Component-based Tendering
Prototyping and transformation of the swiss building services catalogue
At a glance
- Project leader : Elke Brucker-Kley, Pasquale Petillo, Stefan Reiser
- Co-project leader : Max Meisterhans
- Deputy of project leader : Alexandre de Spindler
- Project team : Nico Ebert, Andri Färber
- Project budget : CHF 140'000
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : Other (Schweizerische Zentralstelle für Baurationalisierung CRB)
- Project partner : Schweizerische Zentralstelle für Baurationalisierung CRB
- Contact person : Elke Brucker-Kley
Description
Focus:
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is fundamentally changing the
way we work in the construction industry. The object of this
applied research project was to test and specify an innovation idea
for a data-based service in the field of tendering for its
relevance to end users. ZHAW supported CRB in collecting and
evaluating the perspective of the planners (i.e. architects,
construction managers) on the actual and target situation of a
tender on the basis of a BIM model contents.
Set of methods: design thinking, contextual
enquiries, customer journey mapping, prototyping.
The project team worked with the phase model of Design Thinking:
Understanding/observing - condensing - generating ideas -
prototyping - testing. The current situation and the
characteristics of a relevant solution were determined via
contextual enquiries with specialist planners and architects from
various offices. With this knowledge about the view and needs of
the planners, the changed working method during the tendering
process was reflected in a functional prototype. This iteratively
developed functional prototype made the innovation idea tangible
for the planners and enabled constructive feedback on the
solution.
A series of workshops on the methods used in the project
(prototyping, problem definitions, personas, idea
generation/creativity techniques) at CRB ensured the long-term
anchoring of innovative and agile ways of thinking and working
beyond the project.