Intelligent Building Information Modeling (BIM): Advancements in Collaborative Design and Construction
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2026 | Viewed by 46
Special Issue Editors
Interests: construction management; construction informatics; BIM; digital twin; construction safety
Interests: structural assessment; monitoring and inspection; life cycle costs; risk and reliability; resilience and sustainability
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Interests: BIM; BMS; SHM; digital twin; predictive analytics; AI; ML; eXtended reality and holographic computing; resilience and sustainability
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Interests: BIM; building lifecycle; information management; process improvement; technology transfer; systems engineering
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Interests: construction management; building information modeling; IoT
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The construction industry is entering a new era of intelligent collaboration, where Building Information Modelling (BIM) is enhanced by machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), and digital twin technologies. These advances transform BIM from a static coordination tool into a dynamic, data-driven environment that supports real-time decision-making, automation, predictive management, and lifecycle optimisation. AI-powered BIM facilitates seamless communication, enhances design quality, improves safety and productivity, and supports sustainable and resilient outcomes across the built asset lifecycle.
This Special Issue, therefore, encourages contributions that demonstrate measurable advances in intelligence, automation, data governance, and lifecycle integration. We welcome contributions demonstrating methodological or applied novelties, such as AI-enabled workflows, generative reasoning linked to BIM semantics, predictive performance analytics, model-based automation, and digital twin frameworks with deployment validation. We are seeking original research, reviews, validation studies, and practice-oriented case studies from academia, industry, and policymakers.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Intelligent BIM Authoring, Automation and Model Reasoning
- AI/ML-enhanced modelling and planning;
- Generative and parametric design linked to BIM semantics;
- Automated code-compliance and information requirement compliance checking.
- Digital Twins, Monitoring and Predictive Analytics
- Lifecycle integration and asset performance modelling;
- Sensor fusion, SHM and hybrid deep learning;
- Predictive maintenance of buildings and infrastructure.
- Interoperability, Standards and Data Governance
- IFC, IDS, ISO 19650;
- Digital thread architecture and data quality;
- Auditability, traceability and trust frameworks.
- Safety, Risk and Resilience
- Construction safety intelligence;
- Reliability of critical infrastructure;
- Resilience assessment of existing structures.
- Human–AI Collaboration and XR-Enabled Practices
- Multi-agent cooperation and co-design;
- XR for training, coordination and operations.
We welcome original research, comprehensive reviews, and practice-oriented case studies from academia, industry, and policymakers that evidence the transformative potential of intelligent BIM in advancing collaborative, safe, and sustainable construction.
Dr. Si Van-Tien Tran
Dr. José Campos Matos
Dr. Ngoc-Son Dang
Dr. Tomo Cerovšek
Dr. Ung-Kyun Lee
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- intelligent BIM
- digital twins
- AI/ML in construction
- interoperability and ISO 19650
- information requirements and automation
- predictive analytics and SHM
- generative and rule-based design
- XR and human–AI collaboration
- lifecycle asset management
- resilient and sustainable built environment
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