BIM Technologies in Construction Engineering and Management
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 (20 September 2023) | Viewed by 7095
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building information modeling; lean construction; additive manufacturing; construction 4.0; engineering education
Interests: lean management; lean construction; lean design; virtual design and construction; engineering education
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Although substantial research has been conducted to implement BIM technologies into construction engineering and management, the state-of-the-art and practical applications have not yet fully addressed the opportunities and challenges of BIM when managing construction and engineering processes. In this sense, the journal Buildings announces a call for papers for a Special Issue devoted to “BIM Technologies in Construction Engineering and Management”. The Special Issue seeks scientific articles or reviews that expand upon the current literature and understanding of BIM technologies in construction engineering and management. Manuscripts discussing case studies that move construction and design activities toward BIM applications are also welcome. Therefore, original research, case studies, and review articles on the following topics are welcome:
- Adoption of BIM for construction engineering and management;
- BIM and automation and robotics;
- BIM and virtual and augmented reality;
- BIM education;
- BIM-enabled structural design;
- BIM in facility management;
- BIM interoperability and collaboration;
- BIM policies and standardization;
- BIM software development;
- Case studies of the implications of the BIM goals;
- Digital twins and their applications.;
- Geospatial technologies and BIM;
- Green BIM and its applications;
- IoT, monitoring, and intelligent building and their applications;
- Maintenance, life cycle, and circular economy;
- Non-destructive control and its integration into BIM;
- nD BIM modeling and construction management;
- Relationship between BIM application and key performance indicators;
- Synergies between BIM and construction 4.0;
- Impact of BIM on people and culture.
Dr. Eric Forcael
Dr. Rodrigo F. Herrera
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- building information modeling
- construction engineering
- construction management
- digital twins
- BIM technologies
- construction 4.0
- BIM impacts
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