Transcription of Smart Built Environment
1 Smart Built Environment Processes and information management in construction and facility management 2. Index Introduction 3. About the Strategic Research Agenda 1. Built Environment an engine in Swedish trade and industry 5. From fragmentation to an overall focus More value and better use of public money Shorter lead times lower housing and infrastructure costs Enhanced productivity strong growth and demand An attractive sector in which to work and invest 2. Future construction and facility management 8. A holistic approach through structured information management and industrial processes What is BIM?
2 What are industrial processes? How do BIM and industrial processes interact? New value chains and future added value How can desired goals be achieved? 3. Global trends 14. The Nordic countries The rest of the world International competitiveness 4. Vision and goals 18. Results and impacts 5. Innovation areas and methods of realization 21. WP 1 Centre of Excellence WP 2 Development and demonstrations in collaboration WP 3 Development of common standards and structures WP 4 Implementation support WP 5 Forum for change and dissemination WP 6 Business-driven innovation 6.
3 Implementation 29. Proposal for implementation governance Consensus and funding 2. 3. Introduction Attractive sustainable cities, a robust and reliable infra- concerning how processes and tools in the Built environ- structure and more housing are some of Sweden's policy ment sector need to be developed. It proposes a compre- objectives. These are considered essential prerequisites hensive approach to these changes and to the moderniza- for growth, employment and competitiveness, hence Built tion of mindset, procedures and the application of digital, Environment is a central political issue.
4 Structured and intelligent information. Consensus on this issue is unprecedented in Sweden. Among other things, Exactly what will be Built or renovated and rebuilt is its aim is to increase productivity while providing better obviously the critical question; city squares, residential endproducts in the form of the facilities and environ- housing, schools, hospitals, offices, shops, roads, railways, ments mentioned above. bridges, industrial premises, playgrounds, cycle paths, parks their form, design and placement in the sur- The Smart Built Environment agenda comprises initiati- rounding Environment are all crucial to how well they ves in the planning, design, construction and management can function.
5 There is enormous potential in the exten- phases. These complement the wide range of ongoing go- sive field of Built Environment to consolidate Swedish vernment activities to streamline planning and construc- strengths while meeting the challenges of society and the tion processes at state and municipal level. The actions needs of the public. contained in this agenda at corporate and industry level is part of a paradigm shift in the sector and represent one However, there is also clearly a need for strategic initia- of several prerequisites for achieving targets in housing, tives that concern both what will be Built and how this infrastructure and urban development.
6 The government takes place, in other words both products and processes. is investing SEK 45 billion in infrastructure, which places In order to release sufficient resources to develop the very high demands on the efficiency of the processes app- products, it is essential to streamline and modernize the lied to accomplish the desired results. However, there are processes as well. This applies to processes in the state, needs for several other areas of development in the wide municipal and private sectors, which are mutually inter- Built Envioronment sector, and we welcome more initia- dependent.
7 Tives for strategic agendas to complement the important area that is covered of this agenda. This Strategic Research Agenda (SRA), Smart Built En- vironment, has been developed through broad and deep Major synergies exist with 1) the government's invest- collaboration between stakeholders in the Built environ- ments in sustainable Built Environment as a new in- ment sector, and focuses on some of the central issues vestment of particular importance in the Research and 4. Innovation Bill; 2) Bygginnovationen; 3) the fledgling information modelling (BIM) and geographic information collaboration programme between the Swedish Energy systems (GIS).
8 Agency (Energimyndigheten) and the industry to pro- mote research and innovation in energy efficiency in The agenda is the result of a merger of several agenda construction and housing; 4) academic collaboration at initiatives that have been integrated because they were the Swedish Universities of the Built Environment (Sveri- shown to have general synergies and numerous are cases ges Bygguniversitet), and 5) the industry association BIM interdependent. It is primarily based on the two agendas Alliance (former OpenBIM). entitled ICT BIM for Sustainability in the Built Environ- ment , which includes the agenda work on geodata by IQ Samh llsbyggnad, the Swedish Centre for Innovation the National Land Survey, (Lantm teriet), and Industri- and Quality in the Built Environment , is the sector orga- al Processes for Construction and Facility Management.
9 Nization responsible for overall R&I work and has co-or- Both have already been presented to VINNOVA. dinated the development and national consensus for this Strategic Research Agenda. The Smart Built Environment was developed on the ini- tiative of IQ Samh llsbyggnad and Sveriges Bygguniver- sitet, in close collaboration with Lantm teriet, as well as About this Strategic Research Agenda the OpenBIM and Bygginnovationen organizations. IQ. Samh llsbyggnad is a cross-sectoral organization with This SRA is a nationally established strategic research and approximately 120 members from companies, organiza- innovation agenda in the field of structured information tions, authorities and academia.
10 Sveriges Bygguniversitet management and industrial processes in the construc- is a virtual collaboration between the four universities of tion and property sector. It encompasses both buildings technology in Sweden, KTH, LTH, LTU and Chalmers, the and infrastructure, in the document entitled Built -En- aim of which is to co-ordinate and strengthen research vironment Sector . The term structured information and education in Built Environment issues. management has been used as a catch-all for building 5. 1. Built Environment an engine in Swedish trade and industry According to the Swedish Construction Federation (Sve- zone with limited deliveries.)
