Abstract
Knowledge management (KM) is the organization, creation, sharing and flow of knowledge within organizations. Knowledge can be shared and reused among involved engineers and experts to improve a construction process and reduce the time and cost of solving problems. This paper proposes a new and practical methodology to capture and represent construction project knowledge by using a Building Information Modeling (BIM) approach. Using BIM approach, users can make visual knowledge management in the 3D Computer-aided Design (CAD) environment. This study addresses the application of knowledge management in the construction phase of construction projects and proposes a Construction BIM-based Knowledge Management (CBIMKM) system for general contractors. The CBIMKM is then applied in selected case studies of a construction building project in Taiwan to verify our proposed methodology and demonstrate the effectiveness of sharing knowledge in the 3D environment. By applying the BIM approach, all participants in a project can share and reuse explicit and tacit knowledge through the 3D CAD-based knowledge map. The combined results demonstrate that the CBIMKM system can be used as a visual 3D-based knowledge management platform by utilizing the BIM approach and web technology.
Highlights
Information integration has been widely implemented in the construction projects industry in various forms (Kang et al 2012)
To enhance the effectiveness of visual Knowledge management (KM) applied in construction projects, this study develops a Construction Building Information Modeling (BIM)-based Knowledge Management (CBIMKM) system in the 3D CAD (Computer-aided Design) environment enabling engineers to share and reuse their knowledge and experience during the construction phase of a project
Evaluation The questionnaire results from the case study evaluation reveal that the CBIMKM system effectively shares knowledge and experience for construction projects
Summary
Information integration has been widely implemented in the construction projects industry in various forms (Kang et al 2012). Knowledge management is a discipline that promotes an integrated approach to the creation, capture, sharing and reuse of domain knowledge of a profession obtained from projects that have been previously undertaken. Numerous research efforts have focused on applications of knowledge management in construction. A web-based prototype and system, named CAPRI.NET, was developed to facilitate the live capture and reuse of project knowledge in construction (Udeaja et al 2008). A web-based collaborative knowledge management system was implemented to solve knowledge sharing problems within a construction company (Dave, Koskela 2009). A web-based knowledge management system was implemented to support effective information search and analysis, by enhancing communication and collaboration among researchers in the underground construction field (Forcada et al 2010)
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