Name of Project: Midwood
Project Overview: Condominium housing development comprising of
- 2 Blocks of 29 Storey Residential Flats (564 Units)
- 1 Block of 6 Storey MSCP
- Childcare Center and Communal Facilities
Role in Project: Lead Design Architect and Lead Project BIM Manager
Duration of Project: 40 months | Q1 2019 – Q3 2022 (Site Possession to anticipated TOP)
Time Period of Participation in Project: Full (Inception Q3 2018 till Present Construction)
Type of BIM Created: Architectural BIM (Design + Documentation + Authority), Federated
Coordination Model
Software used in Project: Revit (with Dynamo, Enscape), Navisworks, BIM360 Design, Lumion,
VRCollab
Scope of work in Project:
- Consultant/Contractor liaison & coordination of design and BIM model related issues
- Preparation of all aspects of design, documentation, authority submission models
- Preparation of BEP and lead BIM manager for wider project team
- Delegation of duties, team BIM training and ensuring staff has the necessary software and
hardware to perform BIM tasks for the project
- Manage and distribute coordinated digital documents to the project team via CDE
- Troubleshooting and auditing of BIM to comply with internal ISO standards and BEP
- Ensure consultant and contractor team BIM are adhering to BEP, while providing assistance to
other consultant models through CDE platform
- Development of IDD processes with contractor, and ensuring committed IDD processes as part
of the project’s productivity concept implementation program (PCIP) are met
Challenges faced and resolved in Project:
- Midwood was the team’s first fully integrated PPVC + IDD project, alongside contractor with
full early contractor involvement (ECI). Lofty goals were set as part of the tender bid which the
wider project team had to commit early, many of which were new processes for the other
consultants involved. The entire IDD workflow was planned as part of the land tender award
and committed to BCA through the submitted PCIP.
- As the team’s biggest concern was on the PPVC design, the design team started immediately
on Revit to quickly turn around on inception of the PPVC modules. This formed part of the
DfMA process as the contractors adopted the design models to develop CSD models of the
PPVC modules which were later used for fabrication.
- With the cloud based and open sharing structure adopted, all consultant models were easily
accessible and transparent, but opened risk to unwanted model manipulation between
consultants (consumed model function not yet available). A rigid permissions process was put
in place to ensure model access and elevated editing permissions was only granted to key BIM
leads in order to ensure all BIM models were in-sync to meet federated model targets.
- With goals set to reduce manpower, the team committed to producing a detailed architectural
model that would form part of the contract, in-lieu of the usual contract drawing set. More
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focus was spent ensuring model data was accurate with less time spent producing usual
contract documentation, for contractor’s onward use.
- With the live cloud-based model structure, the team also committed to on-going model
updates throughout the construction period, therefore we had comparable models between
consultant and contractor. This process trades off time spent on documentation and issuance
of working drawings with model updates, resulting in a nett gain in productivity.
- Midwood went through several major façade design revisions at very inconvenient times due
to stringent safety requirements from MINDEF and BCA. The façade model was quickly
adaptable due to heavy usage of parametric design components, allowing for rapid design
change reviews and acceptance, straight into authority resubmissions and approvals with zero
lag.
Learning Points:
- The team adopted new internal workflow when managing the architectural model, with the
usual process of having separate design, documentation, and authority submission models
abandoned in-place of a single united model. This practice went hand in hand with increasing
productivity and broadening the work scope contributions from the various team members.
- The wider project team required much more guidance to catch up with the many new IDD
processes deployed on the project. As project BIM manager, extra effort was taken to guide
other consultants in model setup, CDE use, as well as additional model audits to ensure
maximum compatibility when linking models.
- With implementations of the cloud-based model structure, transformation of technical
meetings into live working sessions were made possible. The team learnt to not just discuss
issue resolution, but also update drawings on the fly during ICE sessions, with amendments
reflected immediately across all stakeholders.
- During the design phase, the team committed to demonstrating design updates using live
walkthroughs to the client/consultant/contractor team paired with high visual fidelity. The
combination of federated Navisworks model and real-time render software, including use of
VR, were heavily leaned into for design iteration and coordination.
- Due to the untimely pandemic, the team also had to rapidly adopt to working remotely.
Thankfully, the Midwood team were more prepared than most with the remote workflow and
model exchange processes already established.
Peer Recommendations:
Project Documentation Attached (E.g. BIM/IDD Execution Plan)
- BEP
- IDD Awards Report
Supervisor’s Experience and Observation of Candidate:
Supervisor’s Name: Lee Shee Koeng Contact No:
Designation: Director Email: leesheekoeng@[Link]
Company of Supervisor: DPA Signature:
HR Manager’s Name and Signature Date of Verification: