Fall BIMForum

Dallas, TX
InterContinental Hotel
October 9-10, 2014

Big Data and BIM:

Turning Model
Information into Insight
Robert Mencarini, AIA
Array Architects
Principal, Practice Area Leader Design Technology

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 What can AECO
professionals learn from
Google, Target, and
Amazon?

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 The Goal is to Improve
Our Business Processes
and
Find Innovative, Revenue
Generating Improvements
and Savings
In Three Parts
Survey the fundamental concepts in
Big Data and Data Science

Learn how to derive actionable

knowledge through finding patterns,
trends, & outliers.

Learn how to work with data by solving

every day problems
 What is Big Data?

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 Big Data is when the
amount of data becomes
part of the problem
 AECO World
vs.
The Rest of the World

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 If thats Big Data,
Whats Small Data, You Ask?

n=30
n=1100
Big Data = All The Data
 Dark Data, really?

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The AECO world is
full of Dark Data
Part 2
Survey the fundamental concepts in
Big Data and Data Science

Learn how to derive actionable

knowledge through finding patterns,
trends, & outliers.

Learn how to work with data by solving

every day problems
Descriptive Statistics
Mean (average)
Median Bar graphs
Mode Histograms
Variation Box plots
Range Time series graphs
Variance
Sample & Population
Standard Deviation
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Part 3
Survey the fundamental concepts in
Big Data and Data Science

Learn how to derive actionable

knowledge through finding patterns,
trends, & outliers.

Learn how to work with data by solving

every day problems
 Calling timeout on using
hunches,
educated guesses, and
anecdotal evidence
as the basis for decisions.

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 The AECO
Data Toolset

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Harvesting Storage Analysis
 Harvesting, Storing, Mining & Presenting Data
Revit Plugin Database Reports

Array Project
Analytics dashboard
Project: Henry J Carter Specialty Hospital

Tableau custom reports

Applying Data Science to Project Model Optimization

Drill Down
Firm >
Office >
Project Type >
Project Location >
Project >
Model >
Element Type >
Element Instance
To Wrap Up
Understand the fundamental concepts in
Big Data and Data Science

Derive actionable knowledge through finding

patterns, trends, & outliers.

Work with data by solving every day problems

 Who Else is Using Model Data?

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 Thank You!

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