Dr. Simon Ashworth

Projects

• Smart Building Information Service (SBIS): Using AI to dynamically find information / Project leader / laufend
• Interoperable solutions to streamline PED evolution and cross-sectoral integration / Team member / laufend
• FM 4.0 / Co-project leader / abgeschlossen
• User Assistance Systems for Smart Commercial Buildings / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Smart Learning Spaces for Students / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Facility Management & BIM in Hospitals / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Implementation of BIM for a new building - cantonal hospital Baden / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Virtual Design and Construction - Digital Building - BIM Building Models and Product Data / Deputy project leader / abgeschlossen
• Integration of FM Know-how and 3D Laser Scanning in BIM / Team member / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Bernegger, Heinz; Laube, Patrick; Ochsner, Pascal; Meslec, Mihaela; Rahn, Hanno; Junghardt, Johann; Aurich, Isabella; Ashworth, Simon,

  2021.

  Sustain GEOBIM – a new method to simulate sustainable development scenarios for urban areas.

  Circular Economy and Sustainability.

  1(3), pp. 967-976.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00092-3

• Ashworth, Simon; Tucker, Matthew; Druhmann, Carsten K.,

  2019.

  Critical success factors for facility management employer’s information requirements (EIR) for BIM.

  Facilities.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/F-02-2018-0027

• Druhmann, Carsten K.; Ashworth, Simon,

  2016.

  Rating systems in conjunction with BIM deliver outstanding possibilities for sustainable construction.

  Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture Research.

  3(10), pp. 1711-1717.

• Ashworth, Simon,

  2021.

  The evolution of Facility Management (FM) in the Building Information Modelling (BIM) process : an opportunity to use Critical Success Factors (CSF) for optimising built assets.

  Liverpool:

  Liverpool John Moores University.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.t.00014250

• Schmitter, Paul; Ashworth, Simon,

  2023.

  Digitally transforming facility management in healthcare : a systematic review of key digital technologies and systems [paper].

  In:

  IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science.

  CIB W070 Conference on Facility Management and Maintenance 2023, Trondheim, Norway, 8-11 May 2023.

  IOP Publishing.

  pp. 012012.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1176/1/012012

• Bernegger, Heinz J.; Laube, Patrick; Ochsner, Pascal; Meslec, Mihaela; Rahn, Hanno; Junghardt, Johann; Aurich, Isabella; Ashworth, Simon,

  2022.

  A new method combining BIM and GIS data to optimise the sustainability of new construction projects in Switzerland [paper].

  In:

  IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science.

  SBEfin2022 Emerging Concepts for Sustainable Built Environment, online, 23-25 November 2022.

  IOP Publishing.

  pp. 012052.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1122/1/012052

• Meslec, Mihaela; Ashworth, Simon; Druhmann, Carsten K.,

  2018.

  Integrating life cycle sustainability analysis with BIM [paper].

  In:

  Tucker, Matthew, ed.,

  Research papers for the 17th EuroFM research symposium, 5-8 June 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

  17th EuroFM Research Symposium (EFMC 2018), Sofia, Bulgaria, 5-8 June 2018.

  Schiphol-Rijk:

  EuroFM.

  pp. 96-108.

• Ashworth, Simon; El-Arousy, Marc; Druhmann, Carsten K.,

  2017.

  Employer’s Information Requirements (EIR) : a BIM case study to meet client and facility manager needs [paper].

  In:

  EFMC 2017 : research papers for EUROFM's 16th research symposium, 25-28 April 2017 in Madrid, Spain.

  16th EuroFM Research Symposium: “Consolidating the Global Scope of Facility Management”, Madrid, 25-28 April 2017.

  Lyngby:

  Polyteknisk Forlag.

  pp. 112-121.

  Available from: http://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/research-papers-for-eurofms-16th-research-symposium-efmc-2017(b018a23c-0715-434b-a4e7-1fee4f50a8c4).html

• Ashworth, Simon; Druhmann, Carsten K.,

  2015.

  Integration of FM and asset management expertise in digital 3D building models [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of 7th Internationalen Facility Management Congress, 20th and 21st, November 2014. Vienna: Vienna University of Technology.

  7th Internationalen Facility Management Congress, Wien, Österreich 20.-21. November 2014.

  pp. 38.

• Ashworth, Simon; Druhmann, Carsten K.,

  2015.

  Integration of FM and asset management expertise in digital 3D building models [paper].

  In:

  7th Internationalen Facility Management Congress, Wien, Österreich 20.-21. November 2014.

  Technische Universität Wien.

  pp. 40-54.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4817

• Hubbuch, Markus; Ashworth, Simon,

  2022.

  Informations- und Schulungskonzept Naturgefahren für Gebäudebetreiber und -eigentümer : Ergebnisbericht Phase 1: Konzept Informations- und Schulungsangebote sowie Erhebung Handlungsoptionen von Betreibern.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

• Ashworth, Simon; Tucker, Matthew,

  2021.

  FM-BIM Mobilisation Framework : critical success factors to help deliver successful BIM projects.

  1st edition.

  Liverpool:

  Liverpool John Moores University.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-24021

• Ashworth, Simon; Tucker, Matthew; King, Laura,

  2017.

  Building a bridge to BIM.

  Croner-i.

  pp. 1-4.

  Available from: https://app.croneri.co.uk/feature-articles/building-bridge-bim

• Druhmann, Carsten K.; Ashworth, Simon,

  2017.

  Das FM und seine Daten.

  fmpro service.

  2017(5), pp. 30-32.

• Ashworth, Simon; Druhmann, Carsten K.,

  2017.

  Employer`s Information Requirements (EIR) : template and guidance.

  BIFM: Advancing our Profession.

• Ashworth, Simon; Tucker, Matthew,

  2017.

  FM awareness of building information modelling (BIM) : August 2017.

  London:

  Institute of Workplace and Facility Management (IWFM).

• Ashworth, Simon; Tucker, Matthew; Druhmann, Carsten K.; Kassem, Mohamad,

  2017.

  Integration of FM expertise and end user needs in the BIM process using the Employer`s Information Requirements (EIR) [paper].

  In:

  20th CIB World Building Congress 2016, Tampere, May 30 – June 3, 2016.

• Ashworth, Simon; El-Arousy, Marc; Druhmann, Carsten K.,

  2017.

  Swiss-COBie : development of a design for information exchange between planners, contractors and FM in Switzerland [paper].

  In:

  EFMC 2017 : research papers for EUROFM's 16th research symposium, 25-28 April 2017 in Madrid, Spain.

  16th EuroFM Research Symposium: “Consolidating the Global Scope of Facility Management”, Madrid, 25-28 April 2017.

  Lyngby:

  Polyteknisk Forlag.

  pp. 91-99.

  Available from: http://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/research-papers-for-eurofms-16th-research-symposium-efmc-2017(b018a23c-0715-434b-a4e7-1fee4f50a8c4).html

• Ashworth, Simon; Tucker, Matthew; Druhmann, Carsten K.,

  2017.

  The role of FM in preparing a BIM strategy and Employer’s Information Requirements (EIR) to align with a client’s asset management strategy [paper].

  In:

  European Facility Management Conference 2016, Milan, Italy, 8-9 June 2016.

• Ashworth, Simon; Druhmann, Carsten K.,

  2016.

  Was die Schweiz von England lernen kann : nationale BIM-Produktdatenbanken erleichtern der lokalen Bauindustrie das Daily Businesss.

  Architektur + Technik.

  2016(1), pp. 60-61.

• Druhmann, Carsten K.; Ashworth, Simon,

  2016.

  Zusammenspiel Facility Management und Building Information Management : Chance, Herausforderung oder beides?

  .

  In:

  Komplettanbieter im Facility Management 2015/16.

  Zürich:

  RESO.

• Druhmann, Carsten K.; Ashworth, Simon,

  2015.

  FM-Expertise und digitale Gebäudemodelle.

  fmpro service.

  2015(4), pp. 33.

• Junghans, Antje; Meslec, Mihaela; Druhmann, Carsten K.; Ashworth, Simon,

  2022.

  Zusammenspiel von Building Information Modelling und Facility Management : BIM x FM.

  In:

  Swissbau Compact, Basel, Schweiz, 3.-6. Mai 2022.

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