WEBCOR BUILDERS
CIFE, CCC, Protects International and
Higher Colleges of Technology Conference
December 15th
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Phil Williams
Phil Williams
Outline and Topics
• Webcor introduction
• Virtual Building as a process….BIM as a tool
• Planning and Forecasting
• Procurement
• Construction
• New Avenues for Sustainability
Webcor Builders and Webcor Consulting Group
• Founded in 1971. HQ in San Francisco
with offices in Alameda, Los Angeles,
and San Diego.
• International operations in Middle East,
Latin America and Asia Pacific.
• Annual Contracts over $1.1 billion.
• Consistently listed among the ENR Top
30 Contractors in the Country.
• 8th Largest Concrete Contractor in the
USA.
• Obayashi USA member company
Partners and Associates
Select relationships:
Asia
Pacific Islands
Eastern US
Saudi Arabia
Latin America
Experience
With over 9 million square meters (90 million sf.) of
projects to date, our building experience spans a
wide range of areas:
Health Care Facilities
High Density Residential
Hotels and Resorts
Design Build Structures
Cultural and Specialty
Renovation - Seismic Upgrades
High Tech Corporate Campuses
and Commercial Office
Interior Construction
Sustainability Ranking & Results
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2010 – 98.6% 2010 revenue from LEED projects
26.1 Million square feet of LEED projects
$9.5 Billion of LEED projects
15% Platinum, 43% Gold, 31% Silver, 11% Certified
First Firm in CA to report scope 1,2 and 3 Carbon Emissions
Only Construction Sector firm invited by World Resources
Institute (WRI) Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Supply chain
Protocol
SFPUC
LEED-Platinum
CA Academy of Sciences
LEED-Platinum
UC Berkeley
Memorial Stadium
LEED-Gold
Transbay Transit Center
LEED-Gold
Planning-Execution-Completion
Virtual Building:
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Design-Integration
Budgets - Cost Control
Constructability
Sustainability
Scheduling
Logistics
Tender
Construction Management
Commissioning Close-Out
Design and Construction Integration
Visualization
Owner
Quality/ Coord.
A/E and Preconstruction
Cost Estimating Financial Tracking
Design
Architect’s team
Central
Information
Base
Simulation
Energy, CFD,
Logistics
Structure,
MEP
Engineers
Scheduling
Creation Monitoring
Virtual Building
Multidimensional Building Information Modeling
Using virtual time and virtual money to solve real problems.
Product
Modeling
Static Geometry
How the components
and systems fit together
Process
Modeling
Construction Sequence
How the building comes
together
Analysis
Modeling
Measurement and Simulation
What the building costs and
how it performs
Multidimensional BIM - unlimited data capacity
Concrete Column in
the model
Multidimensional – Features
Schedule
Estimate
Sustainability
Logistics
Financial status/projections
More
Multidimensional BIM - unlimited data capacity
Concrete Column in
the model
Multidimensional – Features
Schedule
Estimate
Sustainability
Logistics
Financial status/projections
More
2D - Confusion or
3D - QUALITY
The Quality Process:
Planning-Procurement-Construction-Measurement
Problem
How to generate quality cost and schedule budgets without
design drawings at the Concept design stage?
Answer: Utilize Relevant Experience and Detailed Data
Problem
How do we accelerate the process from A-E design
drawings to production shop drawings?
Answer: Provide digital design elements to the supply chain
to enable fast, early and accurate shop drawings for
material release.
Problem
How dose the A-E-C industry provide advanced and innovative
procurement options for owners?
Answer: Know what is needed, how much is needed, where it is
needed, when it is needed, who executes and why it is important
so that ownership can analyze global opportunities for hedging
and material options, pre-purchase, buy and re-assign and
national account opportunities.
Problem
How to bring together accurate schedule, resources-location and
financial data together in real time?
Answer: Use model based visualization of data to provide simultaneous
integration of key performance metrics.
Problem
How to improve the design process so that drawings are accurate, free
of conflicts and reduce (eliminate) unforeseen cost changes and
time delays?
Answer: Create design (contract) drawings so that all systems and
elements that are distributed for bidding (tender) are been precorrdinated and buildable.
Virtual Building and Sustainability
• Energy Simulations
• Material % Recycled
• Location / Sourcing (500 miles)
• Carbon and Life Cycle Analysis
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
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Raised Access Floors
Lighting Controls
Operable windows
On-Site Power Generation
• Wind
• Photo-Voltaic Panels
50% Energy Reduction
40% On-site Generation
“Near” Net-zero energy building
Where’s the Carbon in the Built
Environment?
120%
Total Carbon (%)
100%
Traditional approximation Embodied/Material Carbon vs. Operational Carbon
80%
60%
Operational Carbon
Embodied Carbon
40%
20%
Building Lifespan (yrs)
0%
10
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Where’s the Carbon? Operations or
Embodied?
120%
Traditional approximation Material Carbon vs. Operational Carbon
Total Carbon (%)
100%
Operational Carbon
80%
60%
Embodied Carbon
40%
20%
0%
10
Building Lifespan (yrs)
20
30
40
50
Where’s the Carbon at Net Zero Energy?
120%
Building Materials = Embodied Carbon
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
Total Carbon (%)
Interiors (Drywall, carpet, ceilings)
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing
Envelope (Curtainwall, glazing, roof)
Structure (Steel, concrete)
0%
10
Building Lifespan (yrs)
20
30
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Rules We All Can Use
GHG Protocol Launch The Business Case for
Product and Value Chain
Management
by World Resources
Institute
Material
Materials Facts
Size = m3
GHG % GHG Energy
___kg/m3
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Water intensity ___l/m3
Primary Elements
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% Recycled ____
% Remanufacture ____
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The Science Behind CEDA
Core Database is CEDA (Comprehensive Environmental Data
Archive):
Derived from EPA and BEA environmental and economic databases Internationally peer
reviewed
- Used by Dept. of Commerce, EPA, NIST, European Commission, BEES
Baseline for comprehensive and rapid insights into all supply chain tiers
- A unique commodity based I/0 structure
Includes:
- GHG Emissions
- Resource consumption (including: water, land & energy use)
- Toxins;
- PM Emissions;
- Ozone Depleting Substances;
- Nutrient Emissions;
- Waste Generation
World Resource Institute (WRI) Scope 3 Protocol
• Scope 3 Release Oct 2011 (this year)
• 70+ companies participated in road-test
• Webcor’s road-test required new rules:
was the only professional organization
representing the construction industry
Summary
The Quality Process: Planning-ProcurementConstruction-Measurement
Data - Assumptions - Forecasting
Every Level-Every Section-Every Detail-Every Angle
Advanced Procurement and Financial Forecasting
Schedule Control-Location-Financial Integration
User: After Care Utilization
Carbon Accounting Rules We All Can Use
GHG Protocol Launch The Business Case for
Product and Value Chain
Management
by World Resources
Institute
Material
Materials Facts
Size = m3
GHG % GHG Energy
___kg/m3
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Water intensity ___l/m3
Primary Elements
____________
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% Recycled ____
% Remanufacture ____
YALJ: Diyafah Hotel (Makkah)
YALJ: Maghrabi Hotel (Makkah)
Why is this important ?
• We “the industry” need continually expanding digital
(Virtual Building) performance processes
• The industry needs new performance data such as…..
CO2, water intensity, human and environmental metrics
(in addition to cost, time, strength, weight)
• This must continue to accelerate as a Global effort
Webcor Builders
Saint-Gobain Innovation Day
November 30th, 2011
Boston MA.