Digital twin enables building owners to harness BIM data throughout the design process and ultimately improve operations.
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Nearly 80% of an asset’s lifetime value is realized during operations. This actionable data provides immense value to owners by offering insights that can improve capital planning and facilities maintenance.
To see how digital twin can reshape asset operations, look at water infrastructure—an industry with pressing challenges thanks in part to aging and failing pipes, increasing severe weather events, and water scarcity. Innovyze, the water infrastructure software company acquired by Autodesk, uses dynamic digital twins to enable more resilient water systems. Innovyze’s digital twin solution for municipal utilities, Info360, maps critical components of a system, from pipes and tanks to pumps and valves. Real-time data feeds into the platform, providing a comprehensive view of the system’s health. As maintenance or upgrades happen, the digital twin captures the new model data while maintaining a historical record. While Innovyze’s digital twin is purpose-built for operations and maintenance, the benefits extend to the end user—us. Better managed water systems keep water flowing from the utility to our faucets. They also encourage well-spent public dollars. Digital twin can provide value in other industries, as well. In healthcare, a hospital owner may have a facility manager use the digital twin to manage and update HVAC and MEP systems, prioritizing critical work and heading off equipment failures. The owner could also use it to improve visitor foot traffic to the gift shop or café.
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Building owners are asking for digital data at handover, but they must work together with AEC firms to establish when and where the digital twin lifecycle originates. When they agree on what data is needed from the start, desired operational outcomes are achieved. AEC firms that use a platform like Autodesk Tandem are enabling improved operational efficiencies for the lifetime of the built asset and thus help customers achieve competitive advantage.
Autodesk Tandem: View of assets clustered by type, inventory populated with general asset data
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