The Holy Grail: interoperability of interoperability standards
Neill PawseyEuropean Project ManagerThe FIATECH Consortium
4th Annual ECTP ConferenceBrussels, BelgiumNovember 24-25, 2009
First, a word about FIATECH
FIATECH
is an industry-led consortium that provides global leadership in identifying and accelerating the development, demonstration and deployment of fully integrated and automated technologies to deliver highest business value throughout the life cycle of all types of capital projects. has developed a Roadmap for Capital Projects to ensure right technologies are developed in the order that delivers highest business value across all phases and processes of the capital project life cycle.
FIATECH is a Consortium
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FIATECHDelivers!
Industry-led, collaborative, not-for-profit, RD&D consortium
Mission: accelerate deployment of integration and automation technology
Mechanism: Focused implementation Projects
Guide: Capital Projects Technology Roadmap
Life Cycle Data Management (LCDM) Capital Projects Technology Roadmap AEX 8 Smart Chips ReportsCatalogue of Emerging Construction TechnologiesDecision Sequence and Influence Diagrams for project planning BIM for Precast Concrete Report Leveraging Technology to Increase Construction Productivity Report Automated Design Workflow Mappings Operational Facility Roadmap DirectoryTools for streamlining the building regulatory process Electronic Valve Cross-reference Catalogue GVCC Report - Developing Core Technology Competencies Report - attracting the next generation to industry Full implementation of ISO 15926 standard
FIATECHs Capital Projects Technology Roadmap Initiative
Create, maintaina technologyroadmap for the capital projectsindustry Use it to guide investments in technologyRD&D
RoadmapFacts
330 pagesNine Elements43 Focus Areas161 Projects
This is not just a FIATECH agenda; its for the whole
industry.
Current FIATECH Projects
Capital Projects Technology RoadmapAutomated Design Workflow Mapping and Checklists Global Valve Cross-Reference e-Catalog Automating Equipment Information Exchange Smart Chips (RFID)Leveraging Technology to Improve Construction ProductivityOperational Facility Roadmap Directory Streamlining Building and Land Use Regulatory ProcessesUser Acceptance of Mobile IT Attracting the Next Generation Teaching Core Technology CompetenciesRFID CookbookAccelerating Deployment of ISO 15926
Advancing Sustainability Throughout The Project Life-Cycle
- Establish Sustainability Vision, Objectives & Measurements
- Implement Systems Approach
- Integrate sustainability values into design
- Implement sustainability approaches in site, building envelope, facilities, materials, wastes, energy, water, ecosystems, and life cycle
- Implement sustainability practices in logistics, site management, equipment, materials, and methods
- Construction waste management reduce, reuse and recycle
- Endorse commissioning
- Implement sustainability objectives throughout the supply chain
- Evaluate suppliers & materials- Educate suppliers and contractors
- Implement sustainability practices in O&M
- Environmental compliance, alternate materials
- Manage energy, waste and water
- Individual behaviors
Lets talk about Interoperability, Interoperation, and Standards.
The Benefits of Interoperability
Increases economic competitivenessCompresses time to marketReduces infrastructure vulnerabilityExpands markets for companiesDecreases supply chain communication costs Provides global access for software vendors
The cost of inadequate interoperability in the U.S. capital facilities industry: $15.8 billion per year.
Current Standards Landscape
Commercial & Institutional Buildings
Industrial Process Facilities
Geospatial and Infrastructure
Roadmap Element
UniFormatInformation Standards
UniFormat
MasterFormat
OmniClass
IAI-IFC
National BIM
National CAD Std
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate (OSCRE)
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
Uniform Facility Guide Specs
ISO-15926
MIMOSA
LandXML
gbXMLoBix
CIS/2 (CIMSteel Integration Standards)
cfiXML
XMpLant
FIATECH
Standards Activities in the C&B Industry
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Closer Look at Standards ActivitiesName Description Name Description
gbXML green buildings XML (affiliated with aecXML
MatML XML for construction materials
aecXML Architecture engineering and construction XML
NCSBCS XML for building permitting and regulatory process
AEX Automating equipment information exchange
NIBS-OMSI NIBS Operations Maintenance and Support Information
ASHRAE Guideline 20P ProcessML XML to support European data warehouse standards
CIDX Chemical industry XML PIDX Process Industry Data eXchange
CIMIS Common industry material identification standards (not XML)
ppdXML Physical properties XML(DIPPR)
cfiXML Capital facilities industry XML ThermoML Thermodyamic XML
IFC Industry Foundation Classes - a conceptual framework for holding building information
UnitsML XML for units of measurement
ISA Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society (datasheets)
XMpLant XML for plant geometric description
A word about BIM
BIM is Everywhere
Bring me back a BIM
The view from FIATECH
The vision of the future is of a highly automated and seamlessly integrated environment across all phases and processes of the capital project life cycle. All information is available to whomever needs it, whenever its needed, and whereverits needed.
Where Are We Now?
Where Do We Want To Be?Where Do We Want To Be?
How do we get there?
Identify the most appropriate standards for the industryFind a way to accelerate their development and deploymentDo it
What standard?
ISO-15926: Integration of life-cycle data for process plants, including oil and gas production facilities A standard for explicit information integration
and interoperabilityStandardizes Terminology Information organization How systems connect and exchange information
Implemented using standards from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Problem
ISO 15926 has been under development for 15 years and was not expected to be completed for at least 5 more yearsProject requirements for data deliverables in industry were increasing in quantity and fidelityCompanies couldnt wait for ISO to complete its deliberationsThey needed to develop something to use now, not 5 years from now Many companies developed their own versions of the standard for internal use only
Solution
Work with POSC Caesar to convince ISO to release to FIATECH what it had developedAdd to their results what the industry had been developing for internal useMake that available to the industry for widespread use and further developmentCall it ISO 15926 Work in Progress (WIP)Give it back to ISO to complete the formal standardization process
Accelerating Deployment of ISO 15926
Project Goals Accelerate deployment of a standard-based neutral platform for
exchanging sharing integrating hand-over
lifecycle information between different computer systemsDeliverables Tested Open Source, compliant integration software that can be
used as basis for commercial developments Evergreen Internet-based online library providing a Single Global
Source of reference data core classes and object information models
Bentley Class Editor available to FIATECH project members to define/harmonize ISO 15926 classes and information models
Intelligent Data Sets Accelerating Deployment of ISO15926
ISO 15926: How it Works
ISORDL
ISO 15926
Company EPC
Company Supplier
Reference Data Library (RDL)
