Abstract
Of recent, Building Information Modelling (BIM) has become an influential paradigm for the development of better project delivery practices to improve construction and operational efficiencies. In the last 6 years, a significant number of studies have been published on the integration of BIM in Internet of Things (IoT). This paper aims to examine the general research productivity, demographics, and trends shaping the research domain. Hence, the paper will also help to identify, categorize, and synthesize important studies in the research domain. In doing so, we adopt an evidence-based systematic mapping methodology to ensure the coverage of key studies through a systematic and unbiased selection and evaluation process which results in the final selection of 55 relevant studies. The results of the mapping study show that the research on the integration of BIM in IoT is gaining more attention in last 6 years with stable and consistent publication output. Prominent application domains, validation methods, contribution facets, research types, and simulation tools in the field of study were identified and presented. Five research types were also identified, i.e. solution proposal, experience paper, evaluation research, validation research, and opinion paper, with solution proposals getting more research attention. In general, the overall demographics of the research domain were presented and discussed.
Highlights
Building Information Modelling (BIM) has become an influential paradigm for the development of better project delivery practices to improve construction and operational efficiencies
RESEARCH QUESTOINS The main objective of this study is to identify, evaluate, analyze, and synthesis research activities on the integration of BIM in Internet of Things (IoT) so as to provide new and veteran researchers with a summary of all works done in the field of study
In this study, we identified four application domains. 67.27% of the selected studies are in Construction Operation and Monitoring domain, followed by Facility Management (FM), Construction Logistic and Management, and Health and Safety (H & S) Management with 21.83%, 5.45%, and 5.45%, respectively
Summary
Building Information Modelling (BIM) has become an influential paradigm for the development of better project delivery practices to improve construction and operational efficiencies. BIM projects give high reliability, geometrically, wellpositioned, and accurate identifiable building components data sets. Internet of Things (IoT) is the interconnection of sensing and actuating devices providing the ability to share information across platforms through a unified framework, developing a common operating picture for enabling innovative applications [1]. The integration of BIM with IoT devices is vital for applications. BIM and IoT data offer complementary views of a project, whereby together they enhanced the limitations of each of them. BIM models offer high trustworthiness depictions of a project at the component level
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