Analysis of the Current State of Automation of Hazard Detection Processes in BIM in Slovakia

Pavol Mayer,Jozef Gašparík,Peter Makýš,Tomáš Funtík

doi:10.3390/app11178130

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Abstract

Building information modeling (BIM) brings several benefits to design and construction companies, especially in higher efficiency and quality of work. Several companies also use common data environment (CDE) systems, which speed up communication and collaboration between project participants. These can be used for occupational health and safety (HS) purposes and to increase the level of HS on construction sites. The first part of the article presents the state-of-the-art possibilities and approaches to implementing BIM in automatic or semi-automatic health and safety hazard detection. The following parts analyze the interviews with experts in BIM coordination, project management and health and safety in Slovakia and their answers to a survey, that covers the topic of safety hazard detection in BIM. The analysis shows that BIM is a suitable tool for increasing safety on construction sites, but there are several obstacles to achieving its full potential. The survey brings readers closer to the current state of the topic and the possibilities offered by BIM and CDE software in Slovakia. This paper, through the requirements and opinions of experts in BIM, project management and HS management, points out areas for further research and development of BIM software.

Highlights

The level of digitization in construction companies grows each year because of the fast evolution of new functions in building information modeling (BIM) software, common data environment (CDE) systems and smart devices [1,2,3,4,5]
The first steps of BIM implementation are focused on achieving these goals and not on other important topics, such as health and safety (HS) or environment [6,7,8]
Based on statistics from the survey of BIM association Slovakia from September 2020, 29.7% of 1727 respondents worked for construction companies and only 9% of them used BIM in their projects, 35% of them were interested in BIM and the rest did not use BIM [6]

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The level of digitization in construction companies grows each year because of the fast evolution of new functions in building information modeling (BIM) software, common data environment (CDE) systems and smart devices [1,2,3,4,5]. Some of these functions improve the automation of time-consuming processes and repetitive tasks, and some help connect databases, cloud systems and programs to make project collaboration easier and more effective [1,3]. The first steps of BIM implementation are focused on achieving these goals and not on other important topics, such as health and safety (HS) or environment [6,7,8]

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