FIATECH: what it is, what it does, why you should join
Ric Jackson Director The FIATECH Consortium February 11, 2009
FIATECH is… 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 the highest business value throughout the life cycle of all types of capital projects. In achieving this mission, FIATECH has developed a “Roadmap for Capital Projects” to ensure right technologies are developed and in the order that delivers the highest business value across all phases and processes of the capital project life cycle.
FIATECH is a Consortium‌
FIATECH at a Glance Industry-led, collaborative, not-for-profit, RD&D consortium – Approx. 80 owners, contractors, suppliers & research organizations
Mission: accelerate deployment of integration and automation technology – Formed by CII & NIST to address breakthrough opportunity – Focus on joint industry research, development, deployment
Mechanism: Focused implementation Projects – 40 delivered products
Guide: Capital Projects Technology Roadmap – Industry-wide research agenda (not just FIATECH) – Coalescing industry, industry associations, & funding agencies
FIATECH Board of Directors Tom Hannigan (Chair) Vice President, ISD Zachry Construction
Robert Houghtaling Business Engineering Manager DuPont Engineering
Jerry N. Gipson, Jr. (Vice Chair) Director, Engineering Solutions Technology Center The Dow Chemical Company
Richard H.F. Jackson Director FIATECH
Bert Aragon Director, Execution Technology KBR
Stephen H. Makredes Director, Construction Target Corporation
William W. Brubaker Director of Facilities Engineering and Operations Smithsonian Institution
Frank Matthewson Manager of EPC Systems Bechtel Corporation
Winnie Callahan Executive Director Peter Kiewit Institute, University of Nebraska
John McQuary VP, Tech. Strategies and Knowledge Management Fluor Corporation
Buddy Cleveland Senior Vice President and General Manager Bentley software
Derek Middlemas Executive Vice President AVEVA, Inc.
Reg Gagliardo Senior Vice President Burns and Roe Enterprises, Inc
Nicole Testa (Ex. Secretary) Deputy Director FIATECH
Jeff Grillo Director, Construction Technology Office Intel Corporation
Ray Topping Senior VP-Design & Construction Operations CH2M Hill
Zuhair Haddad Vice President Corporate Affairs & CIO Consolidated Contractors Group
Gilberto Torres Section Head, Corporate Engineering The Procter & Gamble Company
Patrick Holcomb Senior Vice President, Business Development Intergraph
Jorge Vanegas Director, Center for Housing and Urban Development Texas A&M University
Board of Directors Board Committees – – – – – – –
Annual Conference Program Finance Marketing & Membership Nominating Strategic Planning Awards Program Nominations
Meetings Annual Technology Conference and Showcase (Spring) – – – – –
Call for Presentations Tradeshow Sponsorships Registration Promotion – advertisement – web
Member Only Meeting (Fall) Other project meetings
FIATECH’s Capital Projects Technology Roadmap Initiative Create, maintain a technology roadmap for the capital projects industry Use it to guide investments in technology RD&D
Roadmap Facts
330 pages Nine Elements 43 Focus Areas 161 Projects
Roadmap Facts
330 pages Nine Elements 43 Focus Areas 161 Projects
“This is not just a FIATECH agenda; it’s for the whole industry.”
Existing Projects Element 2 - Automated Design Workflow Mapping and Checklists Element 3 - Global Valve Cross-Reference e-Catalog Element 3 - Automating Equipment Information Exchange Element 4 – RFID Cookbook Element 4 - Leveraging Technology to Improve Construction Productivity Element 5 - Operational Facility Roadmap Directory Element 6 - Streamlining Building and Land Use Regulatory Processes Element 8 – User Acceptance of Mobile IT Element 8 - Attracting the Next Generation Workforce Element 8 - Developing Core Technology Competencies Element 9 - Accelerating Deployment of ISO 15926
Proposed Projects These are the ones that have so far been approved by the Element Champions – – – – –
Element 9 - Universal Reference Data Library Framework Element 2 - Supplier Information Exchange to Support Construction Element 2 - BIM workflows & checklists Element 9 - ISO 15926 – ISO/PAS 16739 interoperability Element 1 - Scenario based Project Planning Predictability Model Requirements Gathering – Element 2 - Specification Automation
These are awaiting approval, in discussions or in need of some re-working – Element 8 - Project Execution, Document Management & Workflow – Element 3 - Advancing Integrated Procurement and Supply Network Element Projects – Element 4 - RFID Efficient Site Initiative – Element 7 - Yellow Pages
Project Formation Process
Managing the Roadmap
Roadmap Managers
Element 1
Champions
Element 2
Champions
Element 3
Champions
Element 4
Element 5
Element 6
Element 7
Element 8
Champions
Champions
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PROJECTS
Element 9
Champions
Project Proposal Process
Project Proposal Process Members submit new project Ideas
Project Proposal Process Members submit new project Ideas
Project Idea Form
Project Proposal Process Members submit new project Ideas
Project Idea Form
Project Proposal Process Members submit new project Ideas
Project Idea Form
Roadmap champions review project ideas
Project Proposal Process Members submit new project Ideas
Project Idea Form
Roadmap champions review project ideas
Project SOW/Budget Form
Project Proposal Process Members submit new project Ideas
Project Idea Form
Roadmap champions review project ideas
Project SOW/Budget Form
Project Proposal Process Members submit new project Ideas
Project Idea Form
Roadmap champions review project ideas
Primary Reps Survey
Project SOW/Budget Form
Project Proposal Process Members submit new project Ideas
Project Idea Form
Roadmap champions review project ideas
Primary Reps Survey
Project SOW/Budget Form
Project Proposal Process Members submit new project Ideas
Roadmap champions review project ideas
Primary Reps Survey
Board of Directors Approval
Project Idea Form
Project SOW/Budget Form
Project Proposal Process Members submit new project Ideas
Roadmap champions review project ideas
Primary Reps Survey
Board of Directors Approval
Project Idea Form
Project SOW/Budget Form
Project Proposal Process Members submit new project Ideas
Roadmap champions review project ideas
Primary Reps Survey
Board of Directors Approval
Project Idea Form
Project SOW/Budget Form
FIATECH Benefits for Owners Improve global competitiveness – better, faster, cheaper Improve effectiveness of suppliers through consensus – Provide unprecedented control/integration of work processes – Provide leveraged and collective focus and priorities to technology suppliers – Ensure technology suppliers provide dependable and scalable solutions for entire supply chain
Lower supply chain costs by automating key data exchanges – Reduce labor-intensive data re-entry – Reduce procurement errors
Accelerate project schedules – Faster turnaround time resulting in increased $$ – Avoid unscheduled delays due to data entry errors
FIATECH Benefits for Owners (cont.) Streamline work processes – Reduce cost/schedule through tighter work process integration – Reuse of electronic information over the facility life cycle – Each business partner uses their own preferred software tools
Improve product/price/performance ratio – Industry agreed performance metrics to measure results – Improve product quality
Provide a safer working environment – Fewer people performing unique tasks – Reduce on-site tasks
Improved delivery of projects and facility information for operations & maintenance
FIATECH Interoperability Strategy Align FIATECH projects (harmonize semantics and data structures) Extend ISO15926 and AEX to power plants (EPRI) Bring in permitting and regulatory ( Bob Wible) Harmonize with National BIM Standard (IFCs) Harmonize with operations (MIMOSA, COBIE) Harmonize with geospatial (OGC) Harmonize with real estate (OSCRE) …
FIATECH Plan Encourage innovation Deploy technology Demand change Focus on Supply chain
Why Join? Tom Hannigan: “FIATECH can be your R&D arm.” Jim Porter: “The industry has tried to solve the technology-use problem for years. This time, with FIATECH, we did it.” Robin Benjamins: “FIATECH is the only place where I can work with my clients, competitors, and suppliers as colleagues and equals.” John McQuary: “There are many organizations I can go to shmooze. FIATECH is where I go to get answers.”
FIATECH is not for the faint-hearted: The problems of the world can not possibly be solved by cynics and skeptics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities, but by those who saw what could not be, and demanded to know Why Not Spenser Kimball
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FIATECH Ric Jackson Director 3925 W. Braker Lane Austin Texas 78759-5316 (512) 232-9600 (o) (512) 422-3456 (m) rjackson@fiatech.org
FIATECH Ric Jackson Director 3925 W. Braker Lane Austin Texas 78759-5316 (512) 232-9600 (o) (512) 422-3456 (m) rjackson@fiatech.org
“We will either find a way or make one!” …Hannibal
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