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Speakers
Bryn Fosburgh
Vice President
Trimble
USA



Bio
Bryn Fosburgh currently serves as vice president for Trimble's heavy and highway construction business, and Trimble's Buildings group, which includes the following markets: architecture, owner, structures, MEP, and general contractor markets. From 2009 to 2010, Mr. Fosburgh served as vice president for Trimble's Construction Division, with responsibility for a number of corporate functions and geographical regions. From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Fosburgh was vice president for Trimble's Construction and Agriculture Divisions, and from 2005 to 2007, Mr. Fosburgh served as vice president and general manager of Trimble's Engineering and Construction Division. Mr. Fosburgh joined Trimble in 1994 and has held numerous roles, including vice president and general manager for Trimble's geomatics and engineering division, and division vice president of survey and infrastructure. Prior to Trimble, Mr. Fosburgh was a civil engineer and also held various positions for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Defense Mapping Agency. Mr. Fosburgh received a B.S. in geology from the University of Wisconsin in Green Bay in 1985 and an M.S. in civil engineering from Purdue University in 1989.
Dr. Souheil Soubra
Deputy Director of IT Department
Scientific and Technical Centre for Building
France



Bio
Dr. Souheil Soubra is Deputy Director of the IT department at CSTB. Main fields of interest include Simulation Environments, Building Information Modelling, Geographical Information management, Virtual and Augmented Reality. He is currently managing CSTB’s strategic project entitled “Simulation and numerical tools” in the frame of which an innovative immersive space dedicated to Virtual Environments for the construction sector has been put in place. He participated or managed several EC funded projects (Divercity, V-MAN, ViSICADE, Create, Intelcity, Intelcities, STREAMER, ). Souheil Soubra is a member of various expert committees in “Construction IT” and has co-authored several publications and books in this field.

Abstract

Topic: Bridging the gap between BIM and GIS
Sustainable Urban Development is a complex process with multiple stakeholders (planners, developers, individual citizens, neighbourhood communities, single issue groups, local and national government agencies, ) usually pursuing divergent objectives.Therefore, reliable information on the city level is needed to support policy making and then to assess impact of decisions on the performance of the city in order to improve future decisions (i.e. a feedback loop). We consider that there is a genuine need to establish a scientifically based and inclusive dialogue between stakeholders to establish this feedback loop. To do so, numerical tools (concerning 3D models but also administrative and legal aspects) are needed. And we consider that their use will open new horizons for consultation and decision making. Today, two main domains are applied for these numerical tools. On one hand the Building Information Modelling with highly detailed information of buildings and building aggregations. On the other hand the Geographic Information Modelling with the focus on any geospatial information on different scales. Within the domains both modelling methods are well adapted and standardized by international organizations. The presentation will focus on the means to bring together these two domains in order to achieve a holistic assessmentof SUD on the district level.
Herman Winkels
Program Manager Building Information Models
Rijkswaterstaat
The Netherlands



Bio
Dr Winkels is the current BIM program manager at Rijkswaterstaat, member of the National Council on BIM in the Netherlands and Chair of the European CEDR-group on BIM Information. He has a background of 26 years of experience at Rijkswaterstaat including Senior Advisor of the Board of Directors at Rijkswaterstaat, Management leader and expert in BIM-approaches, BIM-implementation, Assetmanagement and BIM-modelling.

Abstract

Topic:BIM implementation in the Netherlands as a Flywheel for the construction chain
The Dutch Council on BIM in the Netherlands executes a program for implementing BIM. Its goals are to make steps forward on BIM-technology, the involved information processes, the related management and organization and the accompagnied communication and education needed for this. In this council the branches of Clients, Constructors, Engineers, Architects, Installation Sector and Supply Chain are all represented with two members. This integrated approach, tested in real projects, is effective to get the BIM flywheel going. The Rijkswaterstaat specific approach in large scale projects is a good example of this. The early use of a structured data room using an objecttype library and an open BIM standard named COINS makes it possible to transfer data between all parties, geometrically placing data in the project area. Next steps in the National approach include closing the gap between the BIM and GIS-world (OGC, Land XML, Inspire and IM-Geo).
Bram Mommers
Senior Adviser Information Management (BIM)
ARCADIS
The Netherlands



Bio
Bram Mommers has years of experience as a consultant on issues on Information Management in the construction industry. He has a background geographic information, and since 2007 as a program manager at European level co-responsible for policy-making and implementation of BIM within ARCADIS. Since 2013 he is also a member of the executive committee of the Dutch Building Information Council (BIR) and within responsible for the IT cluster. In that role, Bram is currently strongly involved in the forming of one-stop shop for all open BIM standards in the Netherlands. This in strong cooperation with the geospatial industry.
Jantien Stoter
Professor, GIS-Technology, Faculty of Architecture and
The Built Environment, TUDelft, Consultant Product
and Process Innovation, Kadaster, Consultant, Geo-
ICT, Geonovum, The Netherlands


Bio
Jantien Stoter is professor Spatial Data Infrastructure, at the Faculty of Architecture and The Built Environment, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and obtained her PhD degree (3D Cadastre) in 2004. She combines her professorship with jobs as researcher at both the Kadaster and Geonovum. Jantien is chair of the EuroSDR Commission “Data Specifications” and leader of the national 3D SIG (Special Interest Group) and the EuroSDR 3D SIG. Her research areas are 3D, automated generalization and information modelling.
Moderator
Prof.dr.ir. A.M. (Arjen) Adriaanse
Professor of Construction Process Integration & ICT, University of Twente, The Netherlands and BIM/GIS Program Manager, Ballast Nedam
The Netherlands


Bio
Prof.dr.ir. A.M. (Arjen) Adriaanse bio: Arjen Adriaanse is currently Professor of Construction Process Integration & ICT at the University of Twente. He also works for the construction company Ballast Nedam where he is responsible for the development and implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Adriaanse is an active member of several sector initiatives such as the European ‘5D initiative’ (see www.5d-initiative.eu/). Within the 5D initiative construction companies and software suppliers work together in order to develop the next generation of BIM technology (‘BIM 2.0’).
Frans van den Berg
Senior Researcher/Levee Consultant
Deltares
The Netherlands



Bio
Frans van den Berg present position is senior levee specialist at Deltares in The Netherlands. He has over 15 years broad experience in geotechnical (levee) projects, i.e. state of the art dike technology, dike inspection, smart levees and monitoring He worked on many research projects in The Netherlands i.e. the BetuweRoute monitoring system. He has worked in Ecuador, China, USA and Indonesia. He is the geotechnical projectmanager on an extensive smart levees pilot including a Flood early warnings system along the Yellow River in China. He received a nomination for a Dutch geotechnical award.

Abstract

Topic:A Systematic Approach to Health Monitoring of Dams, Dikes and Levees
The importance of dykes and levees in densely populated deltas need not be stressed. Given sea level rise, land subsidence and the increasing economic value of the hinterland, there is a growing need to keep this vital infrastructure at an adequate level of safety. Assessing the current level of safety of an existing structure and determining any required improvements generally requires site-specific information on the subsoil conditions and aspects like the time-dependent development of pore pressures inside and under the structure. A systematic approach to the set-up, installation and maintenance of a monitoring system and the use of the measured data provides a cost-effective answer to the most important unknown variables, as the experience from more than ten small-sized dyke monitoring projects in The Netherlands, England, Germany and China shows. The acquired knowledge has been integrated with findings from literature and applied to a large dam in The Netherlands and will, in the end, lead to a manual of how to successful implement a monitoring system in all phases of the life cycle of a dyke or levee.
Thomas Liebich
Director
AEC3
Germany



Bio
Dr. Thomas Liebich is the owner of AEC3 Germany, a consulting firm delivering dedicated services for specifying and applying building information modeling and interoperability for more than 10 years, collaborating with AEC3 Ltd. on European level. He is leading the buildingSMARTInternational team for developing the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) and he is developing many services to facilitate their implementation, including simple ifcXML, mvdXML and currently the buildingSMART certification 2.0 program. Major projects he carried out in his professional career include the world's first automatic code checking system in Singapore, the CAD/GIS integration project in Norway, the technical support for the first international architectural contest requiring openBIM - the National Museum in Oslo Norway, and the development of openBIM guidelines and validation process for the US Army Corps of Engineers in Germany. He is the co-author of the recent BIM Recommendation for Germany developed for the Federal Agency for Buildings, City Planning and Urban Affairs. Thomas Liebichholds a PhD from the Bauhaus University Weimar. He has been involved in many leading R&D projects, including the recent EU projects STREAMER (BIM and GIS for Energy Efficient Hospital Districts) and Hesmos (energy-enhanced BIM framework) and the German Mefisto project (multi-model BIM collaboration). He also is involved in open BIM education and training activities, giving lectures at universities, and for professional associations.

Topic:Integration of Geospatial and BIM Information in Construction Projects - A need for harmonized standards and guidelines
While the usage of BIM originates from building engineering, hence its name Building Information Modelling, it is now also used more and more for infrastructure works. This increases the need to bridge between the traditional areas of BIM and GIS, including the main standards used in these areas being IFC and GML. First the areas of overlap, where data used in BIM and GIS processes need to interoperate, are identified. Then a strategy is shown, how the existing standards IFC and GML are currently enhanced to provide the common ground for this interoperability. Participants are invited to explore possibilities to get engaged in these developments organized within buildingSMART International. The paper concludes with first early adoption projects and lessons learnt.
Rob van de Velde
Director
Geonovum
The Netherlands



Bio
Rob is Director of Geonovum since april 2007. Making the Government work smarter when it comes to location, is the common thread in his work in the public sector. After studying social geography in 1985 he got to do with the introduction of geographic information systems at the then National Physical Planning Agency. Then he got job at the National Institute of public health and environment and the Ministry of agriculture, nature and food quality. His previous job was head of the GIS Competence Center of the Ministry of agriculture, nature and food quality. Rob is a member of the Board of Directors of the Open Geospatial Consortium and connected with the Spatial Information Laboratory of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Bart De Lathouwer
Director, Interoperability Programs
OGC
Belgium



Bio
Bart De Lathouwer is responsible for planning and managing interoperability initiatives such as testbeds, pilots and interoperability experiments with an emphasis on activities in Europe. Since 2001, Mr. De Lathouwer has worked first as European liaison to the geospatial division of Autodesk and later as Autodesk's Product Manager for Server Technologies. In this role, he also served as member company representative to the OGC. As a company representative, he started the OGC CAD-GIS Interoperability Working Group (which evolved into the OGC 3DIM Domain Working Group) and managed the development of a core data access technology FDO (Feature Data Object) that later went open source in OSGeo. After returning to Europe, he worked as a geospatial expert for both private and government organizations focused on interoperability. Previously, Mr. De Lathouwer was technical project manager at electric and water utilities as well as telecommunication companies. He holds a BS in Computer Science from the Karel de Grote-Hogeschool.

Abstract

Topic:OGC , bSI and ISO TC 59 Join Forces to Work on Geo and BIM Standards
In this session we will explore the unique collaboration between buildingSMART International (including BuildingSMART Alliance), ISO TC 59 and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), both from a business and a technical perspective.The move in the building industry from drawing (the digital equivalent of pen and paper) to modeling (designing using a parametric model) has changed the way a building or infrastructure is designed and constructed dramatically – for the better - but it has also increased the need to exchange information with the adjacent and surrounding environments and need for a common language.The built environment does not stand on its own, it exists in a context with which it needs to interact and integrate. This environment consists of infrastructure, terrain & buildings, but is also an ecological and human context. Seamless and efficient information exchange between these is crucial during the design, construction and life cycle of the built environment.Both OGC and bSI work together to define common abstract interoperability specifications for seamless information exchange that will find their way in various encodings (IFC, GML, …).
Marcel Reuvers
Director Geo-Standards
Geonovum
The Netherlands



Bio
Reuvers obtained his BSc. at the Polytechnic in Geodetics in 1991. After working as a consultant for a software house for administrative geo-information applications, he transferred to another software house, which designs applications for procuring and exploitation of geo-information. In his role as product manager he contributed to the developments of data warehouses, several applications, address / building integration, etc. Since 2007 he is working at the Netherlands Council for Geo-Information, Geonovum, as manager for the Standardisation Program. He works on general geo-standards and specific sector information models for spatial themes like land-use planning, water management, cultural heritage, topographic data and others as well. He is a member of the CEN/TC 287, ISO/TC 211 and OGC. At OGC he is amongst other things working on CityGML (3D topographic City Models) and InfraGML.

Abstract

Topic: InfraGML : Linking pin between Geo and BIM
LandXML is a non-proprietary XML (eXtensible Mark-up Language) data file format containing civil engineering and survey measurement data commonly used in the Land Development and Transportation Industries. LandXML data is of value to the larger geospatial data community, but currently the format is not integrated with any of the OGC's or ISO's geospatial standards. Both the land and infrastructure user domain, BIM domain and the geospatial technology user domain would benefit from integrated access to the two types of information. The OGC LandInfra SWG has begun this work, and very importantly, the work is being done jointly with buildingSMART International, the organization that is actively working on a set of Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs) for Building Information Model (BIM) interoperability. An OGC/buildingSmart International MOU was signed in March 2014, and progress on development has been good. This presentation gives an update of the work that has been done and how BIM and GIS comes together on infra.
Jene van der Heide
Senior Project Manager
Kadaster
The Netherlands



Bio
Jene is a senior advisor at the Netherlands’ Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency. In short; Kadaster. His scope: infrastructural-, public safety- and innovative projects where spatial intelligence is needed. Jene is also process manager at Geonovum on Smart Cities. Jene studied Spatial Planning at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Jene started his geo-career in 1999 at the municipality of Arnhem. From 2005 till 2007 he ran his own business in geo information for public safety parties. Jene started in 2007 at Kadaster as ‘quarter master’ of a new department called ‘RuimteenAdvies’ (customised solutions). In 2009 he also worked for Geonovum as process manager public safety.

Abstract

Topic:Build Subservient To Operate
In the Netherlands we are working on just one permit on all kinds of activities in public space. Therefore we are building an ‘avenue of the environment’; a digital, spatial highway. Wow! With this assignment we create a world where GEO and BIM will be one, from idea to exploitation. No need for a GEOBIM conference anymore. But where do we stand nowadays? What happens with a BIM model when a project is finished? Do we have a closed circle between governments, market parties, end-users and stakeholders? Do we have a standard plug and standard outlet? By showing use cases we will share our experiences and show solutions. All to be able to let assets operate efficiently and most effective if possible. This presentation is prepared by a government (Kadaster) and a market party (Movares). Where the government is working on a framework of trusted data and market parties can use this framework to build and operate assets.
Geoff Zeiss
Editor – Building & Energy
Geospatial Media and Communications
Canada



Bio
Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years’ experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years’ experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D; open source geospatial, and facilitating the adoption of geospatial data and technology in vertical industries such as construction and utilities. His efforts in encouraging the adoption of geospatial outside of its traditional spheres of mapping and government were recognized at Geospatial World Forum 2014 where he received the Geospatial Ambassador Leadership Award. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm, and Editor Buildings and Energy at Geospatial Media and Communications.
Moderator
Rob Roef
Board Member
BuildingSMART Benelux
The Netherlands


Bio
Rob Roef is Director Sales & Marketing at Construsoft, in more than 30 countries strategic partner of Tekla (a Trimble company), board member of buildingSMART Benelux and convinced openBIM-evangelist. With over 20 years' experience in the international construction / ICT world this Dutchmen doesn’t get crazy fast. He prefers not to speak to people who talk about BIM in difficult words. According to Rob, BIM is a reciprocal interdependence ?
Anne Kemp
Director BIM Strategy and Development
Atkins
United Kingdom


Bio
Anne is currently a director at Atkins UK and thought leader for the company’s BIM Strategy and Implementation. She is Chair of the Association for Geographic Information UK, BIM4Infrastructure UK, and Institution of Civil Engineers' Building Information Management (BIM) Action Group.
J. (Jasper) Vallentgoed
BIM Manager
BAM Infra
The Netherlands



Bio
After graduation in 2004 in Civil Engineering, Jasper started working at the Dutch contractor Royal BAM group as a site engineer. Soon after Jasper encountered several 3D/BIM as an Engineering Manager on Design and Construct projects in the industry sector which opened his eyes for the undeniable benefits BIM in combination with integrated concurrent engineering has to offer. The mix of 3D/BIM, design and construct and an Integrated project delivery approach motivated Jasper to start his Masters at University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht form which he graduated in 2012. His master Thesis research was about positioning BIM within lean processes, integrated concurrent engineering and Life Cycle Engineering combined with the organizational changes needed for implementation of BIM within BAM Civil Engineering. The Thesis was awarded for most innovative thesis (http://bit.ly/1tFy2LB). Since 2012 he is responsible for managing the BIM implementation within BAM Civil/Infra, shaping the BIM vision and development of implementation strategy and fine-tuning the implementation process between different internal and external stakeholders on a day to day basis. Jasper is a member of the 5D-initiative (http://www.5d-initiative.eu/).

Mark Noort
Editor
Geospatial Media and Communications
The Netherlands



Bio
Mark Noort is the director/owner of HCP international, specialising in marketing of earth observation applications for sustainable development and general project formulation, acquisition, management and evaluation. The activities of HCP international focus on marketing and business development in the areas of agriculture, risk, water and environmental management. Previously he was head of Marketing and Project Services at the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) for more than 10 years. He is also involved in several European funded projects for the worldwide promotion of earth observation applications and is co-chair of the Institutions and Development Implementation Board of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). For more than 25 years, he has managed and implemented projects in various fields, such as water management, natural resources, disaster management, agriculture, sanitation and marketing of higher education. Capacity building and fund raising are key elements in all these activities. He has vast international experience, also as an expatriate expert. He has been employed by NGO’s, companies, governments and universities. He is a graduate of Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
Leif Granholm
Member - Technical Leadership Community
BuildingSMART International
Finland



Bio
Leif has been active in standardization work since early nineties. He is Tekla’s and Trimble´s strategic level representative in BuildingSMART and also serves as Trimble Corp’s representative in OGC and buildingSMART alliance.
- buildingSMART engagements: Member and secretary of buildingSMART ITM, Member and secretary of buildingSMART TECHCOM, member of interim Standards Committee Excecutive.
- OGC: Vice Chair of Land and Infrastructure DWG, charter member of Land and Infrastructure SWG, charter member and co-chair of Urban Planning DWG, voting member of CityGML SWG.
- Others: Member of Swedish standards institute TK323 representing Sweden in ISO TC211, member of Swedish standards institute TK269 representing Sweden in ISO TC10 and TC59, chair of TK323 AG2 BIM, CEN WG-215 BIM, member of SFS SR304 representing Finland in ISO TC211, member of NVF (Nordiskt vägtekniskt forum) ICT section

Abstract

Topic: Introducing buildingSMART
The presentation will give an overview of buildingSMART and how buildingSMART relates with the GeoSpatial community. buildingSMART is undergoing big changes that will be presented. Integrating with GeoSpatial, Indoor navigation and BIM for Infrastructure are very hot topics that will be covered in the presentation.
Mikael Kastell
Independent BIM Specialist
Sweden




Bio
Mikael Kastell is an independent BIM specialist from Stockholm, Sweden. He has almost 20 years experience from the civil/structural engineering industry. He started off in the mid 90:ies drawing/designing mainly industrial projects like paper mills, gas plants etc.. In 1998 he started working in Norway in the Oil- and Gas industry. Designing several oil- and gas platforms. It was then he learnt about 3D modelling and how to manage the information in the models. After returning to Sweden in 2007 he understood that his experience from Norway was highly valued and called BIM. He started more and more to work only with BIM questions and in 2011 got the opportunity to be BIM responsible for Mall of Scandinavia, the biggest shopping mall in Scandinavia when finished. In 2013 he started helping ÅF with their BIM efforts in the mega infrastructure project Bypass Stockholm, a 21 km long tunnel. Now he’s the clients (SKB) BIM responsible in the national program for handle nuclear waste.

Abstract

Topic: BIM Showcase: Case Study of Mall of Scandinavia
A BIM showcase from the ‘Mall of Scandinavia’ project will be presented. The presentation shall demonstrate how construction project requirements can be fulfilled by using BIM.
Hans Schevers
Member
Technical Management Group of COINS
The Netherlands



Bio
Hans Schevers started his academic career with a PhD from Delft University of Technology and a Post-Doc at CSIRO Melbourne. Key projects include Sydney Opera House asset management and Urban development assessments using BIM and semantic web technology. After that Hans started a commercial career as co-owner of StrateGis BV focusing on automated financial advice for urban (re-) development projects. Based upon their 3D financial modeling software StrateGis has advised on more than 100 urban development projects. Currently, Hans is owner of BuildingBits BV (www.buildingbits.nl)focussing on next generation graphic information systems.At this moment Hansis involved in 3D GIS, COINS and the application of BIM and Semantic Web technology for the Construction Industry.

Abstract

Topic: Exchange of BIM, GIS and System Engineering Data via the COINS Standard
Information regarding design and maintenance of civil engineering structures can reside in a variety of software systems such as Systems Engineering platforms, documents, CAD/BIM models, GIS systems, planning systems, etc. The COINS standard enables the exchangeof all this data via a single container and supports the management of this data via the COINS Building Information System. This presentation gives an overview of the COINS standard and explains some of the technical concepts of the specification. Also the current usage of COINS will be discussed.
Radboud Baayen
Sr.Technical Consultant
STABU
The Netherlands



Bio
After an education in engineering at the Technical University in Delft, Radboud Baayen worked at a technical consultancy in the field of structuring and communicating digital (product) information within the construction process. Currently, he put this experience to work in a construction wide area in which he connects market developments in the field of BIM with developments of structured qualitative information. Development of BIM brings various expertise and actors in the construction process closer together which will influence GEO and FM also. Internationally Radboud has been involved in the development of buildingSMART Data Dictionary , one of the three open BIM standards buildingSMART. In this connection he is Chairman of the Technical Working Group.
Christophe Castaing
Project Director
Egis
France



Bio
  • Architecture training and Graduate in CAD development
  • With Egis, 25 years of experience of project management in large Infrastructure projects in Europe and Middle East ( Road and Rail) and Software development of CAD and GIS.
  • Since 2013, Director of the Egis project : Bim by egis
  • Participating to the research project COMMUNIC (ANR and Advancity), from 2007 to 2011.
  • Leading and launching a new research project MINnD sponsored by the MEDDE (French ministry of Environment and sustainable development) to develop Infrastructure Information modelling.
  • Representative of SYNTEC ingénièrie in the French project of Data Dictionary PPBIM, with Afnor.
  • In charge of the Project management Module for the BIM professional Master in the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC-Paris)
  • Technical advisor of the MEDDE in CEDR S3
  • Technical advisor of the MEDDE in the European BIM group
  • Chairman of the Infrastructure Room, for Building Smart International
Abstract

Topic:Development of MINnD Project in France
The presentation shall introduce the national research project oninfrastructure modelling (MINnD) in France, covering the entire infrastructure lifecycle. This project demonstrated clearly from the very beginning the need of integrating geographical information and building information. During the first steps of the design phase, the information management is mainly toward environmental data, i.e. hydraulic, archaeological, geotechnical, ecological, etc. Another area that requires geo + BIM integration is the resilience issue in smart cities. BIM for smartcities could be considered as the avatar of the smartconstruction in live. Consequently, the continuity of the information delivery and management system including geospatial references depends on the compliance and interoperability between several models: construction, asset management, maintenance, spatial analysis, etc. Relevance of LOD concepts and model view definitions need to be verified.
Dr. Mohamad Kassem
Associate Professor
Technology Futures Institute
Teesside University
United Kingdom

Bio
Dr. Mohamad Kassem is an Associate Professor in Engineering Project Management at Teesside University (UK) and the EU BIM consultant to the Brazilian Government. Over the last six years, Dr. Kassem has done extensive research and published tens of articles on the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the Design, Construction and Operation (DCO) industry at different scales ranging from organisation to supply chain and market-wide scale. He holds several research and enterprise grants from British and international funding bodies. He is Co-Principal Investigator on an international research project (2014-2018) funded by the Qatar Foundation ($ 940,000) and the supervisor on four Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (£ 480,000) funded by UK Innovate. Dr. Kassem has recently developed a BIM policy draft for the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) and the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management (MPOG) of Brazil for the development and implementation of BIM initiatives in Brazil.

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Topic:BIM policy at country level: de-risking and guiding policy development
Building Information Modelling (BIM) concepts and tools have the potential to significantly improve the efficiency of design, construction and operation (DCO) industry.Several government authorities, regulatory bodies and industry associations, around the world, are developing policy initiatives to implement BIM at country scale. The analysis of policy initiatives of different countriesreveals eight shared components (i.e. 1. objectives and stages,2. guides and protocols, 3. drivers and champions, 4. standardised deliverables/digital libraries, 5. regulatory framework, 6. measurement and optimisation, 7. education and learning, and 8. technology infrastructure). In this presentation, I will illustrate these eight components for the United Kingdom and present a framework that can inform BIM policy development of countries and improve their BIM capability and maturity.
John Foster
European Business Development Manager, BIM
Topcon Positioning Systems
United Kingdom


Bio
John is responsible for developing the Topcon BIM strategy in Europe including our strategic partnership with Autodesk. John has recently joined Topcon from Finnish Autodesk partner and BIM software provider, Profox Companies where he was Director responsible for business development and sales of Autodesk based BIM software solutions. Previously he was Sales Manager at NavisWorks Ltd and Plant Solutions Sales Manager at Autodesk Ltd. John has over 20 years experience in CAD and data management ranging from software development through consulting to business development and sales.

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Topic BIM policy and Innovation: Strategies for productivity Improvement
In the last 40 years construction productivity has declined by 35-40% while it has doubled in non-construction industries. Lack of automation is the main reason but there are other factors such as uniqueness of projects, lack of integration within and between companies and environmental concerns and government regulations. The industry is adopting BIM to increase productivity and significantly reduce waste and in some European countries there are already government directives in place to promote adoption. The European Parliament have voted to support a package of reforms to the EU Public Procurement Directive, which includes clauses designed to encourage all European countries to recommend the use of electronic tools, including BIM, on public works contracts. Europe is hoping BIM adoption will mean building and infrastructure projects are set up and completed faster, more economically and sustainably. This should have cost savings for taxpayers: according to a 2012 report by the European Commission, public entities that have already implemented e-procurement solutions report savings of between 5% and 20% of their procurement expenditure. Topcon will discuss their current position, vision and strategic importance in developing and delivering their BIM focused solutions to improve productivity within their customers workflows.
Mario Matthys
Coordinator "Gent in 3D"
City of Gent
Belgium



Bio
Mario Matthys is an Architect and Urban Planner. He started his career as Urban Planner in the City of Ghent and managed different urban planning projects (housing, mobility, structure planning, city renewal, public space, ... ). To optimize his work, he introduced CAD (in the 80'), GIS and Virtual Reality (in the 90') to the Municipality. In 2003 he started using 3D-GIS. He always changed analog processes to digital processes in the planning, design and management tasks, and became the first municipal 3D-coordinator in Belgium. Between 1991 and 2013 he taught GIS in the University College Luca Ghent and Brussels. He is also the former Chairman of Flagis (Flemish Association of Geographic Information Systems). He promoted the City of Ghent as the first and only municipality using a 3D-C.A.V.E. ( Computer Aided Virtual Environment) in evaluation and communication processes of urban development since 2004, and also the first city in Benelux using an own static 3D-scanner in 2010. In 2011 Ghent was the first city in Belgium and maybe in Europe with a guideline for architects to integrate their 3D-drawings in the 3D-citymodel. His research and personal interests on more dimensions will result in a PhD in Geography concerning Multi-D³ (Multi-dimensional, Multi-disciplinar, Multi-dynamic) in the University of Ghent. Mario has received different nominations and won 3 innovation-awards for his work (1989, 1999 and the last one "The Geo-spatial award" in 2013). He promotes the integration of BIM and GIS in his own city Ghent, the whole Belgian country and outside. His mission is that GIS and BIM has the same goal, but different scale and name because they came from different disciplines. Architect and buildings-experts don't know GIS and GIS-experts never heard of BIM... This has to change ! He is local organiser of the www.UDMS.net congress to be held in Ghent on 22-24/4/2015.
Dr. ir. G.T. (Bart) Luiten
Project Manager Sustainability and BIM
Structural Reliability TNO
The Netherlands



Bio
Bart Luiten is manager of BIM sustainability projects in Building and Construction at TNO, the largest fully independent research, development and consultancy organisation in the Netherlands. He took a post-doctoral study at Stanford University in 1995 and subsequently worked for the innovation department of HBG, the largest construction company in the Netherlands at that time. He has been actively been involved in projects on the edge between research and practice, such as Half-Time, PSIBouw, Building Brains, BIM at Rijkswaterstaat, and V-Con.

Abstract

Topic:Making BIM and GIS interoperable using the V-Con layered modelling approach Road authorities are facing the challenge to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their core processes related to asset and network management. Improving information management is crucial for this endeavor. Road authorities aim at using information sharing and exchange standards, accepted in the industry. Actually, they are enforced by law to use open standards. Standards such as BIM and GIS are becoming more and more accepted in the industry, but each have their own communities of users and developers, use cases, computer languages and standardization bodies. Road authorities, however, want to apply those standards jointly, preferably in combination with upcoming Systems Engineering standards. In current practice, this is a ‘bridge too far’ for most software systems. This presentation shows a possible solution, which is under development in the EU-funded FP7 project called V-Con, Virtual Construction for Roads. In V-Con, road authorities and research institutes developed a layered modelling approach for linking open standards for BIM, GIS and SE, with national and company specific extensions, using the Linked Data paradigm. We invited software vendors to propose implementations for this approach. At the time of this presentation, we just received their bids and will start the evaluation process. The selected software vendors will be given the opportunity to implement their V-Con Solutions.
James Colclough
BIM/GIS Lead, European Transportation
AECOM
United Kingdom



Bio
James is leading the promotion and development of BIM, including GIS, within AECOM Europe. This involves delivering a clear BIM strategy for the Transportation Business Line. He is experienced in delivering innovative solutions for a range of clients including the linkage of GIS and BIM systems to provide valuable asset information during operation. This has included working on some of the largest infrastructure projects in the UK in both the Highways and Rail sectors. With a technical background in GIS, James is a Chartered Geographer and Chartered Member of the Institute of Logistics and Transport.

Abstract

Topic:Integrating BIM + GIS for Asset Management
The flow of information through a project and asset lifecycle is a fundamental part of the BIM ethos. For any BIM project, this involves the management of various data sources and types during the different lifecycle stages. There is a need to integrate these data sources to provide a holistic view of the project and also connect project teams. As an industry, there is a desire to understand how to achieve this technically and ensure that stakeholders adopt a collaborative common data environment. The traditional scalability of GIS is being challenged, with the boundaries between CAD, GIS and BIM blurring where the key component is the data. This paper discusses some of the key challenges the industry faces in achieving integration, providing project examples of where they have been overcome technically and through engaging previously disparate teams. A key topic for infrastructure projects is discussed, where GIS operational asset management systems are being connected to the BIM design process and thus maximise efficiency savings.
Rollo Home
Senior Product Manager, 3D
Ordnance Survey
United Kingdom



Bio
Rollo is the 3D product lead for Ordnance Survey, the National Mapping Authority for Great Britain, where he is tasked with devising the roadmap for the introduction of future 3D products, as well as being responsible for Detailed Content which includes OS MasterMap Topo Layer and the height and imagery portfolios. He has worked within the geospatial sector as a consultant for over 17 years with an ever growing engagement with 3D data and city modelling. Rollo represents Ordnance Survey as an Associate Member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smart Cities and leads on a number of Smart City initiatives for Ordnance Survey. He has worked for a range of international engineering consultancies, a mapping consultancy and a 3D software vendor. Rollo is Chartered Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and also the current Conference Chair for the UK Association for Geographic Information (www.geobig5.com)

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Topic:Making Infrastructure Work: Getting true value from BIM with Geo
With the increasing need for efficiency and ever advancing pace of technology, BIM is becoming more established within the property and construction markets to capitalise on the benefits it presents. A design process or methodology to manage asset data throughout the assets life cycle, the purposes of BIM are to increase productivity/efficiency; improve sustainability; facilitate collaboration; mitigate risk; and improve communications/coordination. However as we start to look beyond BIM Level 2 and towards Level 4 even, the focus shifts from savings associated with the individual asset to societal gains from managing assets collectively. From here terminology begins to overlap with that of Smart Cities, and the connections become apparent. This paper aims to show that location adds value to BIM in a number of ways, through simply ‘tying’ designs to the 'real world', to allowing shared analysis of data to assess impacts on the environment, through supporting decision making process (for example flood risks, BREEAM assessments), facilitating better visualisation and providing a common platform for overlaying disparate datasets for analysis. With location data, BIM enables top-down and bottom-up analysis and scenario modelling to answer the 'what if' question. This means that you can understand risk properly and take better-informed decisions.
Marek Suchocki
BIM Expert/Sales Development Executive
Autodesk
United Kingdom



Bio
Marek Suchocki is a Sales Development Executive in Autodesk working with civil engineering customers in EMEA. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering, is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered IT Professional, a Fellow of the British Computer Society and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. His career focus has been the research, development and application of information technology to aid management and design processes for built environment projects. He sits on the ICE Information Systems panel, is Chairman of Construct IT, is a member of the British Standards B555 committee for construction design modelling and data exchange, and is an active participant in the Task Force driving the UK Government BIM initiative. Previously he was a member of the Mouchel IT Senior Management Team owning a portfolio of corporate IT projects, and before that Research and Innovation Manager and a Principal Management Consultant at Atkins. His career includes delivering significant impact on BIM for infrastructure adoption across many projects and organisations, the rollout of collaborative working solutions to private and public sector clients, and undertaking studies on IT and knowledge management. He has a broad experience in the UK and Europe, having worked for a major UK contractor, an infrastructure client and a Quantity Surveying practice, and spent four years as a Research Fellow within the Dept. of Construction Management & Engineering at the University of Reading. As a product of his activities he has authored papers and reports on BIM, collaborative working and the application of new technology.

Abstract

Topic:A BIM approach to integrating spatial and engineering design data in infrastructure planning, design, construction and operation.
Autodesk’s infrastructure solutions are extending the capability of project professionals byfocusing on exploiting datarather than drawing as the tools in their daily work. These evolving solutions help remove interdisciplinary barriers and instead focus on collaboration across the whole lifecycle.By leveraging the power of Building Information Modelling (BIM) the process of infrastructure development is being enhanced to deliver more efficient working, with fewer resources, reduced timescales and better outcomes. The presentation will showcase how geospatial experts,architects, engineers and contractors can cooperate to understand existing urban and natural environments, conceptualise new infrastructure, analyse alternatives, visualise proposals and pass approved options on to full design development. Processes for data continuity through the whole project lifecycle will be described and aspects such as interoperability and exploitation of multiple data sources will be covered. Selected customer examples will confirm that BIM for infrastructure is available today and is positively changing how projects can be executed.
Charles-Edouard Tolmer
PhD Student
Project Management Division, Egis
France




Bio
- Participating to the new research project MINnD sponsored by the MEDDE (French ministry of Environment and sustainable development) to develop Infrastructure Information modeling.
- Ph.D Student on : Proposal of a concurrent engineering model for the implementation of urban and infrastructure projects: taking into account the interactions between issues, actors, scales and items
- Masters Degree in Urban Engineering.
- Masters Degree in Teaching Civil Engineering for Higher Education.
- Masters Degree in Civil Engineering. Bachelors Degree in Mechanics and Engineering Technologies
Martin Tamke
Associate Professor
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,
Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation
Denmark


Bio
Martin Tamke is Associate Professor at the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA) in Copenhagen. He is pursuing a design led research on the interface and implications of computational design and its materialization. He joined the newly founded research centre CITA in 2006 and shaped its design based research practice. Projects on new design and fabrication tools for wood and composite production led to a series of digitally fabricated demonstrators that explore an architectural practice engaged with bespoke behaviour. He is considered a leading researcher in the emerging field of digital production in building industry with successful engagement in several research and industry based projects. International academic and professional networks allowed for the setup of several international conferences and networks with extensive funding. Currently he is involved in the 7th framework project DURAARK, pursuing research inot the relation of Point Cloud and BIM in architectural workflows and the Danish funded 4 year Complex Modelling research project.

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Topic:DURAARK – means to integrate Point Clouds into architectural workflows
3D laserscans are today quickly executed and precise. The building industry is however not ready to integrate Point-Clouds seamlessly into their workflows. The European research project DURAARK (www.duraark.eu) investigates together with stakeholders from the building profession the automated detection of meaningful architectural information within Point Clouds and how to generate semantically rich BIM models from these, which can be used in building industry. The ongoing research identified the identification of meaningful structures in Point Clouds and the validation of their quality in respect to related BIM models as key points. DURAARK focuses its work on interior building topology as important aspect in building design and management. It introduced several approaches to indoor point cloud structuring recently. Apart from a high-level semantic segmentation of the formerly unstructured point clouds into stories and rooms, these methods additionally allow the extraction of attributed spatial graphs, that integrate into the workflows of for instance facility management. Together with stakeholders, as the Danish land surveyor company LE34, the project investigates possible applications of these approaches in architectural design and building management and comments on the possible benefits for the building profession. Pointcloud separated with a process developed in the DURAARK research project. Architectural information valuable for the use within Facility Management processes is automatically detected: Spaces, spatial connectivity, doors, area and volume. 3D scan of Bispegaardcourtesy by Statsbyg Norway
Pontus Bengtson
Department Manager Operational Support
WSP
Sweden


Bio
Pontus Bengtson has been in the construction industry for twenty years, having worked as support engineer, highway engineer, project manager, group manager and department manager. Parallel to his normal working assignments Pontus gives lectures in various contexts, often focusing on change management and how to achieve success by taking account of human mechanisms in the implementation of new processes and technologies. In the recent years Pontus has spent majority of his time focusing on the new evolving technology, BIM (Building Information Technology). He is responsible for WSP Sweden BIM implementation, and also involved in WSP’s global commitment to BIM. Through this work, Pontus has been engaged by the industry association BIM Alliance Sweden where he is a member of the program group. BIM Alliance Sweden is an association of industry stakeholders with a view to clarifying what BIM can do for a better community planning. Pontus holds many BIM focused lectures and also assisted the Swedish Transport Administration in their work with implementation of BIM. Pontus is a popular lecturer who mixes hard facts with soft values and makes it understandable with anecdotes and humour. He often searches for underlying factors and drivers for different behaviours and phenomena.

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Topic:BIM for Infrastructure in Sweden
In this session Pontus Bengtson from BIM Alliance Sweden will talk about how the Swedish infrastructure industry use the acronym BIM to be more productive. After the session you will have a view on how far Sweden has come regarding requirements and deliveries regarding BIM in the infrastructure sector. Pontus will also provide information about BIM Alliance Sweden.
Jamie Meunier
Architect MAA
LE34
Denmark


Bio
Jamie is a Canadian architect, working as part of the LE34 Chartered Surveyors team since 2012. At LE34 Jamie is involved in both the 3D scanning and 4D Deformation Monitoring departments, with a focus on research, analysis, workflow, and data delivery. Prior to joining LE34, Jamie has collaborated with architects, engineers and artists in Montréal, New York and Berlin, developing award-winning proposals for design, building, and infrastructure projects worldwide.

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Topic: 3D Scandata and BIM geometries: Real world Automations
Verification of 3D models is becoming an integrated part of the building industry's workflow. Traditional physical 2D construction documents with their high level of abstraction matched existing tolerances in the industry. Dynamic digital 3D construction documents enable higher quality data as well as metadata, both of which require quality assurance and documentation as the information level increases over time. In terms of 'Scan to BIM' processes, a primary concern is verification that all necessary architectural objects have been modelled, and that the BIM geometries possess an acceptable level of deviation from the real-world geometry. While these checks may be easily executed on the level of single point clouds or building elements, assessing whether a complex BIM model deviates from the underlying giga- or terabyte Point Cloud array is technically challenging and currently undergoing research and testing. LE34 will discuss a case study using tools developed in collaboration with the DURAARK initiative. LE34 is in close collaboration with the European research project DURAARK (Durable Architectural Knowledge) www.duraark.eu, under the Copenhagen Centre for IT and Architecture (CITA) and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn (UBO) to develop software and workflow practices for assessing the difference between large scale Point Clouds and BIM representations of buildings.
Herman Oogink
Chief Technology Officer
Nemetschek Scia
The Netherlands


Bio
Herman Oogink studied Civil Engineering at the TU Delft in the Netherlands. Herman is already more then 30 years active on the edge between IT and the construction industry. Knowledge and experience in structural analysis, 3D modeling and BIM. Did many presentations all over the world to promote the use of software in the construction industry with main focus on Structural analysis, Structural modelling and BIM. Since years CTO at Nemetschek Scia and recently closely involved in product management in the new startup company Nemetschek bim+. Bim+ is a new product that currently is launched and further developed together with the industry.

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Topic: Bim+ an OpenBIM server for collaboration and coordination in the construction industry
The use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the construction industry is accelerating. Although we see that the adoption of BIM is not in all countries the same, in general the acceptance is growing. BIM is not just creating 3D models, BIM is managing the project information across multiple participants and multiple disciplines. Storing and connecting information and making it accessible for all people involved in a project allowing people to collaborate and coordinate more effective with a common goal in mind and to avoid costly and time consuming mistakes in the building process. With bim+ we have the goal to overcome these challenges and create an open platform that can be used as central BIM server in construction projects, storing and connecting all project information, GIS and BIM models and have dedicated app’s to visualize, retrieve and annotate the proper information needed for specific tasks in the project. In this presentation bim+ will be explained.
Aidan Mercer
Senior Industry Marketing Manager for Government
Bentley
United Kingdom


Bio
Aidan has worked at Bentley Systems since 2010, joining from the Exor acquisition. He has held various roles in Geospatial and Utilities and now looks after industry marketing for Government. He holds a masters in marketing from the University of Gloucestershire and various CIM chartered marketing qualifications. He resides in London, United Kingdom.