pwcom.co.uk

ThinkBIM – December 2012

ThinkBIMData everywhere!

Paul Wilkinson(pwcom.co.uk)

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video – mobile - telephones - ICQ

- IM – email – EDMS -

groupware – FTP – websites –

texts - intranets – portals video-

conferences – extranets –

web-conferences –

file-sharing (P2P) – discussion

forums – homepages –

wikis VOIP - podcasts - blogs – Twitter – RSS – Facebook – web

communities – Apps - RFID -

tags – GPS – IoT – QR codes -

mashups –virtual worlds –

Augmented reality – Web 3.0

– etc

Face-to-face

Hand drawings

Physical models

Telegraph

Photography

Written word

Messengers

Printing

Telephone

Telex

Fax Radio – TV

computers

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Currently, 90% of worldwide data is unstructured.

Web 2.0 content, imaging, energy data, model data, etc, etc is structured data.

The coming data explosion

Source: Jeff Browning - OracleStorageGuy blog

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Total worldwide data

2009 0.8 Zettabytes (10 ^21 bytes)

0.8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes

2020 35 Zettabytes – a 44-fold increase

The coming data explosion

Source: Jeff Browning - OracleStorageGuy blog

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Changing AEC IT = new opportunities?

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• Cloud-basedphoto-sharing

• Searchable• Description• Tagging• Geo-location ...• … in-building

Project manager diary as a blog?Socially searchable progress photos?

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Bristol Water• Bentley Exor Street

Works Manager• Streetworks map

and register updated in real-time

• Mash-up with traffic data

• Public information

Project progress as a community service?

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OpenBuildings.com• Crowd-sourced wiki

about buildings• Facility for local

consultation• Marketing platform• iPhone, Android

apps

Interactive architectural mobile guide?

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Location + augmented reality + data

Mobile location-specific visualisation?

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Location-specific photos, docs, wiki?

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SNOW Architects• Daqri.com mobile

web app builder• iPhone, iPad,

Android apps to view Microstation BIMs

BIM visualisation via AR and QR codes?

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Woobius Eye (in Beta)

• Share cameraview remotely

• Mark-up anddiscuss inreal-time

• Conference call• Literally

“see what I mean?”

See what I mean? In real-time?

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Senubo (in Beta)

• Social business for construction

• PC and smartphone• On-site data

download and data capture

• Real-time reporting and status updates

Private project networks?Collaboration via Twitter?

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From Web 2.0 to Web 3.0

Web 1.0 = sites, pages, links(static, proprietary, non-interactive)

Web 2.0 = people, participation(dynamic, interactive, connecting)

Web 3.0 = machines(semantic, linked data, context)

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Semantic web

"a web of data that can be processed directly and indirectly by machines”(Tim Berners-Lee)

“… provides a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and community boundaries”

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Contextualisation

Book

Construction Collaboration Technologies

author

DatePublisher

Location

title

Paul Wilkinson

0-415-34859-0

1 September 2005

Taylor & Francis

Abingdon

ISBN

Reference

Extranet Evolution

Blogs

Wikipedia article

FOAF

ISBN

DBpedia

Flickr acctShares photos

Flickr

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Linked data

RDF data that links to other RDF data on the web is Linked data (Linked Open Data)

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What does this mean in construction?

1. Linked data connects and provides context to social interactions and to data about physical world we live in.

2. Building Information Modelling (BIM) will increasingly apply Linked Data principles throughout the BIM lifecycle. Finding and linking relevant, related information will become increasingly important.

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Real-time building services (or other) data?

“Internet of Things”

Real-time feedback on

building performance