BIM in Building Lifecycle
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2015) | Viewed by 96865
Special Issue Editor
Interests: facility information tracking; building information modeling (BIM); ontology and object modeling; information and communication technologies in design, construction and operation of buildings
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
An information model provides the formalism and organized structure for specific domain knowledge. Building Information Modeling, or BIM, refers to the abstract representation of building related concepts, relationships, constraints and operations. Information related to the building geometry, spatial relationships, location, and quantities and properties of building components can easily be identified and traced throughout the building lifecycle. In comparison to the early Computer Aided Design tools which only keep the geometric information of points, lines, poly-lines and arches, BIM-based software is useful for identifying building components, materials, relationships, quantities, etc. This new generation of software works as a non-redundant information repository that supports a broad range of activities by the capability of producing an intelligent building description. Although the BIM concept is not new, latest advances in technology have recently made it commercially viable.
Apart from the recent proliferation of BIM and the magnitude of the impact it has on the design and construction of buildings, how BIM affects the building’s lifecycle requires serious consideration. The main benefit of using BIM is being able to capture all building related information in one model. However, this benefit is also the biggest challenge since it requires long term provisions for maintaining and updating the model. Many of the tools that used to create BIM are specifically designed to address the needs of designers, constructers and manufacturers. There is a big gap in the facility operation side for effective strategies and methods to utilize these models. Coupled with the large amounts of data produced during the operation phase from building operation systems and other special equipment housed in buildings, the ability of supporting a building’s lifecycle through BIM becomes a challenging problem.
In order to get the full scope of the role of BIM in building lifecycle, Buildings will dedicate a full issue on this topic. We invite original papers that explore the following areas, among others:
- New methods and technologies on creating, storing and tracking lifecycle information during the design and construction phases;
- New approaches for building handover operations including, commissioning, test/adjust/balance, submittal tracking, facility maintenance group training, etc. using BIM;
- Updating contractual requirements and liability issues, new descriptions for level of development (LOD) and BIM manager for building operations;
- Addressing specific challenges for specialized building types such as healthcare facilities, data centers, laboratory buildings, etc.;
- New approaches on using BIM for reducing building operations’ carbon footprint, and providing feedback to users.
Papers will be published after acceptance following a full peer-review process.
Dr. Tanyel Bulbul
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- facility information tracking
- building information modeling (BIM)
- ontology and object modeling, information and communication technologies
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