Abstract
Although building information modeling (BIM) has been widely adopted in the building industry for several decades, the use of BIM in the context of transportation infrastructure has been slow in terms of both adoption and application. Industry and academia are increasingly making efforts to adopt BIM for other non-building civil infrastructure but, so far, there has not been a comprehensive review of these efforts specifically regarding transportation. This paper explores BIM implementation in an infrastructure design project. An Autodesk ® BIM-based tool, Civil 3D, is proposed as a potential BIM tool platform. This paper also focuses on modeling specific road elements not editable from the standard library, such as guardrails and retaining walls, as well as proposing different solutions using Revit and Subassembly Composer and analyzing the interoperability among BIM-based tools.
Highlights
The building information modeling (BIM) concept was introduced in 1970 [1]
This paper focuses on modeling specific road elements not editable from the standard library, such as guardrails and retaining walls, as well as proposing different solutions using Revit and Subassembly Composer and analyzing the interoperability among BIM-based tools
The case study of the project for the reorganization of the internal road systems of the Harbor of Naples highlights some critical issues of the use and application of the BIM process in the infrastructure field, evaluating the actual iteration between the BIM-based tools of the same software-house
Summary
The BIM concept was introduced in 1970 [1]. It is a collaborative methodology, used to manage construction projects effectiveness [2,3] by architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industries, based on several BIM-based tools solutions [4].Over the years, BIM has become a methodology mainly used to integrate the design of buildings, as it achieves a 3D digital representation of the physical, functional, and semantic characteristics of an environment, structure, or existing building [5].There has been a significant push for the development and utilization of innovative technologies in the transportation sector, in which many of the proven technologies and methods from the building industry have been adopted [6].BIM can enhance and improve the planning process, design, and construction of projects by offering a novel approach to design, construction, and facility management, in which a digital representation of the infrastructure process is used to facilitate the exchange and interoperability of information in digital format [7,8].BIM platforms are based on components, that is, on stored parametric elements in object libraries. The BIM concept was introduced in 1970 [1]. It is a collaborative methodology, used to manage construction projects effectiveness [2,3] by architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industries, based on several BIM-based tools solutions [4]. BIM platforms are based on components, that is, on stored parametric elements in object libraries. These stored parametric elements are reusable objects that can contain geometric, semantic, or topological attributes [9,10]
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