Abstract
Abstract. One of the major motivations behind the introduction of BIM (Building Information Modelling) was to mitigate the challenges of interoperability and interdisciplinary interaction between different stakeholders, this is particularly critical in the heritage buildings sector that involves more diverse stakeholders in a wide range of disciplines compared to a standard construction project. A crucial concern in dealing with heritage buildings is the longevity and safeguarding of the digital documentation data that is usually required to be kept as a digital record for the future. This is especially challenging in the digital medium due to the diversity of the software tools, and the fast-advancing and changing software market.In order to assess the needs and challenges facing the heritage buildings sector in terms of data longevity and interoperability and to assess the interdisciplinary interaction needs of relevant disciplines, the authors designed an online survey targeting professionals and academics in the heritage buildings sector and the wider AEC industries. This paper presents the preliminary findings of this survey.
Highlights
In order to assess the needs and challenges facing the heritage buildings sector in terms of data longevity and interoperability and to assess the interdisciplinary interaction needs of relevant disciplines, the authors designed an online survey targeting professionals and academics in the heritage buildings sector and the wider AEC industries
In order to explore potential problems of digital data storage, reaccessibility and potential challenges of BIM data interoperability in the heritage sector and the wider AEC industries as well as exploring their different needs, the researchers designed an online questionnaire with the objectives of: (1) assessing the needs of both the general AEC industry and the heritage buildings sector for long term storage and reaccessibility, (2) exploring issues of interoperability of BIM data, (3) comparing BIM needs between heritage buildings sector practitioners and other practitioners in the AEC industry, (4) evaluating the need for interdisciplinarity and interoperability between distinct disciplines involved in the digital documentation of heritage buildings, (5) assessing the needs of accessing various data categories for different disciplines within the heritage sector
The first section titled “General information” aims to categorise the participants into appropriate categories: first categorisation is to identify participants working in heritage buildings from other participants within the AEC industries, in order to isolate the heritage sector participants and study responses that are specific to the area, and to compare their responses to other AEC participants that are not working in heritage related projects
Summary
In order to explore potential problems of digital data storage, reaccessibility and potential challenges of BIM data interoperability in the heritage sector and the wider AEC industries as well as exploring their different needs, the researchers designed an online questionnaire with the objectives of: (1) assessing the needs of both the general AEC industry and the heritage buildings sector for long term storage and reaccessibility, (2) exploring issues of interoperability of BIM data, (3) comparing BIM needs between heritage buildings sector practitioners and other practitioners in the AEC industry, (4) evaluating the need for interdisciplinarity and interoperability between distinct disciplines involved in the digital documentation of heritage buildings, (5) assessing the needs of accessing various data categories for different disciplines within the heritage sector.The questionnaire is divided into three sections. The first section titled “General information” aims to categorise the participants into appropriate categories: first categorisation is to identify participants working in heritage buildings from other participants within the AEC industries, in order to isolate the heritage sector participants and study responses that are specific to the area, and to compare their responses to other AEC participants that are not working in heritage related projects (titled in the study “AEC participants”). Within this section a question about work/research interests is aiming to associate participants with one or more of eight different groups: History/Archaeology, Geometry/Survey/Modelling, Education/Public dissemination, Design, Conservation, Engineering/Sustainability, Construction, and Management, in order to assess the variations in needs and challenges for each group. The third section “Heritage Buildings Digital Documentation” is only relevant to participants identified as heritage sector participants. The results of the survey will be discussed
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