Abstract
Building information modeling (BIM) brings interoperability to the architecture, engineering, construction and facility management (AEC/FM) industry by providing an information backbone throughout a building’s lifecycle. Information interoperability or data mapping is critical for seamless information sharing between BIM and FM, because the approaches to information representation in BIM and in FM systems are different. The geometric and semantic information in BIM can be represented by IFC schema, while the FM data is commonly represented in a corresponding relational database. Even though COBie is a neutral data format to deliver information from BIM to FM, the data structure of COBie does not incomplete to represent all information from BIM to FM. Therefore, there is a lack of an appropriate solution to smoothly integrate BIM with FM. This paper aims to address the information interoperability issue and propose an ontology-based methodology framework for data mapping between BIM and FM. Based on the proposed framework, an ontology approach is developed as a tool to facilitate the facility knowledge management and to improve the data mapping process. Finally, a case application about facility maintenance activity is implemented to demonstrate the feasibility of the ontology approach.
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