BIM Integration Research Articles

BIM and TLS Point Cloud Integration for Information Management of Underground Coal Mines: A Case Study in Nui Beo Underground Coal Mining in Vietnam

BIM and TLS Point Cloud Integration for Information Management of Underground Coal Mines: A Case Study in Nui Beo Underground Coal Mining in Vietnam

The Application Research of BIM and IOT Technology integration in Construction Engineering

The Application Research of BIM and IOT Technology integration in Construction Engineering

An underground pipeline relocation decision support system based on BIM and GIS integration

An underground pipeline relocation decision support system based on BIM and GIS integration

Analysis of Supporting and Hindering Factors for the Implementation of BIM and GIS Integration in IKN Projects

The relocation of Indonesia's capital city from Jakarta to IKN (Capital City of the Archipelago) in Penajam Paser Utara is a monumental project covering an area of 2,876 hectares, which involves massive infrastructure development. To ensure the success of IKN development and development based on the principles in Law Number 3 of 2022 including equality, technological balance, resilience, sustainable development, livability, connectivity, and smart cities. BIM-GIS integration technology was key in managing the complexity of this project. With BIM-GIS integration, it supports digital transformation for more efficient and complete decision-making, including spatial variabels. This thesis aims to analyze the factors that influence the implementation of BIM-GIS integration technology in the early stages of IKN project development. Exploratory factor analysis methods are used to identify supporting factors that facilitate the successful implementation of BIM-GIS integration, as well as inhibiting factors that may hinder it. Questionnaires are used as a data collection tool from stakeholder respondents in IKN projects. Questionnaire data was analyzed using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). The research results showed that there were 16 supporting factors with 4 component groups and 16 inhibiting factors with 6 component groups. Based on these results, strategic steps are proposed to contribute to the development of science and play a role in the successful relocation of Indonesia's capital city.

Innovative Applications of XR in Architectural Sustainability: Current Trends and Future Prospects

Due to the limited global resources and the threat of climate change, sustainable development has become a critical issue. This study aims to delve into the various applications of Extended Reality (XR), including Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR), in sustainable architectural design. Through virtual experiences, visualisation of architectural ecosystems, BIM integration, and environmental simulations, XR technology provides designers with a more comprehensive dataset and perspective. However, despite showcasing the potential of XR technology, further research and practical implementation are necessary to deepen our understanding of its role in architectural sustainability and address potential technological and application challenges. The article emphasizes the need to holistically consider multiple dimensions of data when applying XR technology in architectural design, enabling a more comprehensive evaluation of the sustainability of design solutions.

Evaluating the Feasibility of Digital Twin in Architecture Industry

This review paper examines the feasibility of adopting digital twin technology in the architecture industry. It examines the current state of digital twin technology, its potential applications, drivers, benefits, and challenges, and compares findings with existing guidelines and standards. The study is based on review literature, including industry reports, surveys, and online articles, due to its rapidly evolving nature. The findings are compared with existing guidelines and standards to identify any alignments, gaps, or contradictions between industry best practices and the literature. The overall assessment indicates that the adoption of digital twin technology in the architecture industry is feasible, but significant challenges and barriers need to be addressed. Key factors supporting the feasibility include growing industry awareness, advancements in enabling technologies, and alignment with existing guidelines and standards. However, challenges include the lack of clear industry-wide standards and protocols, data security and governance concerns, and the need for significant investments in digital infrastructure and organizational change. The study concludes that the feasibility of digital twin adoption in the architecture industry is promising, but successful implementation will require a concerted effort by industry stakeholders to address the identified challenges and align with emerging best practices and standards. Key Words: Digital twin, Virtual asset, BIM integration, Digital infrastructure, Built Environments.

Overview of the level of 4D BIM integration in the construction industry in Slovakia

AbstractBuilding information modeling is one of the trends in the modern construction industry. The use of 4D building information modeling in addition to 3D building information modeling improves project planning and leads to higher quality of the final product with minimal wastage of resources. In addition, 4D building information modeling allows creating visual effects that can be shown to clients before construction begins. The study describes the ways in which 4D building information modeling can be used, as well as some of the notable benefits. The level of awareness of this technology and the level of its use in construction practice are also described. The final part describes the main problems and tasks of this field and possible ways to solve them.

Electrical Safety Enhanced With BIM, SCADA and Digital Twin Integration: A Case Study of a MV-LV Substation

Electrical Safety Enhanced With BIM, SCADA and Digital Twin Integration: A Case Study of a MV-LV Substation

Developing a multi-objective optimization model for improving building's environmental performance over the whole design process

This study is built upon two previous articles which focus on identifying the key design variables affecting the life-cycle environmental impacts in each design stage of the building design process. This research aims to investigate the trade-offs between embodied and operational impacts and explore potential reduction in the total environmental impacts of a building by varying the identified design variables in each stage of the design process. A multi-objective optimization model based on BIM and LCA integration has been developed to find out the design solution with the optimal trade-offs between the embodied and operational impacts and the option with the minimal environmental impacts. Applying the proposed model to a mid-rise residential building, the results showed that the design process has the potential to lower the environmental impacts of the building by approximately 47.6 %. Moreover, the potential for reducing carbon emissions is greater in the early design stages, with the potential to lower emissions by up to 32.5 %, compared to the lower emission reduction potential of approximately 7.5 % in the detailed and construction design stages. Furthermore, solutions aimed at addressing the trade-off between embodied and operational impacts were identified in each design stage. The study provides an insight into the understanding of how building design can be optimized to mitigate environmental impacts.

Automated code compliance checking through building information modelling

The design, construction and handing over of building projects need to comply with the rules set by the local authorities. However, manual assessment of the drawings and plans against variable and complex sets of rules is quite cumbersome, inconsistent, expensive and prone to human error, resulting in huge delays in construction projects. The aim of this research was thus to develop an automated code compliance (ACC) checking process using building information modelling (BIM). The drawbacks of manual code compliance were assessed through a review of the existing system. These were confirmed by 15 interviews with officials of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in Pakistan. Feedback on the newly developed ACC system with BIM integration was sought through 30 interviews with customers and CDA employees. While the new programme of the code compliance reduced the time involved from 1 week to 6 h, customers were concerned about the additional expense of engaging an architect to develop a complete set of BIM models. ACC and BIM integration in local municipalities should raise the profile of Pakistan in industry innovations and pave the way to meeting several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

BIM USE IN GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION PROCESSES

Green building certification schemes have been developed to incentivize sustainable construction leading to the development of green BIM technology, which uses multi-disciplinary data to support sustainable construction. However, due to a lack of understanding, interoperability, and technical issues, BIM is not widely used to support green building certification. This study investigates the current use of BIM for certification purposes, the building characteristics or information that need to be modeled, and the skills or knowledge required to use BIM for green building certification. The research, which employed a case study approach, examined the BIM use in a recently built 6 Green Star rated Head Office of a major supermarket chain in south Auckland. The main data collection methods were document analysis and semi-structured interviews with key project stakeholders. The results suggest that despite generally good knowledge of BIM and sustainable building design, the connection between BIM and green building certification is weak or non-existent. Instead, BIM is used mainly for model authoring, coordination, quantity take-off, and basic sustainability analysis. The main factors hindering BIM integration that have been identified are low-quality modeling, lack of multi-disciplinary coordination, and inefficient procurement. It is recommended that BIM usage should be accurately detailed and coordinated for downstream uses to gain the most value. Procurement should also accommodate appropriate BIM procedures to encourage multi-disciplinary coordination. Furthermore, new technology and research development are also needed to increase interoperability with sustainable (green) software.

An ontology-based methodology to establish city information model of digital twin city by merging BIM, GIS and IoT

With the development of digital city and smart city construction, the City Information Model (CIM) has played a critical role as a container of spatial–temporal data to establish the Digital Twin City. For a digital twin city, a virtual high-fidelity CIM model that corresponds closely to the real physical world is the premise and cornerstone of its construction. Therefore, the integration of BIM, GIS and IoT has become the preferred topic for researchers and has received much more attention from a wide academic circle. However, traditional integration mainly focuses on the conversion of both IFC and CityGML, and IoT data are also often used as visualizations. More importantly, the underlying data formats of GIS, BIM and IoT are still independent of each other without a unified data structure expression, so real data-driven analysis and decision-making cannot be implemented. This study aims to establish a general CIM ontology to integrate heterogeneous BIM, GIS and IoT data. First, the related work of BIM, GIS and IoT integration is studied and analyzed. A comparison of three mainstream approaches, data conversion, standard extension and data linking, is conducted, and it illustrates the advantages of ontology techniques in solving data interoperability problems. Second, a technical framework of BIM, GIS and IoT data integration based on ontology technology is proposed. The approach is mainly divided into five steps: geometry processing, data instantiation, ontology construction, ontology mapping and querying application. On the basis of the CIM ontology, an application ontology is built for a specific application domain to illustrate rule-based mapping, querying and inferring. Finally, the case study shows that the Ontology-based methodology in this paper has contributed to establish a general pattern for CIM data integration by mapping and linking concepts from the semantic level. It avoids changes in the original data sources and the missing data problem.

Building Information Modelling in Urbanising Kenya

With the largest economy is East and Central Africa, Kenya serves as a regional centre for banking, technology and infrastructure. In the last ten years Kenya has experienced strong growth and development, largely anchored in the Country’s Vision 2030. Vision 2030 is a long term view of Kenya’s development intended to transform Kenya into a middle income country with a high quality of life by 2030. The vision is anchored on 3 pillars; economic, social and political. For ease of implementation the vision is entrenched in the 2010 constitution and has been divided into 5-year mid-term plans (MTP’s) coinciding with the electoral calendar. The current MTP was adopted in 2013 and includes a strong focus on digital transformation. This because, technology is increasingly playing a valuable role in communities, but also a highly disruptive role.
 Our communities are changing as a result of technology. Increased technological possibilities are resulting in faster and cheaper production of goods and services; the advent of technology has seen a shift in the needs of our communities, from requiring basic provision of infrastructure to needing more advanced technology appropriate infrastructure; technology has changed how information is communicated and received in our communities, and finally technology and its rapid speed of change has meant that we now question the viability of our existing buildings and infrastructure, and a step further, the viability even of the plans we have for future development.
 However, it is not all doom and gloom. It is possible through specific and deliberate strategies to harness the benefits of technology. To do this, communities and built industry professionals need to have a clear strategy that identifies where the biggest difference can be made with technology, and then align infrastructure and building provision goals and technology requirements with choices that are guided by a community-centred approach. To think, how will implementing this technology affect the community in which it is implemented?
 Since 2011, The World Bank, through the Kenya Investment Climate Program in partnership with the Architectural Association of Kenya and four County Governments of Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and Kiambu have developed and are now successfully running automation of all approval and administrative processes associated with Construction Permits. This integration of technology to construction permitting has had numerous benefits: reduced time and costs for regulators and investors, has encouraged best practice among professionals and raised the level of safety in construction projects.
 In advocating for the integration of BIM to construction e-permit systems in urbanising Kenya, this paper demonstrates how technology can be harnessed to steer urbanisation while working for the good of the community. The ubiquity of technology is transforming how professional services are procured and offered. Full service models are being replaced by a new service framework, with either self or automated services, or, custom services becoming predominant. This necessitates a re-thinking of how we engage our communities in our quest to offer professional services against the backdrop of urbanisation.
 The novelty of BIM use is the possibility to integrate various aspects of infrastructure and building provision from site surveys through to community feedback and local authority approval on one platform. This paper will explore best practice in BIM use around the world as a catalyst for harnessing technology to address the challenge of rapid change in urbanising communities. In advocating for BIM institutionalisation and integration with the existing e-permitting systems in Kenya, this paper will suggest ways in which these best practices can appropriately be applied to the unique community that is rapidly urbanising Kenya.

The Application Research of BIM and IoT Technology Integration in Construction Engineering

The Application Research of BIM and IoT Technology Integration in Construction Engineering

Incorporating BIM into the Academic Curricula of Faculties of Architecture within the Framework of Standards for Engineering Education

Governments and the architectural, engineering, and construction industry (AEC) around the world have paid great attention to the application of Building Information Modeling in their projects due to the many advantages it offers, which called on educational institutions to include BIM in their curricula and to qualify new graduates with the competencies and expertise necessary to keep pace with development and to supply the cadres of AEC companies.This research presents educational frameworks and current approaches to integrating BIM into educational curricula around the world, and critical success factors for integrating BIM into education. In this research, an educational BIM framework was proposed based on the research and studies presented in the BIM and Education field and a detailed work plan based on engineering standards (ABET – NARS) for the BIM integrating process in the Faculty of Architecture - Damascus University. The work plan was based on a gradual transition for BIM integration, starting from the first year to the fifth year within three levels.The proposed framework was verified by the academics at the Faculty of Architecture - Damascus University through conducting qualitative interviews to evaluate and improve the framework Comments were taken into account when developing the final proposal. At the end of the research, many recommendations and future directions were presented.

ФОРМАЛИЗОВАННЫЙ АНАЛИЗ ФУНКЦИОНАЛЬНОЙ ПОЛНОТЫ РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ BIM В CИСТЕМАХ АВТОМАТИЗИРОВАННОГО ПРОЕКТИРОВАНИЯ СТРОИТЕЛЬНЫХ ОБЪЕКТОВ

BIM design has become firmly established in the construction industry, and creating a new building project from scratch allows you to reduce costs during the construction and operation of these construction facilities. There are several distributed BIM systems that meet the different needs of designers. At the same time, to create a full-fledged digital double, a certain software functionality is needed with the ability to add the necessary modules. The article reviewed the existing BIM software for a number of functions (support for BIM integration, availability of its own API and the ability to work with temporary loads for steel structures), determined the optimal BIM systems from the point of view of the user.

Multiple system integration in local government asset management: A New Zealand case study

Local government in New Zealand invests in numerous Asset Management Information Systems (AMIS) in order to support their infrastructure asset operations and management decision-making. However, the silo nature of the organisational operations and proprietary constraints of AMIS have created an environment of dispersed information and systems with little or no regard to interoperability or data sharing. Adopting multiple standalone systems creates difficulties for accessing, analysing and maintaining the asset, thus compromising management efficiency and effectiveness. Consequently, there is a great desire to bring the various AMIS systems together using a Multiple System Integration (MSI) approach. This study intends to examine the MSI concept by exploring more open-sourced systems such as GIS, which is widely used in local government’s asset planning and management. In addition, being the key driver behind the technology advancement in the construction industry, BIM has created innovative applications and widened the research domains in areas such as BIM and GIS integration studies. However, the multiple system approach to further integrate the existing AMIS, is missing from both the current industry practices and academic studies. Using a case study of a BIM implementation project carried out by a local government, this research illustrates and validates the integration of BIM/GIS with the lifecycle planning specific AMIS. The novel MSI approach provides a paradigm as a solution to improve the siloed operation manner. The approach will also set the foundation for future studies in local government’s digital transformation and in the field of developing true asset Digital Twins.

A BIM-enabled Decision Support System to support large-scale energy retrofitting processes and off-site solutions for envelope insulation

The urgency of renewing the Architecture, Engineering and Construction related processes to increase quality standards and performances while reducing costs and operations time is widely discussed in literature. In this scenario, increasing the energy renovation rate of the existing European building stock is a key priority to support the EU’s 2050 decarbonisation targets through innovative solutions. The introduction of prefabricated panels for building renovation – incorporating insulation, mechanical systems, and finishing – can provide the existing buildings with improved structural, thermal, acoustic, and architectural features. The higher quality and safety for the off-site activities, the faster on-site application and the reduction of waste are some advantages of this typology of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC). Several digital and informative tools have been introduced over the last years to customize and integrate the design of prefabricated panels on existing building envelopes (i.e. panelisation tools). However, the comparison of technological alternatives is left to the intuition of designers and managed through the use of several tools that are not interconnected and often downstream the design process. This paper presents a Panelisation Design Tool, which is a Decision Support System (DSS) to help decision-makers in the choice of technological solutions for retrofitting operations during the Early Design Stage. Thanks to BIM integration, some indicators related to different aspects (n Dimensions) are extracted from the model of the panelised building to compare different technologies in a systematic way. The Panelisation Design Tool is tested on a case study building located in the city of Monza, in Northern Italy, used as a pilot in the BIM4EEB European Project. The test aimed at demonstrating the effectiveness of the chosen parameters to evaluate multiple technological solutions in an integrated BIM approach.

QUANTIFYING GEOMETRIC CHANGES IN BIM-GIS CONVERSION

Abstract. A conversion process is often carried out to migrate data during BIM and GIS integration, often from the highly detailed BIM to the less detailed GIS environment. Due to the differences between the two systems, information loss occurs during conversion. While research has been focusing on addressing information loss on the semantics, it is also necessary to quantify geometric changes resulted from converting geometry representations used in the two systems. This paper describes a preliminary study which evaluates the geometric changes during conversion for a list of primitives. The outcome shows that the metrics are useful both to those carrying out the conversion to balance between potential information loss and resulting data complexity, and to end users of the converted information to assess the fitness for purpose and impact of the conversion results.

Proposal for the Integration of the Assessment and Management of Electrical Risk from Overhead Power Lines in BIM for Road Projects.

Electrical risk has a particular impact within the construction sector. This leads to the development of regulations to mitigate it, but correct application of regulations is impossible with a traditional 2D analysis. The construction sector is using technologies from the industrial sector (Construction 4.0), with BIM as the main enabling technology. Thus, the objective of this article is the evaluation of the risk produced by Overhead Power Lines (OPL) through BIM integration. The OPL, its risk zones, the affected road, and the envelope resulting from the geometry of the necessary machines to build it were digitized, converging in a single model to perform a 4D risk analysis. The risks of the execution of the embankment and road surface of a road section passing through an OPL were analyzed by means of the collision of the envelope with its risk zones, resulting in an integration of their evaluation, to which was added the introduction of preventive measures and their re-evaluation. The parametric 3D modelling allowed a better definition of the risk zones and the BIM management minimized errors, providing traceability of decisions from the design phase, complying with health and safety regulations and applying the principle of Prevention through Design (PtD).