Lead presenter: Phil Bell, ARA
Biography:
Phil joined Applied Research Associates (ARA) Transportation Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Division (TIEE) after a 34-year career with the New York State including 27 years with the Department of Transportation. During his career with NYSDOT, Phil served as:
• BIM for Transportation program manager with $4.5B investments in Capital Projects;
• Statewide Innovation Deployment including the FHWA EDC Program;
• Deputy Director for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), a $1.6B portfolio of 543 projects across six modal program areas;
• Performance management director; and co-chaired the performance management Community of Practice for NYS Agencies;
• Director of Strategy and Performance for the Office of Design;
• Director, Bureau of Performance and Asset Management - established a data model to inform investments decisions.
Phil is a member of the American Society for Quality; the Standing Committee on Visualization in Transportation, ABJ95 and the BIM Subcommittee. Phil served as the vice-chair of the AASHTO Technical Committee on Environmental Design.
He has been a speaker on numerous topics including performance management, asset management, developing performance metrics, BIM for transportation, enterprise data systems, design, and visualization.
Education: Masters, Public Administration (MPA), Russell Sage Colleges, (1991); B.L.A. Landscape Architecture: SUNY, ESF, (1982), B.S. Environmental Science: SUNY, ESF, (1981)
Measuring the Effects and Performance of BIM in Transportation
Description
Abstract:
Phil will discuss the experiences of implementing BIM for Transportation in state DOTs. The discussion will include successes along with challenges and the importance of using effective performance indicators and measures, based on quality data, to demonstrate the benefits, costs, return on investment, advantages and challenges involved with the implementation and ongoing use of BIM. Case studies will also be discussed.