Product Data Templates of Repair Products for Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Abstract

Building Information Modeling (BIM) describes the digital and collaborative planning, construction and management of buildings by all stakeholders by means of a digital 3D building (data) model. This enables complex analyses, simulations and optimizations of cost, time and quality. For these reasons, BIM is becoming increasingly important in the construction industry and brings changes along the entire “construction value chain”. Such changing and unclear (data) requirements are major challenges for the manufacturers of construction chemicals, e.g. for products for “Concrete Repair and Protection”. As harmonized standards are still lacking and a wide variety of concepts are available on the market today. Therefore, demand-oriented BIM product data templates for two pilot groups of construction chemicals products were developed by the German association of manufacturers of construction chemical products (Deutsche Bauchemie e. V.). With all parties involved in the process, from planning to construction, the information requirements were recorded. Furthermore, characteristics were defined using existing standards and structured in an extensive list of characteristics. In addition, software templates were created in native but also in open file formats. The development of further lists of characteristics is currently in preparation, in addition to other product groups, also for repair mortars and other repair products.