Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Railways

For Design, Construction, Operation and Asset Management

21 May 2019
Asia-Pacific Rail Innovation Forum

Jugal Makwana
Consultant – ADB (TA9420)
Global Director – BIM/Digital Engineering
Agenda
◼ Building Information Modeling (BIM)
◼ Growth
◼ Adoption
◼ Standard
◼ Uses
◼ Information Federation for Railways
◼ BIM Solutions/Technology for Rail
Lifecycle
◼ Rail BIM Projects
◼ Challenges
◼ Future of BIM for Railways
◼ Recommendations and Guidelines

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World Economic Forum
Future of Construction and Infrastructure

This project is part of the World Economic

Forum’s Shaping the Future of Long-Term Investing,
Infrastructure and Development System Initiative (2016)

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 Interest in ‘BIM’ over time
*Source - Google Trends – Global Web Search on word ‘BIM’ – BIM – Is not a technology
Interest over time – 2004 to 2019
BIM – is a Process enabled
by Technology
implemented by People

Integrated
CAD 3D Coordination Collaboration Digital Twin
BIM

Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

ISO 19650 (Jan 2019)
“Use of a shared digital representation of a built asset to facilitate design, construction and operation
processes to form a reliable basis for decisions”
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Global Adoption of BIM
Drivers:
- Increase productivity
- Improve reliability
- Time Savings
- Design
- Construction
- Handover
- Cost Savings
CHINA
- Maintenance
- Upgrade
- Reduction in cost
variance – from
Design to Construction

5
2007 2012
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2018 2022 2026
BIM – Information Management

Organizational Project
Information Information
Requirements (OIR) Requirements (PIR)

Exchange
Asset Information
Requirements (AIR)
Information
Requirements (EIR)

Project
Asset Information
Model (AIM)
Information Model
(PIM)

ISO19650
Figure 2 — Hierarchy of information requirements

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Rail BIM Uses
Common Uses Planning / Upgrade Design
• Drawings & Feasibility Studies Design Engineering & Modeling
Documentation Existing condition Modeling Project investigation & approval
production
Route selection & optimization Consultation & Project acceptability
• Interference
Management
• Analysis & Simulation
P D
• Quantity take-off
• Code & Functional Maintenance / Operation M C Construction
compliance Railway Handover documentation Railway Handover documentation
• Visualization Operation acceptance Operation acceptance
• Tendering As-built survey modeling As-built survey modeling
• Procurement Railway as maintained modeling Railway as maintained modeling
• Functional & RAMS Railway as operated modeling Maintenance & Operation Planning
demonstration Virtual training for operation & maintenance Virtual training for operation & maintenance
Disaster Planning/Emergency Preparedness Disaster Planning/Emergency Preparedness
Source: BuildingSmart – IFC Railway Room
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 Information Federation Strategy for Rail Projects
▪ Discipline based Information Containers
▪ Geocoordination and Georeferencing
▪ Secured collaboration and sharing

Tunnel Structure Overhead line electrification

Electrical System
Electrical System
Signage
Train
Signalling System Emergency Walkway

Water System
Communications
Kinetic Envelope
System
Emergency Walkway Track System

Tunnel Centreline Track Alignment

Drainage System
Source/Crossrail- A case study in BIM
Source/ISO19650 Part 1-2(figure 1a)

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 Track System
Rail Technology Solutions
Train & Kinetic
Envelope
Railway Operations

Data Integration & Interoperability

Electrification
Rail Information Model

OLE/3R Asset Monitoring & Sensoring

Visualization & Presentation

Signaling
Maintenance & Asset Management
Telecom/Wifi
Communications
System Construction Layout & Machine Control
Security (CCTV)
Electrical System Project Management
Water System
Utilities
Compliance & Assurance
Drainage
Engineering & Modeling Solutions
Signage
Architecture Surveying Solutions
Stations Structure External Data Sources

Tunnels/Viaducts MEP Common/Connected Data Environment

Rail BIM Solution researched for the project

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 BIM Solutions for Railways – Technology Solutions
Phase Track Systems Electrification Signalling Communications

Planning

Design

Construction

Asset Management

Operation

Upgrade
Comparison of top global BIM solution providers in railways.
* these organisations participated in the survey and provided information

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BIM Solutions – Rail Track Systems
Rail Route and Alignment planning Concept and Detail Design
• Consider all viable options considering • Create track geometry for mainline,
construction cost, time, sustainability yards, stations, and sidings.
• Improved collaboration by allowing the • Turnouts, crossovers, and other
GIS, geotechnical and design groups to furniture using engineering design
integrate data • Corridor modeling
• Generating 3D corridors and alignment • Country specific standards
based on complex criteria's Planning Design • Documentation – drawings
• Fast response to public comments • Quantification, reporting
• Time-location planning • Train kinetic envelope and clearance
• Realtime Visualization

•BIM in Track Asset Management Constructi BIM Model to

•Mobile mapping •Construction Planning & Simulation
•Asset documentation
on •Progress monitoring
•GPS based PTC data collection •Site Positioning Systems
•RFID data collection •Machine Control Systems
•Payload management
•Track measurement
•Railway asset lifecycle solutions
•Vision-based wayside detectors
•Capture track 3D track position, gauge
and cant

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 并列关系 – IFCRail
BuildingSmart
Industry Foundation Class (IFC) Schema

- IFC for Rail Track

- IFC for Energy
- IFC for Telecom
- IFC for Signalling

welcome other
members to join

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 Data Requirement-Object description For Reference
Energy

Civil/Building Earthing and Current

Overhead Contact System Substation
Element protection Return

➢ Foundation ➢ Cantilever ➢ ControlEquipment ➢ Earthing circuit ……

➢ Pole ➢ head-span ➢ Switching Device ➢ Protection
➢ Stay ➢ OCL ➢ EnergyConversionDevice Element
➢ Portal/Beam ➢ Tensioning device ➢ Instrument Transformer ➢ Protecting Facility
…… ➢ Mid-point anchor ➢ Power Transformer ……
➢ Sectioning device ➢ ElectricStorageDevice
➢ Electrical connector ➢ Filter
➢ Clamp and fitting ➢ BoxTypeSubstation
…… ……
Judicaël DEHOTIN, Jin Guang (2019), IFC Rail Project, Düsseldorf 2019
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 Rail BIM Projects
BIM Uses
• Drawings &
Documentation
production
• Interference
Management
• Analysis & Simulation
BIM Procurement
• Quantity take-off
• Contractual BIM SG-KL HSR
• Code & Functional Requirements and BIM
compliance Protocols Implementation
MRT/ Rail
• Visualization • Employers Information • BIM Manuals Depots
• Tendering Requirements
• Guidelines
• Procurement • BIM Roles on projects
• Execution
• Functional & RAMS • Competency assessment
• Information
demonstration • Information Security management team
• Training Academy
Common Data Environment Level 2 Certified
based collaboration PIM + AIM in Asia
BIM Implementation Challenges
◼ Understanding of BIM
◼ Procurement stage
◼ Defining Project/Asset Information Requirements
◼ Competency – Client, Supply chain
◼ BIM protocols
◼ Contractual framework for information exchange
◼ Implementation stage
◼ BIM implementation guidance is unclear or too limited
◼ Lack of skilled project information management team
◼ Consumption of BIM information in the decision making process
◼ Too much focus on 3D and modeling
◼ Lack of integration/interoperability and open data exchange schema
◼ O&M stage
◼ Integration with legacy MMS
◼ Lack of organization to maintain and update BIM data

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BIM Implementation Recommendation

Upgrade Planning

Measure
Operation Design Maturity
Mandate
and
Execute use of BIM
improve
and Informatio
Asset Competency n for
Construct Assessment Monitor
Manage decision
ion Establish implement
ment Upskill making
Informatio ation
Create internal
n
contractual and Focus on
Define Manageme
documenta external integrated
Informatio nt Team
Create tion resources workflow
n
Awareness Collaborati
Identify requireme EIR
and Set on
BIM Uses nts Manuals
Identify Common Platform
BIM Set BIM Language Guidelines Setup Rail
Priorities Goals
Protocol Informatio
Business/ n Exchange
Project
Future
Challenges
proof
technology
stack

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Source: www.newcivilengineer.com
Summary
◼ Implementation of BIM in Railways accelerating globally
◼ Growth in BIM adoption across rail projects in Asia
◼ Level 2 BIM mandate soon becoming a norm
◼ Rail projects can potentially gain significantly from BIM
◼ Better coordinated design

◼ Deliverables extracted from agreed source of truth

◼ Constant monitoring of project risk – cost escalation and time delay

◼ Improved project proposal communication for public consultation

◼ Rail specific BIM solution for Energy, Telecom and Signaling require significant
advancements
◼ Asian organizations need to participate in IFCRail to implement OpenBIM standards
◼ Educational institutes need to introduce BIM based programs to met future market demand
on BIM skilled resources

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Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Railways
For Design, Construction, Operation and Asset Management

21 May 2019
Asia-Pacific Rail Innovation Forum

Jugal Makwana
Consultant – ADB (TA9420)
Global Director – BIM/Digital Engineering