Presentation by Fran Rabuck at the 2019 COMIT Conference. More information: http://www.comit.org.uk/conference-2019

1. Wizardry

5. Lifecycles
• Worldwide Lifecycle
• Build, Design and Construct
Lifecycle
• IT Lifecycle
• Operation & Maintenance
Lifecycle

6. The Origins of COMIT
COMIT (Construction Opportunities for Mobile IT) began in
August 2003 as a two-year research and development
project. It was part-funded by the UK's Department for
Trade and Industry (DTI) which has now been replaced by
the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS).Magical
Changes
at COMIT

7. Generational Changes

8. Quantum Computing
https://www.heritage.org/node/10888847/print-display
http://qutip.org/news/Commercial_Prospects_for_Quantum_Computing_Dec_2016.pdf

9. Young Innovators
Competition
• When a 17 year old can do over 20 projects in
Quantum, we have no excuses for not exploring this
technology now
• Open source, Hackathons, Cloud access make this
technology available NOW
• Coding and development is different and the learning
curve high
• As construction data explodes, the opportunity for
new data analytic tools will become a necessity
• Quantum Computing will change the game for
security
http://tanishabassan.ca/
https://younginnovatorstowatch.com/

10. Text Analytics
https://conspectusinc.com/our-approach-for-owners/
• Text is unstructured data
• Creating it
• Understanding it
• Translating it
• Adding/Extracting Intelligence
• AI tools for text leading-edge
research and application
• Owner/Operator benefits most
• Involvement in CSI, COAA
https://conspectusinc.com/2018/10/fiduciary-duty-for-
design-professionals-an-introduction/

11. Raspberry Pi 4
• Processor: Broadcom BCM2711, Quad core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8)
64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz
• Graphics: OpenGL ES 3.0 graphics with H.265 (4kp60 decode),
H264 (1080p60 decode, 1080p30 encode) video codecs
• SDRAM: 1GB, 2GB or 4GB LPDDR4-2400 SDRAM (depending on
model)
• LAN / WLAN: Integrated 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz IEEE 802.11ac
wireless, Power over Ethernet (PoE) enabled (requires separate PoE
HAT)
• Bluetooth: Bluetooth 5.0, BLE
• Connectors:
• Micro-SD card slot for loading operating system and data storage
• Gigabit Ethernet
• 2 USB 3.0 ports
• 2 USB 2.0 ports.
• 2 micro-HDMI ports (up to 4kp60 supported), 2-lane MIPI DSI display
port, 2-lane MIPI CSI camera port
• Ports: Raspberry Pi standard 40 pin GPIO header (fully backwards
compatible with previous boards)
• Audio: 4-pole stereo audio and composite video port
https://all3dp.com/1/raspberry-pi-4-review-the-specs/
https://awesomestufftobuy.com/raspberry-pi-4/

12. Advanced Sensors
Edge Computing

13. No LiDAR
• LiDAR has been a core technology in use in construction for a
long time
• CES had over 137 companies selling LiDAR hardware and
software
• New driving force is ADAS self driving cars industry
• Camera technology will provide more information
• "Elon is Right". Anthony Levandowski agrees,
LIDAR is dead
https://youtu.be/fNgEG5rCav4
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18826724

14. MobileEyes
– Intel
Ordnance Survey – the
national mapping
agency of Britain – said
its work with Mobileye
would “unlock the
innovation of artificial
intelligence-powered
automotive technology
for an array of
markets.”

15. Transportation
Changes
• Self Driving Cars changes
the thinking on roads,
navigation, public
services, saves life, AI –
ethics, insurance,
finance…
• Look to the sky – Uber
and future sky-hop Taxi
service
• Hyperloops - The NEXT
Superhighway

16. No Code Era
https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2018/03/trends-in-low-code-no-code-and-education.html

17. Pervasive Computing
• Hidden/Embedded Everywhere
• Platform Agnostic
• UX – Touch, Voice, Pen, Eyes
• Bio-Interfaces
• Connectivity Everywhere – linking Lifecycles in our World
• Storage
• Computing Everywhere

18. AR/VR/XR – Out,
Spatial Computing - In
• Combines the concepts of XR,
Computing is in the system
• The environment is the
computing systems
• Complex UI - Mixed Mode
• Ultimately NOT Headset
Driven!
https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/20/vr-fund-virtual-reality-ecosystem-has-more-
than-550-companies/

19. AR/VR without Glasses – Light
Projection
https://lightform.com/

20. Digital
Twin
• Rebranding of the IoT movement
with XR interfaces
• Siemens – 3 Types of Digital Twins
• Product: Efficient design of new
products
• Production: Manufacturing &
production planning
• Performance: Capture, analyze,
and act on operational data
https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/global/en/our-story/glossary/digital-twin/24465

21. Bio-Drones
“DragonflEye”
• Draper and HHMI
connecting solar, optic
sensors to dragon fly
to study control for
human-drone
navigation
https://www.inc.com/will-yakowicz/dragonflies-as-tiny-drones.html

22. Bio-electric ERA
• Brain research and work to understand and connect brain
(waves) to electronic coding/decoding. Also work at cell level
and optical connections.
• Much initial work at measuring brain “waves”
• Even kids games to connect a hat sensor and move a light ball
through space. “Light lifting”
• Where will this impact construction and operation?
http://www.bem.fi/book/01/01.htm
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-era-bioelectric-medicine-
harish-kapoor/

23. Beyond Design-Build-
Construct → Operation
& Maintenance
Important to recognize the fully connected lifecycles of both DBC
and OM, and the natural cycles

24. Executive Team
• Hong Gao : Systems Architect
• Jeff Nolan : Solutions Executive
• Proud to join the Founders in Chief Strategy Role

25. The Problem
• 80% of Lifecycle costs are in Operation of Infrastructure/Assets
• BIM needs to complete the cycle with emphasis on Owners

26. Facility Management & Operation
Survey of FM Execs - Aveva
98% - Delays caused by poorly documented operational information
90% - Additional cost associated with badly cataloged information
90% - Delays in having to seek additional operational information
84% - Additional costs to format data in a manner compatible with client’s
requirements
80% - Lost time to reformat data delivered in formats incompatible with the other
operating systems
76% - Extra costs to obtain additional information at late stages of the process
68% - Additional costs caused by litigation between EPC's and other stakeholders
Source: AVEVA’s Research Report: Progressive Handover

27. Industry Challenges
• Files delivered 6 to 12 months after facility startup
Industry Analysis
• 40% of an engineers time is devoted to searching for info to
respond to reactive maintenance and develop new
construction projects
NIST 2004
• 8% of maintenance budget could be saved,
if required info was available
2011 Building Smart Alliance
• O&M Manuals investment wasted
Federal Facilities Council, NSF
Construction Cost: ($M)
CostofHandoverUtilization($K)
Value of Handover Management

28. First Published
Case Study
• Coming Next Issue of Facilities
Engineering Journal…
Our first successful full lifecycle
case study use of our technology
at Howard Hughes Medical

29. Knowledge Assessment

30. Overview
• Continuously Load Handover Data into Operations
efficiently
• Ensure Handover Knowledge is integrated and
accessible
• Provide owner clear vision of handovers
• Standardize and Integrate Handover Data with O&M
Systems

32. • Collaboration platform enabling O&M participation
• Provide project transfer roadmap to O&M system
– Transform between Project and O&M View (patent-pending)
• Manage the facility knowledge change lifecycle
Benefits
Construct
Operate
Plan

33. What we do…
We continuously extract, transform, & normalize data…

34. What we do…
Develop Value Added Solutions for Facility Management…

35. How it works
Extract
AHU-1 – Purchase
Contract
Explore
Air Handler One – COBie
AHU_01 – 1St Floor CAD
Layout
Normalize
Simple … Powerful …
Affordable
Distribut
e

36. Document Extraction –
Automatic

37. Document Extraction – Manual

38. Document Cleanup
• Discover Duplicates
• Break Apart large submittal packages
• Rotate Pages and Re-Organize PDFs
• Reorganize folders and Rename files based on Standards

39. BIM Extraction
• Integrate Owners Specs with BIM
• Enforce O&M Data Standards
• Enforce O&M Naming
Conventions
• Supplement BIM with external
data
• Extract BIM for Handover uses

40. Field Extraction
416041602121
• Load form based off QR Code
• OCR Capture support on
Phone
• Draw shape with finger
• Save picture and relate to
asset
• Cloud service verifies
differences
Panel Schedule Capture & Print
Equipment Verification

41. Different views of Facility Knowledge
CMMS BIM for FM
New Project
(BIM)
New Project
Files, Reports,
Equip Files
BAS
Start
New Assets
Doc Links

42. CMMS Link to
Agile Handover Corrigo
Equipment Type Documents
Agile
Handover

43. Impact / Failure Analysis