scholarly journals INTEGRATION OF BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING AND AGENT-BASED MODELING FOR EVACUATION SIMULATION

2021 ◽  
Vol XLVI-4/W5-2021 ◽  
pp. 109-112
Author(s):  
C. Beyaz ◽  
E. D. Özgener ◽  
Y. G. Bağcı ◽  
Ö. Akın ◽  
H. Demirel
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Emergency Evacuation ◽  
Indoor Navigation ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Fire Evacuation ◽  
Building Information

Abstract. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a highly advanced spatial modeling method that is fully incorporated in the building lifecycle. With the support of Information Technologies, the use of BIM has become common in building management such as energy efficiency, indoor navigation and emergency evacuation simulations. This study focuses on emergency evacuation simulations since, integrating BIM and Spatial Information Science, could mitigate casualties in emergencies. Traditional evacuation management methods are generally inadequate since they are based on 2D evacuation plans, they are static and do not consider the characteristics/interactions of the people in the building. This study aims to integrate BIM and Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) for emergency evacuation simulations, where characteristics of the building and the users are incorporated. Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Civil Engineering was selected as study area and the BIM model was created by using the CAD drawings of the floor plans. The users of the Faculty building such as students, academicians, administrative staff and visitors are considered for simulations. The BIM model was transferred to the ABM environment, and the routes used during the fire evacuation were generated. Fire evacuation simulations were performed, where agents having different characteristics evacuate the building according to the rules predefined. Three different scenarios were tested. Major conclusion of this study is that, via integrating BIM and ABM, it is possible to model people’s behavior within a three-dimensional digital environment, where decision-makers could be performing simulations such as fire evacuation supported by dynamic, realistic and accurate information.

scholarly journals Potential for the use of information systems in the management of construction waste

2018 ◽  
Vol 196 ◽  
pp. 04081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Aleksanin
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Resource Saving ◽  
Construction Waste ◽  
Space Planning ◽  
Planning Decisions ◽  
Building Information

At the present stage of the development of the construction industry, based on the principles of sustainable development, special attention should be paid to the formation of construction waste. Reserves for improving the level of efficiency of waste management can be found in the application of modern information technologies and their adaptation to resource-saving problems. The use of information systems is advisable at all stages of the life cycle of a building. Today, the technology of building information modeling (BIM) is actively developing, which can significantly reduce the amount of waste generation in construction. This is possible with its implementation at the design stage, in order to avoid irrational design decisions, collisions, etc. Information systems for data transmission allow rapid exchange of information between project participants, promptly warn about changes in space-planning decisions, materials, structures and equipment. At the stage of operation, in the presence of the information model of the building, it is possible to create a planning system for the organization of works of major overhaul or reconstruction. This article also proposes a description of the functions that an information system must have aimed at coordinating the management of construction waste in the region.

scholarly journals MODELING OF EMERGENCY EVACUATION IN BUILDING FIRE

2020 ◽  
Vol XLIII-B4-2020 ◽  
pp. 321-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Bayat ◽  
M. R. Delavar ◽  
W. Barghi ◽  
S. A. EslamiNezhad ◽  
P. Hanachi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Shortest Paths ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Emergency Evacuation ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Dijkstra Algorithm ◽  
Rescue Workers ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Emergency Exit

Abstract. One of the main problems of rescue workers in confrontation of fired complex buildings is the lack of sufficient information about the building indoor environment and their emergency exit ways. Building information modeling (BIM) is a database for building a 3D model of building information to create a 3D building geometry network model. This paper has implemented some GIS and BIM integration analyses to determine the shortest and safest paths to people under fire risk and simulate their movement in the building. Plasco building was a multi-story shop in Tehran which has been fired in 2017 and destroyed. This paper attempts to simulate the firefighting and rescue operations in Plasco Building using an integration of BIM and GIS. There is no detailed information about the building and the fire incident, therefore the developed BIM and corresponding geometric network might differ slightly. The shortest and safest paths to the exit door or windows where the fire ladders are located are computed and analyzed. As a result of 15 scenarios developed in this paper, it was found that at 87% of the cases, the safest paths for the emergency exit of the people at risk were longer than the shortest paths. This study has evaluated different scenarios for the shortest and safest paths using Dijkstra algorithm considering different origins and destination points in the 3D indoor environment to assist the rescue operations.

scholarly journals Application of 4D BIM in Construction Industry: Challenges and Suggestions

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 3070-3073
Author(s):  
Sagar V. Mundhokar
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Building Information Modeling ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Delivery Performance ◽  
Collaboration Environment ◽  
Building Information

Abstract: Construction industry is believed to be one of the most criticized industries worldwide. During the last two decades, this criticism has denoted a lot of problems. Without disregarding any of the industry problems, it seems that the most criticized problems are low delivery performance, lack of innovation, lack of collaboration and fragmented nature of the industry. To overcome these problems, a collaborative work environment is needed. During the last few years, the use of advanced information technologies in construction hasincreased to support the industry requirement of collaboration environment. Keywords: Building Information Modeling BIM, BIMimplementation, BIM Barriers

scholarly journals A Framework for an Intelligent and Personalized Fire Evacuation Management System

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (14) ◽  
pp. 3128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinyue Zhang ◽  
Jianing Guo ◽  
Haiming Xiong ◽  
Xiangchi Liu ◽  
Daxin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Information Modeling ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Fire Evacuation ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Evacuation Management ◽  
Evacuation Route ◽  
In Fire ◽  
Real Time Location System

Many research studies have focused on fire evacuation planning. However, because of the uncertainties in fire development, there is no perfect solution. This research proposes a fire evacuation management framework which takes advantage of an information-rich building information modeling (BIM) model and a Bluetooth low energy (BLE)-based indoor real-time location system (RTLS) to dynamically push personalized evacuation route recommendations and turn-by-turn guidance to the smartphone of a building occupant. The risk score (RS) for each possible route is evaluated as a weighted summation of risk level index values of all risk factors for all segments along the route, and the route with the lowest RS is recommended to the evacuee. The system will automatically re-evaluate all routes every 2 s based on the most updated information, and the evacuee will be notified if a new and safer route becomes available. A case study with two testing scenarios was conducted for a commercial office building in Tianjin, China, in order to verify this framework.

scholarly journals BIM Transition Process in Construction Companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Construction Company ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Support Engineering

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is considered among the most challenging developments in the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industries. BIM is a software based three-dimensional design process that helps the AEC staff obtain and manage the digitally represented building data to support engineering, construction, procurement, and installation activities. The diffusion of the BIM approach in the construction industry has gained acceleration in the last decade. With the advances in information technologies, existence of highly capable commercial software packages, and mandates dictated by the clients, many construction companies have started to employ BIM in their projects. This study aims to investigate the BIM transition process in the construction companies. An interview has been conducted with the executives of a Turkish construction company to analyze the BIM transition process, through three main phases: pre-transition period, transition period, and post-transition period. In the pretransition period, the motivations of the company to adopt the BIM approach are examined. In the transition period, the challenges encountered and preventive measures taken are indicated. In the post-transition period, the short- and long-term effects of adopting the BIM approach are discussed. The study is expected to guide the construction professionals that intend to implement BIM in their transition process.

scholarly journals Towards a BIM-based System Integrated to a Virtual Reality Platform

2019 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Construction Company ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Support Engineering

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is considered among the most challenging developments in the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industries. BIM is a software based three-dimensional design process that helps the AEC staff obtain and manage the digitally represented building data to support engineering, construction, procurement, and installation activities. The diffusion of the BIM approach in the construction industry has gained acceleration in the last decade. With the advances in information technologies, existence of highly capable commercial software packages, and mandates dictated by the clients, many construction companies have started to employ BIM in their projects. This study aims to investigate the BIM transition process in the construction companies. An interview has been conducted with the executives of a Turkish construction company to analyze the BIM transition process, through three main phases: pre-transition period, transition period, and post-transition period. In the pretransition period, the motivations of the company to adopt the BIM approach are examined. In the transition period, the challenges encountered and preventive measures taken are indicated. In the post-transition period, the short- and long-term effects of adopting the BIM approach are discussed. The study is expected to guide the construction professionals that intend to implement BIM in their transition process.

BIM-based draft schedule generation in reinforced concrete-framed buildings

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziwei Wang ◽  
Ehsan Rezazadeh Azar
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Case Based Reasoning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Construction Knowledge ◽  
Information Materials

PurposeProject schedules have a vital role in the effective management of time, cost, scope and resources in construction projects, and creating schedules requires schedulers with construction knowledge and experience. The increase in the complexity of building projects and the emergence of building information modeling (BIM) in the architecture, engineering and construction industry have encouraged researchers to explore BIM capabilities for automated schedule generation. The scope and capabilities of the developed systems, however, are limited and the link between design and scheduling is still underdeveloped. This paper aims to investigate methods to develop a BIM-based framework to automatically generate schedules for concrete-framed buildings.Design/methodology/approachThis system first extracts the required data from the building information model, including elements’ dimensions, quantities, spatial information, materials and other related attributes. It then applies construction rules, prior knowledge and production rate data to create project work-packages, calculate their durations and determine their relationships. Finally, it organizes these results into a schedule using project management software.FindingsThis system provides an automated and easy-to-use approach to generate schedules for concrete-framed buildings that are modeled in a BIM platform. It provides two schedules for each project, both a sequential and an overlapped solution, which the schedulers can modify into a practical schedule based on conditions and available resources.Originality/valueThis research project presents an innovative approach to use BIM-based attributes of structural elements to develop list of work-packages and estimate their durations, and then it uses a combination of rule-based and case-based reasoning to generate the schedules.

Automated framework for optimized path-planning for pile foundation drilling machines based on 4D BIM modelling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Mellenthin Filardo ◽  
Rohith Akula ◽  
Tino Walther ◽  
Hans-Joachim Bargstädt
Keyword(s):  
Pile Foundation ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Construction Company ◽  
Shortest Distance ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Travelling Salesperson Problem ◽  
Or Modelling

<p>While the Building Information Modeling (BIM) method allows accurate information modelling and thus more robust predictions, it often needs to be combined with tasks beyond the model or modelling phase, especially if the goal is a model-based construction phase. This study proposes an optimization workflow for the construction of pile foundations, since they are part of a varying range of building and infrastructure projects. Pile foundation drilling is an extensive construction process, which can be optimized significantly by reducing the execution length through an effective drilling path plan and automated data transfer. This was achieved through the combination of optimization algorithms, which were linked to the 3D BIM model and selected the shortest distance between piles using Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm, based on the Travelling Salesperson Problem (TSP). Subsequently the script created separate security distance-compliant tours for drilling machines, calculated construction times and converted the resulting paths into schedules, which in turn could be updated to the 3D BIM model to generate a 4D animation of the construction process. The developed optimization framework and script were tested with a construction company focused on special foundations based in Germany.</p>

Case Study of Three-Dimensional Optimization Design on Architectural MEP Based on BIM

2014 ◽  
Vol 507 ◽  
pp. 177-181
Author(s):  
Xiao Biao Lv ◽  
Zi Jian Liang
Keyword(s):  
Design Optimization ◽  
Optimization Design ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Pipeline Network ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Hospital Building

MEP (Mechanical,Electrical,Plumping) includes vast amount of equipment types and pipelines in the integrated design, leading the coordination of MEP design optimization a major challenge for complex buildings. This document explains the technical processes and characteristics of the three-dimensional MEP design optimization based on BIM(Building Information Modeling), connected with the case of the integrated pipeline optimization design practice of a hospital building. Though establishing the BIM model of four-space underground pipeline network system in a hospital outpatient building, we carried out MEP collision checking, obtaining three-dimensional spatial information 102 collision points. Combined with manual screening we finally identified 67 valid point of conflict, for the construction of secondary pipeline network optimization design. In particular, the suggestion on the promotion and application of BIM-based building MEP design to municipal pipeline network in the future is proposed.

scholarly journals Bibliometric Maps of BIM and BIM in Universities: A Comparative Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Chihib ◽  
Esther Salmerón-Manzano ◽  
Nuria Novas ◽  
Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Building Information Model ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Architecture And Design ◽  
Scientific Fields ◽  
Design Construction

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is increasingly important in the architecture and engineering fields, and especially in the field of sustainability through the study of energy. This study performs a bibliometric study analysis of BIM publications based on the Scopus database during the whole period from 2003 to 2018. The aim was to establish a comparison of bibliometric maps of the building information model and BIM in universities. The analyzed data included 4307 records produced by a total of 10,636 distinct authors from 314 institutions. Engineering and computer science were found to be the main scientific fields involved in BIM research. Architectural design are the central theme keywords, followed by information theory and construction industry. The final stage of the study focuses on the detection of clusters in which global research in this field is grouped. The main clusters found were those related to the BIM cycle, including construction management, documentation and analysis, architecture and design, construction/fabrication, and operation and maintenance (related to energy or sustainability). However, the clusters of the last phases such as demolition and renovation are not present, which indicates that this field suntil needs to be further developed and researched. With regard to the evolution of research, it has been observed how information technologies have been integrated over the entire spectrum of internet of things (IoT). A final key factor in the implementation of the BIM is its inclusion in the curriculum of technical careers related to areas of construction such as civil engineering or architecture.

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