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amount of time that saves!", he remarked.
He also explained that a lot of time was
saved on picking up and recording
defects and building errors. Now, people
working on-site can easily report
building errors on the go, take a picture
and add a comment and share them
with the team, prompting speedier
remediation. There was no further need
to return to the office, log onto your
workstation and fill in paperwork away
from the site. That entails the possibility
of transcription errors, leading to timeconsuming
and expensive construction
problems and the possibility of even
more expensive litigation if the problem
ends up in a courtroom.
PLANNING MAINTENANCE DURING
CONSTRUCTION
StreamBIM has been designed to be
accessible to all project members,
irrespective of their different levels and
areas of expertise or involvement. As
Kristian explained, "An open BIM makes it
easy to involve people with different
knowledge and responsibilities. By using
StreamBIM in the planning phase as well
as throughout the production, we can
create a digital twin documenting all the
work which has been carried out,
allowing traceability on all building
components. This is amazing compared
to the previous way we completed a
handover. In the past we received thick
paper document folders from the main
contractors, which we never used
because the information we needed was
so difficult to find." StreamBIM provides
highly visual 3D models of a building
which can be navigated in real-time,
whether you are using a laptop or
smartphone. Clicking on components
enables you to access all relevant
information regarding that component -
from technical support for maintenance
to replacement acquisition and financials.
INVOLVING END USERS
"For large public hospitals, it is vital that
we involve the end user in the planning
phase. As end users in a highly
complex environment, they understand
much better than the engineers the
idiosyncrasies and practical usage of
the building. They can give feedback
allowing us to avoid any costly
corrections we would have to make
after they have moved into the building.
"We estimate we will save millions of
Norwegian kroner by involving up to 170
nurses, cleaning personnel, office
managers, and even patient groups, in
the planning of the hospital by giving
them access to this user-friendly 3D
BIM model.
"By accessing this user-friendly 3D BIM
model available on their smartphones
and tablets, streamed from the single
model on the central cloud server, they
can browse the model when they have
time to study the new building, and make
comments on areas that cause them
concern, or where they think
improvements or changes need to made.
"Overall, it has been a smooth and
productive process. If a user needed to
report an idea, she or he could just tag
the room and propose the change. We
could not have done this with 200 paper
drawings."
"Above all," Kristian concluded, "we
focus on building without errors the first
time, so before we began construction,
we had a digital tour of BUS 2 with our VR
glasses supported by StreamBIM on the
tablets, so that everyone involved in the
project could visualise every aspect of
the building and what the end product
was going to look like. You can't put a
value on being able to see what you are
working towards, and to accomplish that
using such user-friendly software. I only
know for sure that no one wants to go
back to the way we did this before."
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