D plus tiime, were created. The next dimension, 5D, added costs to the 4D model, howerver these were only planning and construction costs. As more and more projects executed with the BIM model approach were handed over to the operational teams a sixth dimension, the documentation, was added for 6D, the so called "as build model" which in reality is most of the time still an "as planned model".
However these dimensions only cover 10% of the lifecycle costs of a building.
Only 7D models, adding Facility Management to the other dimensions will provide sustainable and financially competetive solutions. This dimension covers 80% of the lifecycel costs of a building. By adding material cadasters for future demolition and recycling a fully digitized building model can be achieved which truely deserves the titel BIM.