INTERVIEW
The National Art Gallery Conservation: BIM blends old and new efficiently
Janardhanan Sounthariya. (Image credit: CPG Consultants)
CPG Consultants successfully completed the conservation works of The National Art Gallery in Singapore. Subsequently, with Integrated Digital Delivery (IDD) as a key thrust in the life-cycle of a building project, CPG Consultants continued to help develop the 3D Building Information Modelling (BIM) of the project as an advancement of the Digital Asset Delivery component in IDD to facilitate integrated operations and maintenance. To tell us more, Principal BIM Specialist from CPG Consultants, Ms. Janardhanan Sounthariya explains how the firm harnessed digital technology to realise the project. Images courtesy of CPG Consultants.
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SEAB: Can you share with us a few details of this project? Sounthariya: The National Gallery Singapore (NGS) is an integration of the historical former Supreme Court and City Hall buildings. The physical redevelopment of the National Gallery Singapore into a 64,000-square-metres refurbished art museum is a design by Studio M i l o u S i n g a p o re i n p a r t n e r s h i p w i t h C P G Consultants. The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) implemented the BIM Roadmap in 2010 with the aim that 80 percent of the construction industry will use BIM by 2015. This is part of the government’s plan to improve the construction industry’s productivity by up to 25 percent over the next decade. The NGS project was one which was at the forefront of advancements in the built industry as the client had very early on, recognised the benefits of adopting 3D BIM technology for the building cycle’s operations phase. Concurrent with the redevelopment works, the client was already planning for 3D BIM to start soon after the physical redevelopment was completed. The intent of the 3D BIM was to • Provide to-scale visualisation and ability to walkabout within the model • Integrate Architectural, Structural and Mechanical & Engineering (M&E) information within the 3D model • Extract and produce meaningful coordinated drawings (i.e. floor and reflected ceiling plans, sectional & elevation drawings, details drawings etc.) • F u r t h e r i n t e g r a t e w i t h t h e Fa c i l i t i e s Management (FM) system in the future for storing and extracting data, including linking operation, Maintenance and Asset data to the 3D As-built Model SEAB: What role did BIM and IDD play in the project and how did it benefit you? Sounthariya: Integrated Digital Delivery (IDD) helps to integrate work processes and connect stakeholders working on the same project throughout the construction and building life-cycle. This includes design, fabrication and assembly on-site and the operations and maintenance of buildings. IDD builds on the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM). BIM modelling helps accurately
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