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1 SmartMarket Report The Business Value of BIM for Infrastructure Addressing America's Infrastructure Challenges with Collaboration and Technology Premier Corporate Partner: Premier Association Partner: American Society of Civil Engineers Design and Construction Intelligence SmartMarket Report McGraw-Hill Construction The Business Value of BIM for Infrastructure : President Addressing America's Keith Fox Infrastructure Challenges with Vice President, Product Development Collaboration and Technology About McGraw-Hill SmartMarket Report Kathryn E. Cassino Construction Executive Editor McGraw-Hill Construction McGraw-Hill Construction Harvey M. Bernstein, , LEED AP (MHC), part of The McGraw-Hill Research & Analytics/. Industry Insights & Alliances Editorial Advisor and Companies, connects people, Contributor BIM projects and products across the Vice President, Industry Stephen A.

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4 McGraw-Hill Construction serves 1-800-591-4462 more than one million customers within the global construction community. To learn more, visit us at SmartMarket Report Introduction H. orizontal BIM Heavy BIM UTLOOK: 79% of current non-users feel O. THE Business Value OF BIM FOR Infrastructure . VDC Civil Information positively about future adoption, with only Modeling BIM on its side 4% actually opposed. Therefore, education all of these phrases, and and best practices should be effective at more, are being used in the construction accelerating adoption. industry to describe the way companies are ALUE: 67% of all users report a positive V. deploying model-based technologies and ROI on their BIM investments, even higher processes to non-building projects. Stephen A. Jones than the 63% of BIM users for buildings who This ground-breaking SmartMarket Senior Director reported the same in 2009, demonstrating McGraw-Hill Construction Report reveals the way in which BIM is that the Value achieved will drive growth in poised to transform the Infrastructure Infrastructure as it has in the buildings sector.

5 Marketplace in the future. One of the most important findings of the research is that BENEFITS: Top benefits achieved now exposure to BIM on vertical building include reduced conflicts and changes projects increases the likelihood of the (58%) and improved project quality (48%). use of BIM for Infrastructure as well. This In addition, achieving lower project risk and finding is important because it reveals a better predictability of project outcomes is correlation between penetration of BIM also perceived by 60% as a top benefit in the use overall and BIM use for Infrastructure , next five years, helping to drive wider BIM use and, as a result, BIM use in Infrastructure for Infrastructure . will be adopted at faster rates than when The need for innovative and cost-effective BIM was first introduced for vertical Harvey M. Bernstein approaches to both new and reconstructed building projects.

6 , LEED AP. Infrastructure has never been greater or Vice President Some other key findings: more urgent. This report not only demon- Industry Insights & Alliances DOPTION: Almost half (46%) of the firms A strates what is being achieved through McGraw-Hill Construction report using BIM on their Infrastructure proj- BIM in Infrastructure today, but it provides ects, up from 27% two years ago. a critical baseline for the transition to new digitally-based collaborative processes for EVEL OF USE: Organizations currently L. Infrastructure in the future. using BIM for Infrastructure plan to use it on We are excited to release the findings on more of their Infrastructure projects in the this important topic and would like to thank future. The percentage of those using BIM. Autodesk , the American Society of Civil on more than 50% of their projects will grow Engineers and all our other project partners from 30% now to 52% in just two years.

7 For helping bring it to the industry. Stephen A. Jones leads 19 years in creative, marketing MHC's market research group, serves as a member of the McGraw-Hill Construction's and management roles with including MHC's thought Princeton University Civil and (MHC) initiatives in BIM and design firms, most recently as a leadership initiatives in areas Environmental Engineering integrated project delivery as Principal and Board of Directors such as green building, BIM, Advisory Council. He is a well as developing alliance member with Burt Hill (now interoperability, innovation visiting professor with the relationships for technology and Stantec), a large, global and global construction University of Reading's School content. Active in numerous architectural and engineering markets. Bernstein was of Construction Management industry organizations, he firm.

8 Jones holds an one of the team members and Engineering in England, frequently speaks at events from Wharton and a from involved in launching MHC's where he also serves on their around the world about the Johns Hopkins. GreenSource magazine. Innovative Construction Business impact of emerging Previously, Bernstein served Research Centre Advisory technologies and trends. Before Harvey M. Bernstein, as President and CEO Board. Bernstein has an joining MHC, Jones was a , LEED AP has been of the Civil Engineering from Loyola College, an vice president with Primavera a leader in the engineering Research Foundation. He has in engineering from Princeton Systems (now Oracle), a leading and construction industry for written numerous papers University and a in civil provider of project management over 30 years. Currently, he covering innovation and engineering from the New software.

9 Prior to that, he spent has lead responsibilities for sustainability and currently Jersey Institute of Technology. McGraw-Hill Construction 1 SmartMarket Report SmartMarket Report THE Business Value OF BIM FOR Infrastructure . TABLE OF. CONTENTS. 4 Executive Summary 0. 04 Executive Summary 06 Recommendations 0. 7 Data 8 BIM Usage 8 BIM Usage on Infrastructure Compared to All Projects 9 BIM Expertise 10 Current Implementation of BIM in Infrastructure 11 BIM Implementation Trends for Infrastructure 12 BIM Implementation by Project Type 13 BIM Implementation by Organization Size 20 Business Benefits 20 Assigning Value to BIM Benefits Front Cover: Image courtesy of MWH Global. Opposite Page Left: Image courtesy of Mortenson Construction. Opposite Page Right: Image courtesy of EllisDon 21 Top Internal Benefits for A/E Firms and Contractors 22 Top Business Benefits for Owners 23 sidebar BIM Capabilities that Benefit Infrastructure Projects 24 Top Benefits by Phase 25 Top Benefits by Project Process 26 Impact of Project Factors on Benefits 27 Top Current Benefits 28 Top Benefits in Five Years 31 Investment and ROI.

10 31 Top Investments in BIM for Infrastructure 32 Return on Investments in BIM for Infrastructure 33 Measuring ROI of BIM for Infrastructure 34 Length of Time Measuring ROI. 34 Future Plans to Measure ROI. 35 How to Improve ROI. 35 sidebar Green Infrastructure 36 How to Improve Value of BIM. 39 Non-Users 39 Non-User Profile: Organization Type 40 sidebar Comments by Users: Converting Non-Users to Adopt BIM for Infrastructure 41 Non-User Profile: Organization Size and Location 42 Non-User Profile: Project Type 43 Non-User Attitude Toward BIM for Infrastructure 44 Non-User Forecast: Importance of BIM to the Infrastructure Industry in Five Years 45 AEC Perception: BIM Use by Competitors for Infrastructure SmartMarket Report McGraw-Hill Construction 2 Front Cover: The Panama Canal team is using BIM for design currently and will soon use it for scheduling.