Abstract
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is becoming increasingly important tool in civil engineering both in the infrastructure design and construction process. BIM uses an intelligent model that provides a faster, more economical and less environmental impact for building and managing construction and infrastructure projects. Intelligent information model enable rich visualization, simulation and collaboration, which together allow better decision making throughout the project team. Major infrastructure projects that have a significant geotechnical and structural aspects may implement BIM tools and processes but often seem to neglect the geotechnical aspect of the model. This omission can lead to costly mistakes especially when the project is infrastructure-based. This paper reviews the current BIM implementations on major infrastructure projects and overseas and reviews how the inclusion of the geotechnical data in the BIM model can improve the models usefulness and the decision making process. The paper also investigates the reasons why the geotechnical data is not included and how these barriers can be removed so that the geotechnical and structural teams a fully integrated. The paper ends with a set of recommendations that, if adopted, could allow the engineering design team to produce innovative geotechnical systems and improve the cost effectiveness of construction.
Highlights
Building Information Modeling (BIM) has grown massively in recent years
BIM principles can be applied to geotechnics to help reduce uncertainty and produce a better site investigation which will help to reduce risk and cost
BIM has three main principles and a digital data enabler when applying it to Geotechnical Engineering, [2]: Fig. 1
Summary
Building Information Modeling (BIM) has grown massively in recent years. If the use of BIM in superstructure projects is well implemented, for the infrastructure projects it remains uncommon. There are many definitions of Building Information Modeling (BIM), but the National Building Information Model Standard Project Committee [1], in the USA, defines BIM as: “Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility As such, it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility, forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle from inception onward”.1. BIM is multidisciplinary and everyone involved must work together This intelligent process based on the model should provide insight into the creation and management of construction and infrastructure projects faster, more economically and with less impact on the environment. BIM software portfolio should include integrated solutions for design, visualization, modeling and collaboration that use rich information in a reasonable model to better inform decision-making and break down barriers to a better business
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