A Proposed Digital Twin Framework to Enable Lean Strategic Facility Management

Mbabu, Alex; Underwood, Jason; Munir, Mustapha

Abstract

The concept of bringing a strategic approach to facility management is gaining traction as organizations are becoming more cognizant of the strong relationship between the built assets that facility managers are responsible for managing and the organization’s core business and supporting service performance levels. Information aids in better decisions. Enterprise building information modelling (EBIM) expands facility management and integrated building information modelling (BIM). EBIM encourages digital collaboration and the sharing of up-to-date building related data, information, and knowledge, allowing core businesses and building owners to capitalize on the potential of information ownership throughout the lifecycle of buildings or asset collections involving BIM, whereas a lean approach enables a streamlined and seamless deployment of BIM to address the concerns of variability and waste in facility management. Digital twins complement EBIM in facility management by allowing prospects to handle real-time data and by encouraging autonomous and analytical capabilities. This research adopts a design science research methodology to construct the proposed digital twin framework to support strategic facility management. The proposed framework presents a lean solution to facility management by integrating facility information into core business and strategy.

Citation

Mbabu, A., Underwood, J., & Munir, M. (2022). A Proposed Digital Twin Framework to Enable Lean Strategic Facility Management.

• Conference Name: University of Salford International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPGRC)
• Conference Location: Salford, UK
• Start Date: Mar 28, 2022
• End Date: Mar 28, 2022
• Acceptance Date: Sep 12, 2022
• Publication Date: Sep 12, 2022
• Deposit Date: Nov 25, 2023
• Publisher URL: https://salford-repository.worktribe.com/output/1567707/resilience-in-research-and-practice-proceedings-of-the-international-postgraduate-research-conference-ipgrc-2022