WORLD CHAMPIONS EXPLORE HOW BIM MODELS CAN SAVE LIVES AT HOSPITALS

07.10.2019

Can BIM models help to save lives at the new Stavanger University Hospital in Norway? World champions in BIM modelling Torgeir Fadnes and Kristoffer Tungland of COWI explained how this might be possible at the Nordic Edge Expo conference in Stavanger.

In the process of exploiting the data from BIM, there is a need for closer collaboration between technologists, medical researchers and users.

This is one of the conclusions from World champions in BIM modelling Torgeir Fadnes and Kristoffer Tungland of COWI for how to use a BIM model in the operational phase after picking up lots of ideas from technologists and potential users on this year's Nordic Edge Expo conference in Stavanger.

Together with Nordic – Office of Architecture, they used BIM models in the design phase, but now they also want to use the models in the operational phase.

"We have had a lot of good input on how this can be done,” explains BIM manager Kristoffer Tungland of COWI.

“You can see for yourself that the model can be used to find your way around a large building complex, and that you can use it to simulate extreme scenarios which put great pressure on logistics at the hospital. We have to remember why we are building a smart hospital in the first place; it’s not because we want a smart building but because the people using the building have to be happy with it,” says Fadnes.

One practical example is where a doctor needs life-saving equipment, such as a defibrillator, in a hurry. If this is fitted with a sensor, we will be able to see where it is in the model and just press a button to find the quickest way to it.