Application and Practice of Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Dear Colleagues,

Over half of the world's population currently reside in urban areas. Urbanization has led not only to economic and social transformation, but also to high resource consumption and considerable environmental damage related to many sectors, including the building sector. The effective application and practice of Building Information Modeling (BIM) can promote holistic approaches and the building of smart homes in an urban context in order to foster policy modeling, efficient governance and sustainability. The purpose of this Special Issue is threefold: (i) to present successful approaches to the application and practice of BIM, (ii) to tractably characterize the sustainability performance of the building sector based on reliable information and BIM approaches and (iii) to promote sustainable practices towards the construction of greener buildings in urban areas. To this end, we welcome papers on BIM approaches and methodological schemes that include/combine data on energy, water consumption, waste generation and links with LCA, including estimations of carbon footprint and decarbonization. Topics of interest include:

• BIM talent training to trigger smart construction;
• Life-cycle-based smart construction knowledge maps in AEC that refer to emerging technology for the planning, design, construction and operation of product, project and enterprise management and decisions;
• BIM-based digitally driven innovation and digital capabilities in project management;
• Digital transformation and project management in AEC;
• Self-organization design in digital transformation;
• Big data and AI and their impacts on project society.

Prof. Dr. Jingxiao Zhang
Dr. Christos Vlachokostas
Prof. Dr. Xiaolong Xue
Dr. Shaohua Jiang
Dr. Yi Tan
Dr. Jingyu Yu
Guest Editors

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