I wanted to keep today’s last post short and simple.
So you’ve heard of the saying ‘what you see is what you get’. I think this quote pretty much sums up today’s final lecture on ‘The role of IT and BIM in FM/Operations’.
BIM technology on Sydney’s Opera House
You can pretty much guess as to why I enjoyed today’s lecture, and this is because it will be my final post to my blog! Chris Linning was privileged enough to be involved in the management of the Sydney Opera House and currently working as the manger of building information. He mentioned that Sydney’s Opera House attracts an approximate 8.2 million tourists and visitors a year, along with 2400 performances inside the building. Now, you would think how on earth does one maintain and sustain the livelihood of Sydney’s most iconic landmark? To answer that question, the CRC uses BIM technology to efficiently improve the maintenance and care of facilities management of the Opera House.
So we already know that we use BIM technology to enable us with the assistance and man
agement of a building, but what happens after a building is completed? Another food for thought Chris mentioned is all that buildings just like humans go through a cycle. Most buildings go through the stages from construction through to demo
lition, however what Facilities Management focuses on is preserving a building as long as possible. Renovation or just improving the efficiency of buildings can be done so that just like we humans, buildings have a longer lifespan. I think another valuable point Chris mentioned, is that the average life span of a building is approximately 40 years in the keeping. Sydney’s Opera House is currently celebrating its very own 40th birthday and like everyone else, I will be expecting the extravagant festivals and carnivals later in the year. This proves that the use of IT and BIM in the maintenance of buildings, you can definitely expect future buildings to outlive their time-ticking years. In fact, Linning remarked that he believes the Opera House still has another 200 years to go. I’m actually not sure how I feel about a building that will outlast myself. Below is a documentary of the evolution of the Sydney Opera House.
Finally my last ever blog post done and dusted. Although in this last post, I still struggled to wrap my head around the ‘How to: Blog’ idea, but I think I’ve finally got the gist of these. This semester has taught me a lot about technology, and has given me a new outlook of IT within the building industry. Hopefully, I made my point across in all of my posts and most importantly you enjoyed reading my first ever blog.
Toodle,
CHANEL
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