Scaling BIM and Piloting Digital Twins: Driving Efficiency Across 1,000 Station Projects | Presentation
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Rail Summit 2025 Design & Make the Future of Rail
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Gary Phillips BIM Specialist
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• Railway Experience
• 10 Years as BIM-Modeller / -Coordinator / -Manager
• 5 Years BIM Specialist for DB
• DB past and current role
Agenda
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The Statistics
The Company
The Past
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The Present – Overview
The Present – Project Example
The Present – Lessons Learned
07 The Future – Digital Twin
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The Statistics
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33,000km Track
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5,400 Stations
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5,400 Stations
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2,500 Elevators
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5,300 Ticket Machines
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9,300 Weather Shelters
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Over 12,000…
Clocks
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The Company
The Company
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21,000 Employees
Long-Distance Regional Cargo InfraGO Energy Other
Rail Stations
42,000 Employees
29,000 Employees
68,000 Employees
2,000 Employees
62,000 Employees
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The Past
The Past
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The Present - Overview
The Present - Overview
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The Present - Overview
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The Present - Overview
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The Present - Overview
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The Present - Overview
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The Present - Overview
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The Present - Overview
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The Present - Overview
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The Present - Overview
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The Present – Project Example
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The Present – Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned - Overview
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Monitoring
Tools
Project Experience
Lessons Learned - Tools
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Lessons Learned - Tools
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Lessons Learned - Tools
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Lessons Learned - Monitoring
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• Data from CDE
• KPIs
• Targeted Communication
• Priorities - Past
• Priorities - Future
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The Future
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The Future: Digital Twin Pilot
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The Future: Digital Twin Pilot
The Future: Strategy
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„Von BIM zum digitalen Anlagenlebenszyklus“
“From BIM to the digital asset lifecycle“
Gary Phillips
DB InfraGO AG
Personenbahnhöfe
BIM Specialist
gary.phillips@deutschebahn.com
Thank you!
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Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7: Agenda Slide 8: Agenda Slide 9: Agenda Slide 10: The Statistics Slide 11 Slide 12 Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Slide 17 Slide 18: The Company Slide 19: The Company Slide 20: The Past Slide 21: The Past Slide 22: The Present - Overview Slide 23: The Present - Overview Slide 24: The Present - Overview Slide 25: The Present - Overview Slide 26: The Present - Overview Slide 27: The Present - Overview Slide 28: The Present - Overview Slide 29: The Present - Overview Slide 30: The Present - Overview Slide 31: The Present - Overview Slide 32: The Present – Project Example Slide 33 Slide 34: The Present – Lessons Learned Slide 35: Lessons Learned - Overview Slide 36: Lessons Learned - Tools Slide 37: Lessons Learned - Tools Slide 38: Lessons Learned - Tools Slide 39: Lessons Learned - Monitoring Slide 40: The Future Slide 41 Slide 42: The Future: Digital Twin Pilot Slide 43: The Future: Digital Twin Pilot Slide 44: The Future: Strategy Slide 45