SPACE PLANNING & INTERIORS
More recently the government has adopted Soft Landings as part of its Building Information Modelling policy (BIM). Government Soft Landings (GSL) provides a process to ensure BIM is embedded and adopted in future government schemes in a way that supports FMs as a means of delivering better value through the operational lifecycle of government assets. It will be mandated in 2016 for all public sector projects as part of the delivery of Level 2 BIM.
“NEW BUILDINGS CONSUME ON
AVERAGE BETWEEN
1.5 AND 2.5 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THEIR DESIGNERS INTENDED.”
One way in which FMs are starting to become involved earlier in a project is through Soft Landings.
Under Soft Landings – or proper landings as I prefer to term it – the early involvement of the FM enables them to question design decisions on the basis of the impact on on- going maintenance and operational cost. In addition, as the project nears completion, Soft Landings includes a facility to ensure the FM is fully trained in the operation of all engineering systems and that the building is properly commissioned to ensure it can reach optimal performance sooner. It also has the advantage that it keeps the design team involved with the building after handover by maintaining a presence on-site to deal with any operational issues that might arise. And, it ensures the building is monitored for three years post-completion against performance criteria.
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For GSL to be effective, FMs need to ensure information in the BIM model is appropriate for their needs, such as the standard classification of plant and its maintenance requirements. As such, CIBSE is working closely with others in the industry to produce standard product data templates (PDTs), which include key operational data to support FMs.
The information contained in BIM will help FMs to do their bit to minimise the building performance gap, particularly if it helps keep plant running efficiently. In fact, operational energy waste is often cited as the largest contributor to the performance gap. To help minimise operational energy the new CIBSE Guide M: Maintenance Engineering Management, brings together everything designers and FMs need to know in order to operate buildings efficiently and effectively. It includes chapters dedicated to maintenance strategy, business risk assessments, condition survey, maintenance audits and training. We know the information contained in Guide M is valued simply from monitoring the number of times it is downloaded from the CIBSE website.
Perhaps the popularity of CIBSE Guide M is a sign that things are finally changing with regard to the involvement of FMs in building design. I still find it astounding that some in the industry think a building can be designed without FM input. Until FMs do have an input, I fear that they will be doomed to wrestle with inherent design failings and their time will be spent struggling to close the performance gap.
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