In construction, BIM (Building Information Modelling) has been revolutionary, since it allows everyone involved in a project to collaborate using a digital mock-up. However, this alone is no longer sufficient. “To meet the needs of those using healthcare buildings, we need to better understand their expectations and go even further”, explained Frédéric Gal, Director of Business Modernisation Projects at Bouygues Construction, in charge of the PMNP (Digital Project Management Platform). “Today it is a question of building both efficiently and quickly, while being in perfect coherence with the reality of the needs of the different users (patients and caregivers), by meeting the sustainable development requirements of our time and by guaranteeing more safety for our teams on construction sites. ”
A collaborative platform dedicated to all sectors of the construction industry
To meet this challenge, Bouygues Construction has been working for two years on a Digital Project Management Platform (PMNP). This collaborative work tool gathers together all the data, including the building data (BIM) and the tools needed by the various professionals involved in a construction project. A single platform to share information on projects and works throughout the life-cycle with all stakeholders – both internal and external – ensuring continuity, integrity, uniqueness, traceability, sharing and capitalisation of data (projects and works).
In other words: a platform that allows instant exchange, visualisation of 3D mock-ups that are immediately updated when a modification is made, document validation, quality monitoring, updating of schedules, client feedback and more.
2. To work in a more efficient and safer way: digitisation can anticipate the preparation of interventions; access conditions and specific implementation methods are better understood; actions to be carried out are better controlled and therefore safer.
3. To improve customer satisfaction, thanks to a 3D mock-up, which makes it easier to imagine and improves the quality of work.
2021: a tool to configure hospital and care rooms to facilitate better, sustainable construction!
From 2021, all care home rooms created by Bouygues Construction will be able to be visualised thanks to a new digital configuration tool. This tool will include various standard rooms with standardised elements (functional, regulatory and technical). A reliable room configuration that meets almost all the requirements of a healthcare setting, but that the client will be able to customise and visualise in 3D.
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3D visualisations to create healthcare sites that are consistent with everyday use.
In practice, the configuration tool starts from a standardised configurable room plan. The client can then adjust it and complete it – according to their requirements – until it perfectly meets the reality of use cases and the type of comfort sought.
The configuration tool offers various options:
- The option to increase the surface are of the room (length/width)
- A large choice of equipment (furniture, bathroom type, flooring, paint, the direction the doors open, etc.)
- Different styles
Thanks to the 3D tool, the client can visualise in an instant a 3D rendering of the choices made and become aware of what works well or not, in terms of surface area or even specific design for certain dependencies or pathological conditions. In one click, the client can see a different view of the room: go through the door, or stop next to the bed. This is an extremely real simulation that facilitates the creation of a customised room, including with the help of key stakeholders (patients and care providers).
Finally, since the configuration tool is linked to a design software, the 3D mock-up is generated in a common language (IFC) that is understood by all BIM users. Simple, fast, effective and resolutely collaborative!
Note: during 2021, the configuration tool will also be used to create hospital rooms.
