scholarly journals The Function and Potential of Innovative Reinforced Concrete Prefabrication Technologies in Achieving Residential Construction Goals in Germany and Poland

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 533
Author(s):  
Paweł Kirschke ◽  
Dagmara Sietko
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Project Completion ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Technical Specifications ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Structural Solutions

This paper presents the role and potential of housing built using innovative reinforced concrete prefabrication technologies. The subject was presented by investigating the share of such buildings in the achievement of housing goals in Germany and Poland, where they currently constitute one of the most dynamically developing housing sector branches. The phenomenon has been presented via comparative analyses of selected designs by manufacturers from the sector and development companies. Prefabrication is essentially based on optimising architectural and structural solutions and leads to lowering financial and material cost; decreasing project completion time. At present, these goals are achieved by systematising the design and construction process and using the potential offered by building information modelling technology (BIM). This enables coordination between design specialisations and reduces the number of errors, increasing manufacturing and assembly efficiency. Innovative prefabricated technologies are solutions that are either new or are considerably improved in terms of technical specifications, components and materials, that use the latest software, are easy to assemble, durable, energy efficient, can be disassembled and reused and have a low carbon footprint and can be considered aesthetically pleasing. Contemporary prefabricated housing architecture is a combination of innovative technological solutions that enables constructing sustainable architecture and emphasizes the aesthetic features of structural solutions and solutions.

scholarly journals Requirements for Model Server Enabled Collaborating on Building Information Models

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 8-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad T. Shafiq ◽  
Jane Matthews ◽  
Stephen R. Lockley
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Models ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Technical Specifications ◽  
Collaboration Process ◽  
Collaboration Platforms

The application of Building Information Modelling (BIM) has demonstrated enormous potential to deliver consistency in the construction collaboration process. BIM can define an explicit configuration for digitized information exchange; however the technology to collaborate on models has not yet delivered the industry requirements for BIM collaboration. This research project is intended to provide a fresh review of industry requirements for BIM collaboration and will analyse how these requirements can be supported using a model server as a collaboration platform. This paper presents a review of existing collaboration platforms, with a particular focus to evaluate the research and development efforts on model servers as a collaboration platform. This paper also reports on the findings of three focus group sessions with industry practitioners to identify any problems in the available collaboration systems. The focus group findings identify a number of issues in current collaboration environments which help to understand the main domains of user requirements for BIM collaboration. These requirement domains will be further analysed to identify functional and technical specifications for a model server enabled collaboration platform.

scholarly journals Benefits BIM Infrastructure for Constructor

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-106
Author(s):  
NUR-UL BALQES
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Major Transformation ◽  
2D Drawing

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a major transformation in the construction industry. The construction is among the best solutions to overcome too many problems faced in the construction industry. Conventional construction is associated with two-dimensional (2D)  drawing technology while BIM used three-dimensional (3D) model and each component in the construction process contains detail information. Therefore this study is to collect the previous studies on the benefits of BIM in infrastructure from the perspective of the constructor to view the use of this method. The basic development of BIM for infrastructure is emphasized in this observation. Benefits for the constructor for BIM for infrastructure will be analysed from past research. Through this observation, we have found many benefits for construction on BIM for infrastructure. However, the listed benefits are the most stated in past research. These benefits show that this technology of BIM is the most effective method that been applied in the infrastructure construction industry.

BIM and Cultural Heritage

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Cristiana Achille ◽  
Nora Lombardini ◽  
Cinzia Tommasi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Energy Simulation ◽  
Production Data ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Regular Elements ◽  
Building Information ◽  
New Construction ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Buildings

Since it spread on the market, the professionals consider building information modelling as one of the most efficient methods to handle and manage a building and its entire life cycle, including costs, energy simulation, construction production data, and more. Thanks, also, to the legislation of the past few years, it is possible to say that this approach is known almost by everyone in the new construction field, and its employment is growing. The current use of BIM software is mostly referred to new buildings, made of regular elements and standard parameters. Is it possible to use the BIM process for the maintenance and the conservation of cultural heritage? The only way to answer this question is to research the academic environment, starting to train the professionals of tomorrow earlier, and proposing interesting cases studies on the subject. This chapter explores BIM and cultural heritage.

scholarly journals The 3D printing challenge in buildings

2020 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 19005
Author(s):  
Sofia Pessoa ◽  
Ana Sofia Guimarães
Keyword(s):  
3D Printing ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Fabrication ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
New Developments ◽  
The Past ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Building Physics ◽  
Building Project

The rising awareness and usage of Building Information Modelling (BIM), a methodology that allows for better information management and communication amongst the several stakeholders of a building project, opened the construction sector's door to digital fabrication tools that for years have been applied in many highly productive industries. 3D printing (3DP), unlike the conventional construction process that showed no signs of progress over the past decades, has already proven to be an interesting technology for Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC), enabling important economic, environmental and constructability advantages, such as a reduction in building time and waste, mass customization and complex architectural shapes. Consequently, universities alongside companies worldwide, are now developing and applying 3DP to building construction. However, with the growing adoption of new technologies in AEC, new challenges arise that must be overcome in order to guarantee the buildings' correct performance. Therefore, this paper presents a literature review conducted to highlight new developments regarding the building physics and comfort of additively manufactured structures. The research revealed that the focus so far was guaranteeing printability, structural soundness, safety and durability, which means that there are still key requirements to be met, including fire resistance and adequate hygrothermal and acoustic behaviour.

scholarly journals Improvement of quality by using an integrated management system of construction processes

2018 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 03010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Sobczyk ◽  
Janusz Pobędza ◽  
Małgorzata Sobczyk
Keyword(s):  
Data Exchange ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Software Application ◽  
Integrated Management System ◽  
Building Information ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Construction Works

The subject of the article is the concept of an innovative integrated construction management process connecting Building Information Modelling (BIM) and construction equipment with unique control systems. It would require developing an advanced software application allowing data exchange and keeping track of costconsumption, efficiency, use of building materials, as well as many other essential parameters, which would facilitate the improvement of quality of the technological process of construction works.

scholarly journals The Modelling of Digital Twins Technology in the Construction Process of Prefabricated Buildings

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yun Zhou ◽  
Xiao Wei ◽  
Ying Peng
Keyword(s):  
Building Construction ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Maximum Value ◽  
Digital Twins ◽  
Potential Safety ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Building Components

In the process of building construction, traditional architectural design and construction methods take a long time. The built buildings perform poorly in terms of energy usage and energy conservation. The study expects to explore the potential safety hazards of prefabricated buildings during the construction process. On this basis, a modelling study of the construction process is carried out. The study uses Digital Twins (DTs) technology and prefabricated Building Information Modelling (BIM) to conduct in-depth modelling research on the building construction process. The prefabricated building construction system oriented to DTs technology can well solve the problems of structural damage and deformation in the production, transportation, and assembly process of building components. Especially in prefabricated buildings, it can monitor and accurately predict the damage of building components that may occur in the entire system due to structural problems and material problems in real time. Regarding the building information model, the study uses third-party software to transfer the assembly information to the network cloud to further realize the display of the BIM. The study shows that the maximum value of the effective risk cases selected is 130, and its effective rate is 100%; after processing the data, it is found that the initial value is always stable, and its value is 1; the extracted value is always changing, the maximum value is 0.86, and the minimum is 0.75. By this result, the conclusion is that DTs technology and BIM can effectively monitor the indicators of risk problems during the construction of prefabricated buildings and can further reduce potential safety hazards. Through building information modelling, the development of intelligent industrialization of building construction design and the in-depth study of construction modelling has practical application value.

scholarly journals Integrating Building Information Modelling and Intelligent Contract to Payment Process Under Conventional Procurement in Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-81
Author(s):  
Rozana Mohamed Salleh ◽  
Nur Emma Mustaffa ◽  
Nafisah Abdul Rahiman
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Project Completion ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Process Issue ◽  
To Receive

Conflict caused by payment issues are common in construction industry.  A lengthy payment process issue is a common phenomenon especially in public work projects, which commonly opt for conventional contracts.  Delay in payment process have caused many contractors not being able to receive payment within the stipulated time.  In turn, it may affect the contractor’s cash flow and eventually ended up causing delays in project completion. The effect of technological advances has brought significant changes to the construction industry, which is year after year becoming increasingly complex.  Therefore, in the era of technology and digital, there are many management systems which have been established and introduced amongst construction players for the convenience of managing and administering construction projects.  The introduction of Building Information Modelling (BIM) is to establish a centralised information system, which improves the collaboration, communication and integration between interdisciplines in construction industry.  The development of digital technology of Intelligent Contracts will bring great potential as an automate support system in BIM management process.  These combinations create possible solutions towards payment conflicts in the construction project, through integration of BIM and Intelligent Contracts that may help to reduce the unnecessary procedure and interference that prolong the payment process. The analysis revealed that the adoption of BIM and Intelligent Contracts attributes in payment process under conventional procurement could improve the efficiency and reduce the time by eliminating unnecessary procedure and third parties interference along the process.

scholarly journals BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM) CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY: AWARENESS OF MALAYSIAN CONTRACTORS

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-25
Author(s):  
Syed Zakaria Sharifah Akmam ◽  
Abdul Rahim Nur Soleha
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Building Information Modeling ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
The World ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Available Technology ◽  
Realistic Information

Building Information Modelling (BIM) has become an attention-grabbing topic among researchers and industry players around the world including Malaysia. As the construction industry always plaguing with issues related to massive waste generated from construction and demolition process, encouraging BIM implementation is considered as one of the available technology-based alternatives to encounter these issues. BIM is a type of technology that offers the development of construction project before the real construction process, which allows the identification of any issues earlier, throughout the design and planning phases. Currently, numerous researches have been focusing on the benefits offered by BIM to the construction industry. However, there are still several construction players who lack awareness of BIM's contribution, especially towards sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to explore the awareness of contractors in Malaysia on the contribution of BIM towards sustainability, namely economic, environmental and social. A total of 133 contractors from grade G1 to G7 were involved in a survey. The results revealed that majority of the respondents were aware on BIM contributions towards environmental sustainability, besides other two sustainability pillars, economic and social. Thereby, there is a need to educate and provide realistic information to the construction industry stakeholders, as a process to create a better understanding and wider exposure, and to convince them to implement BIM technology.

scholarly journals Building Information Modelling in Structural Engineering: A Qualitative Literature Review

CivilEng ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 765-793
Author(s):  
Vittoria Ciotta ◽  
Domenico Asprone ◽  
Gaetano Manfredi ◽  
Edoardo Cosenza
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Structural Engineering ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Information Models ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Structural Solutions ◽  
Qualitative Literature ◽  
Real State

Over the past decade, the fields of civil engineering, i.e., structural engineering, have increasingly used the building information modelling (BIM) approach in both professional practice and as the focus of research. However, the field of structural engineering, which can be seen as a sub-discipline of civil engineering, misses, as far as the authors are aware, a real state-of-the-art on the use of BIM in this regard. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to start bridging that gap. In particular, the authors have conducted a traditional literature review on the utilisation of BIM in structural engineering, enabling them to perform a detailed content analysis of publications. The qualitative investigation of the literature that the authors have conducted has highlighted six main BIM uses in structural engineering: (1) structural analyses; (2) production of shop drawings; (3) optimized structural design, early identification of constructability issues, and a comparison of different structural solutions; (4) seismic risk assessments; (5) existing-condition modelling and retrofitting of structures; and (6) structural health monitoring. Each of these is discussed in relation to their reference workflows; use of information models; information exchanges; and main limitations. In the conclusions, the authors identify current gaps in knowledge, as well as likely developments and improvements in the utilization of BIM in structural engineering. The authors also outline the possible significance of this work more broadly.

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