Abstract
Asset management is a continuous process that runs throughout the lifecycle of a constructed facility. The current practice of asset management is paper-based consisting of manual inspection and proves to be time consuming, tedious, and prone to human error. Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been found to be an emerging technology and core of information management for the design, construction, operation and maintenance (O&M) process. Though the usefulness of BIM has been greatly realized in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry, its use for O&M, particularly in asset management, is still in its infancy. This research describes a framework of an intelligent BIM record model that can capture all the assets in BIM during the construction of a building facility. All the information necessary for operation and maintenance along with the location would be stored in a database integrating with the BIM. The database library can be interrogated with BIM and serves as a repository of asset management for the built facility. The BIM record model would help to take informed decisions regarding operations, maintenance, servicing, repair and replacement of an asset hence saving labour-intensive asset inventory, time and money, and preventing the wastage of unnecessary tools acquisition.
Highlights
Asset management is of great importance since from the owner’s perspective, 85% of the total project cost is spent in operation and maintenance (O&M) [1] and it encompasses the longest phase of any building facility
Number of studies had been done to identify and categorize the required information in Building Information Modelling (BIM) necessary for facility management (FM) as well as process of developing FM-enabled BIM, asset-related information is different for various building facilities depending on FM functions, how assets are managed by O&M personnel, legislative requirements, etc. [7,9]
It is important to develop a generalized framework of a BIM record model that can capture all the asset related information necessary for O&M as the building facilities are constructed and ready to be used by the owners and FM personnel
Summary
Asset management is of great importance since from the owner’s perspective, 85% of the total project cost is spent in operation and maintenance (O&M) [1] and it encompasses the longest phase of any building facility. As stated by Buang [2], “Under the 10th Malaysian Plan, an estimated budget of RM230 billion is allocated for development projects inclusive of repairs, maintenance, upgrading and renovation of assets” This shows the Government’s commitment to ensure that assets are better managed, continuously upgraded and properly maintained for maximum life. Considering the aforementioned issues of functionalities, interoperability, and information requirement for the owner and FM personnel, the primary focus of this research is to describe a framework of an intelligent BIM record model for integrated asset management of building facilities. The BIM Record Model will be developed in generalized ways so that the application can be expanded to manage the assets of any constructed building facilities for both the public and private sector
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