scholarly journals Sustainable Infrastructure Design Framework through Integration of Rating Systems and Building Information Modeling

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Liu ◽  
Sander van Nederveen ◽  
Chunlin Wu ◽  
Marcel Hertogh
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Building Information Modeling ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Sustainable Infrastructure ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Infrastructure Design ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Infrastructure Project

BIM (building information modeling) can be the basis for carrying out various performance analyses. Sustainable infrastructure rating systems are suitable tools for assessing an infrastructure’s environmental performance. It is necessary to integrate them in the design process. The research adopted a thorough literature review to follow the development trends, interviews with professionals from the academia and industry, and a critical analysis of technical requirements for integrating BIM tools and infrastructure sustainability rating systems in the design process. This study propagates a conceptual framework for integrating sustainability rating systems by introducing BIM with a sustainability metric plug-in. The adoption of the proposed solution allows for what-if scenarios to better support the incorporation of sustainability into design decisions and the assessment of sustainability at the design phase of the infrastructure project. The framework is used to refine designs and ensure that sustainable goals are met and to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements. This paper concludes that greater emphasis should be placed on supporting technical requirements to facilitate the integration of BIM and sustainability rating systems. It defines the possibility of BIM adoption to influence the sustainable project performance in the infrastructure. This framework could streamline the sustainable design process and lead to more integrated infrastructure delivery.

An Assessment of the Accuracy of Cost Estimation Using Building Information Modeling in Design Process

2013 ◽  
Vol 291-294 ◽  
pp. 2822-2825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwang Hee Kim ◽  
Hyun Young Park ◽  
Jae Min Shin
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Cost Estimation ◽  
Building Information Modeling ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Design Phase ◽  
Cost Estimating ◽  
Construction Market ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Causes Of Errors ◽  
The Cost

The completion of the design drawing has not been credited in the construction market in Korea, and the modeling information of the design phase cannot be effectively used in an estimation process. Therefore, the objective of this study is to assess the cost estimating accuracy of a BIM tool in the design process to verify its applicability. Modeling was done for a building in an actual project to evaluate the applicability, from which the causes of errors of quantity take-off were derived.

scholarly journals On the Exploration of Building Information Modeling Capabilities for Promoting Sustainability-related Practices in Construction Projects: Case Studies in China and USA

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 764-786
Author(s):  
Ghasan Alfalah ◽  
Abobakr Al-Sakkaf ◽  
Eslam Mohammed Abdelkader
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Building Information Modeling ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
First Case ◽  
Building Information

This paper deals with sustainable design and construction, since the interest in and the awareness of green design has grown dramatically in the past several years and the different rating systems used worldwide the main focus will be on LEED; the different LEED certifications available, the process of the certifications, and the criteria on which the certification consider. Additionally, it will relate its new trends with each other by showing how building information modeling can be used to achieve a sustainable design. The powerful tools of building information modeling (BIM) will be discussed that can ease and aid the process of the LEED certification of a building. This paper also reports a demonstration pertinent to the implementation BIM can provide to achieve a sustainable green design. Two case studies are investigated; the first case study is a LEED Gold certified 128-story tower in Shanghai, China while the second is a LEED Platinum certified 13-Story building in San Francisco, USA.

scholarly journals A Methodology for a Performance Information Model to Support Facility Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 7007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rossella Marmo ◽  
Maurizio Nicolella ◽  
Francesco Polverino ◽  
Andrej Tibaut
Keyword(s):  
Building Information Modeling ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Information Model ◽  
Facility Management ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Performance Information ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Building Information ◽  
A Performance

Current facility management practice relies on different systems which require new technologies to integrate and manage information more easily. Building information modeling offers a good opportunity to improve facility information management by providing a unified platform for various data sources rather than an intuitive information interface. Although current research trends reveal that there is a continuously growing interest in facility management aided by building information modeling, an integrated model is still hard to obtain. This paper aims at developing a novel methodology based on building information modeling and facility management systems integration, underpinned by a performance information model. The implementation process of a performance information model is described, including information technologies involved, the data and process requirements, and the building performance assessment methods used. A first pilot case-study has been conducted with regards to surgery rooms in healthcare buildings. The proposal can support condition-based maintenance work schedule, as well as the achievement of organizational, environmental, and technical requirements. Among the practical implications found: Improved technological and environmental performances assessment; better visualization of building condition; improved decision-making process; facilitated maintenance tasks planning and maintenance records management.

scholarly journals BIM-Based Design for Road Infrastructure: A Critical Focus on Modeling Guardrails and Retaining Walls

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore Antonio Biancardo ◽  
Nunzio Viscione ◽  
Antonio Cerbone ◽  
Enzo Dessì
Keyword(s):  
Building Information Modeling ◽  
Retaining Walls ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Building Industry ◽  
Civil Infrastructure ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Infrastructure Design ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Application Industry ◽  
Standard Library

Although building information modeling (BIM) has been widely adopted in the building industry for several decades, the use of BIM in the context of transportation infrastructure has been slow in terms of both adoption and application. Industry and academia are increasingly making efforts to adopt BIM for other non-building civil infrastructure but, so far, there has not been a comprehensive review of these efforts specifically regarding transportation. This paper explores BIM implementation in an infrastructure design project. An Autodesk ® BIM-based tool, Civil 3D, is proposed as a potential BIM tool platform. This paper also focuses on modeling specific road elements not editable from the standard library, such as guardrails and retaining walls, as well as proposing different solutions using Revit and Subassembly Composer and analyzing the interoperability among BIM-based tools.

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