Abstract
Automation in Civil Engineering design is no longer unfamiliar anymore in the construction industry. It brings great efficiency gains and has reduced many of the complicated aspects of design. Automation has been developing since over the last four decades where advancement of computer hardware and in line with software developments has enabled various sort of design to be computerized. The design process is now more fast and accurate, and the entire process has been outstandingly improved by the available technology. However, the problems related to computerized design, started from the possibilities for unrecognized or unanticipated consequences as the design becomes more complicated. In line with it is the global warming issue that has been threatening the human being. Therefore, this paper reviews the design automation and its application in civil engineering design emphasizing in assessing the energy efficiency of buildings, which includes background information, its application, advantages, and challenges and also suggestions to further improve the automation in civil engineering design by artificial intelligence (AI). It was discovered that since over the past few years, BIM implementation in Civil Engineering design has started to be adopted massively in construction industry due to its tremendous advantages. In this paper, a new flow process in design automation in assessing building sustainability has been proposed by implementing AI BIM which is linked with MyCREST, a green rating tool in Malaysia in order to assist designers to conceptually design for a more energy efficient building.
Highlights
Over the last four decades ever, more advanced computer hardware and corresponding enhancements in software have allowed tremendous sort of design to be computerized [1]
The initial design stage in Architecture and Construction projects which is a crucial part of the sophisticated long-term design process is still less automated and more human depended on part of a complex design process [4]
Whereas the proposed method for this study aimed for fullyautomation procedures with the aid of the artificial intelligence (AI) Building Information Modelling (BIM) plugs-in to assist in the decision-making process during the design stage
Summary
Over the last four decades ever, more advanced computer hardware and corresponding enhancements in software have allowed tremendous sort of design to be computerized [1]. It will be needed to assist to enhance accuracy and productivity in construction and will be an important feature of the future automation in the entire construction stages [5, 6] This is where the further automation of the design process is currently evolving in line with the recent demands. While in regard to sustainability which is the current demand for building construction to date, automation can assist in the aspects of sustainable design [5]. With automation, it let the computer do the time consuming regular work and frees up time for the engineers for more creative development work [2]. In regard to the availability to generate various design options and allowing design optimizations, it can allow the reuse of successful solutions instead of recreating the wheel for each project [1, 2]
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