Facility and Asset Management on BIM Methodology

Abstract

The use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) is growing in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operation (AECO) sector. BIM is an innovative methodology that enables a new approach to construction information management, based on the design of a virtual information model, and which presupposes a new paradigm in the way information exchange processes are treated among the various stakeholders throughout the asset’s life cycle. Asset Management (AM) is a challenging and increasingly important area in modern society, as efficient management, maintenance and operation of assets can bring numerous benefits. The actual global developments as well as the economic growth have increased the need to know well organization’s assets. In response to requests related to the asset operation phase, emerges the Facility Management (FM), as the integration of processes to maintain and develop the agreed services that support and improve the effectiveness of each organization’s primary activities has been used to improve the management of the activities that support the main activity. In the present work, the basic concepts of BIM methodology, AM and FM are described, as well as it presented a proposal for the establishment of BIM-AM-FM methodologies integration, taking full advantage of their functionalities. Finally, the main conclusions and advantages of the BIM methodology applied to AM and FM are presented.