Changes at FM180

As FM180 continues to develop its Facilities Management consultancy, particularly in the area of BIM4FM and CAFM selection, procurement, implementation and advice it has appointed two new Directors.

Steve Owen is appointed as Managing Director and will continue to focus the efforts of the business in the emerging field of BIM4FM.  Working closely with the development teams of FM software providers, Steve aims to bring FM firmly into the world of BIM.

 “The benefits that BIM can bring to our built environment should not be underestimated however; in order to maximise these benefits, all stakeholders must be involved”.

"CAFM relies on good quality data to provide accurate and timely Management Information.  Historically, this has been a weak area in many FM operations.  BIM has the capability to change this beyond all recognition but, we must get FM on the 'BIM Train' to make this a reality".

Steve regularly speaks at BIM and FM industry events about the need for collaboration across the design, construction and operate/maintain disciplines.

Charles van Berckel is appointed as Business Development Director bringing with him a wealth of sales, marketing and operations expertise.  With over 20 years’ experience in sales and operations management, Charles will be focussing on raising the brand awareness across the FM180 portfolio as well as heading up an active and focussed sales team.

Charles has been speaking to organisations about the advent of BIM in the FM environment for the past two years and has been a key driver of the BIM agenda within FM180.

"We wouldn't dream of spending a few thousand pounds on a vehicle with no discernible history yet, we commonly see clients who own multi million pound assets who have no idea about the history and condition of their building and the assets within it".

"BIM gives FM the opportunity to redress this imbalance and allows us to obtain the richest, most accurate information about our built environment than ever before".

In addition to the new appointments, FM180 are proud to announce that they are now included on the G-Cloud framework and, as such, are able to provide SAAS solutions to the public sector.  This means that public sector organisations can buy services from FM180 without needing to run a full tender or competition procurement process. 

 Contact us for more details.

Whether public or private sector, if you are looking for help on an upcoming BIM project in respect of any aspect of FM delivery, including CAFM selection, procurement and implementation, call us for a no obligation discussion.

Registered with the Crown Commercial Services and now available from the Digital Marketplace, the future of CAFM in the BIM environment.

#BIM #CAFM #GCloud #Digitalmarketplace #Facman #saas

BNYL 2015 - What will MainManager do for you?

Once your IFC is imported into MainManager, we'll create the assets and locations giving you a 3D view of your facility.  This is where the power of BIM comes to the fore.  The 3D images are great, we all like to 'fly' around the building and look at things but, the quality of data provided by the BIM model is unequaled in traditional FM terms.  From the model we can now:

• Schedule planned work.
• Assign contractors and trades in advance so we can project labour requirements.
• Create checklists allowing us to meet best practice by utilising standards such as SFG20, NRM etc.
• Attach documents, plans or drawings to works and attach the records to objects in the model.
• Create reactive tasks against objects in the model well in advance of the operate and maintain phase.  Imagine carrying out visual clash detection, creating issues and work orders during construction and making snagging a part of the solution rather than a problem at the end of a project.
• View the asset records from the objects in the model including documents, drawings, O&M manuals and work history records.  In fact, you can now access any information you need directly from the 3D representation.
• Link to  BMS, Finance and other applications.

In short, your CAFM system becomes the brain of the building, fully integrated with all systems rather than being a piece of software you buy to do some maintenance tasks.  Think about it, can you afford not to do this on your next BIM project?

BNYL Site import and test mark up tool

This is the site we are working on, Hudson Yard, New York City.  Some really exciting ideas coming from the design teams! We can't wait to see how it shapes up.

To kill a bit of time, I thought I'd check the mark up tool.

Actually, I wish I was there!  Maybe next week....

This is just an example of the mark up tool.  Nothing to do with the BNYL project but, we believe MainManager can be utilised throughout the BIM process to aid design and construction teams by providing an easily accessible visual collaboration tool which can be used to register incidents such as clashes, snagging, H&S concerns etc.

BNYL Test import of a plantroom

Well, things are moving fast, the design teams are all busy bringing the OneWYG project out of the ground.

Whilst we're waiting, we imported an example plant room and all seems well.  We're just waiting for the first structural and MEP models to find their way to us.

Excitement is building! #Facman #BIM #BIM4FM

FM180 to provide FM solutions for BNYL 2015

FM180 to provide FM solutions for BNYL 2015

WYG are taking part in Build New York Live 2015 and have selected FM180 to provide the Facilities Management solution for the project.  We are obviously very excited and looking forward to the challenge!

To follow our progress and the competition, live, keep an eye on our blog, Linked in and Twitter accounts.

+FM180 @FM180steve @wyggroup #MainManager #FM180 #BNYL #OneWYG

To read more, go to WYG takes on BNYL

We had a great day yesterday at the latest @ThinkBIM event discussing #GreenBIM. 

The speakers were excellent and we had the opportunity to host a round table discussion on how to get FM involved in the BIM process.  For a full breakdown of the event follow the link below:

Yesterday's GreenBIM as it happened

Our discussion revolved around the first three questions we believe FM should ask of itself when embarking on the BIM journey.  The responses and questions from delegates showed that FM has some way to go before becoming an established player in the BIM process.  Time to get involved and tell people what you need from BIM.

If you are about to embark on your own journey, let us help you to tap into resources and guidance to get the result you want.

thinkBIM is run by the Centre for Knowledge

Exchange at Leeds Beckett University

#Facman #BIM #CAFM #FM180