scholarly journals Innovating the Construction Life Cycle through BIM/GIS Integration: A Review

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 766
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Celeste ◽  
Mariangela Lazoi ◽  
Mattia Mangia ◽  
Giovanna Mangialardi
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Formal Approach ◽  
Gis Applications ◽  
Joint Application ◽  
Online Databases ◽  
Gis Integration ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Building Information

The construction sector is in continuous evolution due to the digitalisation and integration into daily activities of the building information modelling approach and methods that impact on the overall life cycle. This study investigates the topic of BIM/GIS integration with the adoption of ontologies and metamodels, providing a critical analysis of the existing literature. Ontologies and metamodels share several similarities and could be combined for potential solutions to address BIM/GIS integration for complex tasks, such as asset management, where heterogeneous sources of data are involved. The research adopts a systematic literature review (SLR), providing a formal approach to retrieve scientific papers from dedicated online databases. The results found are then analysed, in order to describe the state of the art and suggest future research paths, which is useful for both researchers and practitioners. From the SLR, it emerged that several studies address ontologies as a promising way to overcome the semantic barriers of the BIM/GIS integration. On the other hand, metamodels (and MDE and MDA approaches, in general) are rarely found in relation to the integration topic. Moreover, the joint application of ontologies and metamodels for BIM/GIS applications is an unexplored field. The novelty of this work is the proposal of the joint application of ontologies and metamodels to perform BIM/GIS integration, for the development of software and systems for asset management.

scholarly journals Symbiosis of life-cycle structural design and asset management based on Building Information Modeling: Application for industrial facility equipment

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 2170-2180
Author(s):  
Lisa Lenz ◽  
Kai Christian Weist ◽  
Marvin Hoepfner ◽  
Panagiotis Spyridis ◽  
Mike Gralla
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fatigue Loading ◽  
Life Cycle Management ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Cycle Performance ◽  
Industrial Facilities ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Time Dependencies

AbstractIn the last few years, particular focus has been devoted to the life cycle performance of fastening systems, which is reflected in increasing numbers of publications, standards and large-scale research efforts. Simultaneously, experience shows that in many cases, where fastening systems are implemented – such as industrial facilities – the design of fasteners is governed by fatigue loading under dynamic characteristics. In order to perform an adequate design and to specify the most efficient and appropriate fastening product, the engineer needs to access and process a broad range of technical and commercial information. Building information modelling (BIM), as a data management method in the construction industry, can supply such information and accommodate a comprehensive design and specification process. Furthermore, the application of BIM-based processes, such as the generation of a BIM-model, allows to use the important information for the construction as well as the life cycle management with different actions and time dependencies of the asset and its components. As a consequence, the BIM model offers the potential to correlate different data relevant for achieving the goals of the respective application, in order to ensure a more effective and correct design of the fastening. This paper demonstrates such a BIM-based design framework for an Industry 4.0 case, and in particular, the installation of a factory robot through post-installed anchors under fatigue-relevant loading in concrete.

scholarly journals Building Information Modelling (BIM) for Facility Management (FM): Industry Survey of Building Assets

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandi Williams ◽  
Brian Haines ◽  
Kathy Roper ◽  
Eunhwa Yang
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Facility Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Industry Standards ◽  
Building Information

ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to discover the current methods that facility managers use to manage and track assets and identify a set of attributes for Building Information Modelling (BIM) that can improve the efficiency of the current facility management (FM) practice. A survey of over 100 facility management professionals addressed demographics such as industry sector, number of buildings managed, and use of industry standards or internally developed guidelines for data management. This information is correlated with their current asset management strategies to identify minimum sets of attributes that may be used for an FM-specific BIM. In addition, the survey asked the FM professionals their opinion on the importance of specific asset attributes and data management information that could be included in a BIM for FM. The findings of this paper indicate that there is a consensus on basic information (asset type, unique identification, manufacturer, model number, serial number) needed for asset management, and that there is no generally accepted system on how this is done in current practice. FM professionals and software providers may use the information in this paper to establish baseline sets of data to include in BIM during the design phase of projects. This paper provides insight and data as to the current practice of asset management by facility managers. Understanding the actual needs of the FM industry will assist in future research to implement BIM for FM.

scholarly journals Life cycle assessment of bioenergy production from macroalgae : A review

2021 ◽  
Vol 924 (1) ◽  
pp. 012070
Author(s):  
M B Pangestuti ◽  
S Suhartini ◽  
N Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Bioenergy Production ◽  
Online Databases ◽  
Marine Biomass ◽  
Renewable Raw Material ◽  
Online Library ◽  
Meta Analyses

Abstract The sustainability integration to achieve circular economy pressures the development of renewable raw material and bioenergy sources, including marine biomass such as macroalgae. The consideration of sustainable conversion technology for bioenergy from macroalgae is critically highlighted. Various studies have been emphasized that life cycle assessment (LCA) can be applied to assess the efficacy and environmental aspects of bioenergy production from cradle-to-grave. This systematic review attempts to critically evaluate the development of LCA studies on macroalgae valorisation for bioenergy. Several online databases (i.e., Science Direct, Wiley Online Library, Springer, DOAJ, and MDPI) were used to collect the relevant articles. Then, PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) method has been selected to screen the most recent research articles (from January 2011 to June 2021) published in peer-reviewed international journals. The studies presented the development, opportunities, challenges, and future research for the commercialization of macroalgae as a sustainable feedstock for bioenergy.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING IFC FOR INFRASTRUCTURE: A CASE STUDY OF THREE HIGHWAY ENTITIES

2019 ◽  
Vol IV-4/W8 ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
G. S. Floros ◽  
G. Boyes ◽  
D. Owens ◽  
C. Ellul
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Maintenance Phase ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Industry Foundation Classes ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Building Information

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Modern cities pay particular attention to upscale their infrastructure systems in order to improve the every-day life of their citizens and lead the way towards a more sustainable environment. As part of this, they invest extensive funds in large infrastructure projects which are challenging to deliver as they require an e efficient communication among different professions, in order to share information efficiently throughout the lifecycle of the project, thus highlighting the importance of standardization to maintain consistency and integrity during data exchange. Building Information Modelling (BIM) aims to facilitate the above-mentioned requirements by describing the life-cycle of the project and Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) is the Standard for BIM that enables an efficient storage, management, exchange and visualization of information. However, there are two important challenges that need to be addressed: (i) IFC focuses particularly on buildings and provides limited support for infrastructure elements and (ii) the information exchange aims to describe mostly the construction phase; highlighting the lack of classes that refer to the operation and maintenance phase. Within this context, this paper proposes the extension of Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) for Asset Management in Infrastructure. A method is developed based on a case study of three highway entities: (i) retaining wall, (ii) gantry and (iii) bridge and a conceptual extension is presented. The results are further discussed and recommendations regarding future research fields are proposed.</p>

scholarly journals Identifying Research Topics and Trends in Asset Management for Sustainable Use: A Topic Modeling Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4792
Author(s):  
Hosang Jung ◽  
Boram Kim
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Topic Modeling ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Latent Dirichlet Allocation ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
The Past ◽  
Modeling Approach

Asset management is not new, and research has been conducted in private and public sectors on how to systematically maintain infrastructure or facilities for sustainable use and achieve the level of service desired by users or customers at the lowest life cycle costs. This research identifies the research topics and trends in asset management over the past 30 years. To this end, latent Dirichlet allocation, a topic modeling approach, was applied to articles published in engineering journals and investigated the following three research questions: (1) what have the key topics been for the past three decades? (2) what are the main activities and target sectors of asset management? (3) how have the research topics and keywords changed over the past three decades? The analysis shows that the target field of asset management has broadened while the main activities of asset management have been limited to several popular activities such as life cycle cost analysis and reliability analysis. Some implications and future research directions are also discussed.

scholarly journals BIM-GIS Integration as Dedicated and Independent Course for Geoinformatics Students: Merits, Challenges, and Ways Forward

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihab Hijazi ◽  
Andreas Donaubauer ◽  
Thomas Kolbe
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Course Development ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Information Models ◽  
University Of Munich ◽  
Gis Integration ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Artificial Boundaries ◽  
Technical University

Information mined from building information models as well as associated geographical data and Geographic Information System (GIS) analyses can increase the success of construction processes and asset management, including buildings, roads, and public facilities. The integration of information from both domains requires high expertise in both spheres. The existing B.Sc and M.Sc. programs linked to the built environment at the Technical University of Munich offer courses for the Building Information Model (BIM) and GIS that are distributed among study programs in Civil Engineering, Architecture, and Geomatics. Students graduating as professionals in one of these domains rarely know how to solve pre-defined technical problems associated with the integration of information from BIM and GIS. Students in such programs seldom practice skills needed for the integration of information from BIM and GIS at a level that is needed in working life. Conversely, the technologies in both domains create artificial boundaries that do not exist in reality—for example, water and electricity would not be of use if the utilities terminated in front of buildings. To bring a change and bridge the gap between BIM and GIS, a change in the teaching methods of BIM/GIS needs to be considered. The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a master’s course (M.Sc. course) for students in Geoinformatics which focuses on competencies required to achieve BIM/GIS integration. This paper describes the course development process and provides a unique perspective on the curriculum and subjects. It also presents the course objective, course development, the selection and development of learning materials, and the assessment of the intended learning outcome of the course. The developed course is validated through a questionnaire, and feedback is provided by participants of the BIM/GIS integration workshop representing a panel of experts in the domain.

scholarly journals COLLABORATIVE MULTI-SCALE 3D CITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE MODELING AND SIMULATION

2017 ◽  
Vol XLII-4/W4 ◽  
pp. 341-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Breunig ◽  
A. Borrmann ◽  
E. Rank ◽  
S. Hinz ◽  
T. Kolbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Building Information Modeling ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
3D Gis ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Gis Applications ◽  
Building Information

Computer-aided collaborative and multi-scale 3D planning are challenges for complex railway and subway track infrastructure projects in the built environment. Many legal, economic, environmental, and structural requirements have to be taken into account. The stringent use of 3D models in the different phases of the planning process facilitates communication and collaboration between the stake holders such as civil engineers, geological engineers, and decision makers. This paper presents concepts, developments, and experiences gained by an interdisciplinary research group coming from civil engineering informatics and geo-informatics banding together skills of both, the Building Information Modeling and the 3D GIS world. New approaches including the development of a collaborative platform and 3D multi-scale modelling are proposed for collaborative planning and simulation to improve the digital 3D planning of subway tracks and other infrastructures. Experiences during this research and lessons learned are presented as well as an outlook on future research focusing on Building Information Modeling and 3D GIS applications for cities of the future.

Life Cycle of Construction Objects at Information Simulation of Buildings and Structures

2019 ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Life Cycle Management ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Logical Scheme ◽  
Modeling Technology ◽  
Information Models ◽  
Building Information ◽  
The Russian Federation

The variants of the division of the life cycle of a construction object at the stages adopted in the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as in other countries are considered. Particular attention is paid to the exemplary work plan – "RIBA plan of work", used in England. A feature of this document is its applicability in the information modeling of construction projects (Building information Modeling – BIM). The article presents a structural and logical scheme of the life cycle of a building object and a list of works that are performed using information modeling technology at various stages of the life cycle of the building. The place of information models in the process of determining the service life of the building is shown. On the basis of the considered sources of information, promising directions for the development of the life cycle management system of the construction object (Life Cycle Management) and the development of the regulatory framework in order to improve the use of information modeling in construction are given.

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