Building Information Modelling (BIM) offers a pivotal opportunity to automate Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. However, seamless integration is persistently hindered by a semantic gap,...
Representation and modeling using the building information modeling (BIM) methodology of civil works have become the subject of increasing attention in recent years, thanks to the potential offered by Open Infrastructure BIM (I-BIM). However, the com...
Construction projects often exceed budgets and deadlines, evidencing the need for collaborative methodologies such as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM). This research evaluates their influence on the design sta...
The implementation of building information modeling (BIM) has become a reality worldwide, not only because of the advantages it offers, but also because of the obligatory nature of its use in construction and civil engineering projects in various cou...
Mozambique is experiencing the consequences of a severe energy crisis with economic and social impacts. Its strict dependence on hydroelectric sources is being severely tested by recent droughts that have drastically reduced water levels in dams. How...
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is an information management and modelling technique frequently employed by the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector. The application of BIM to Cultural Heritage (CH), otherwise known as Histor...
Despite the aesthetic potential of free-form envelopes in large-scale public buildings, geometric interlacing complexity, ambiguous façade boundaries, and constructability translation gaps persist as systemic barriers. This study addresses the...
The analysis of road safety is critical in road design. Complying to guidelines is not enough to ensure the highest safety levels, so many of them encourage designers to virtually recreate and test their roads, benefitting from the evolution of drivi...
The article presents an integrated RACI–AHP–BIM methodology that supports responsibility management, decision-making, and information management in complex construction projects delivered under the design–build model, with particula...
Construction is a key industry that significantly contributes to the global gross domestic product and generates substantial revenues. However, it faces challenges such as errors and high costs. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the methodology...
After a few years of the coexistence of the building information modelling (BIM) methodology with the architecture, engineering, and construction professions, its main uses are often limited to 3D modelling and collision checking between different di...
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a methodology focused on the centralization and sharing of project information among all experts involved. The use of BIM platforms allows professionals to improve coordination, collaboration, and integration a...
This paper presents the concept, implementation, and evaluation of FastFoam—a web-based inspection system designed for the technical assessment of buildings. Developed through international collaboration, FastFoam supports flexible inspection w...
Linking Building Information Modelling and Building Energy Modelling methodologies appear as a tool for the energy performance analysis of a dwelling, being able to build the physical model via Autodesk Revit and simulating the energy modeling with i...
The European building industry is facing a strong increase in renovation processes, which are still non-cost-effective, involve unproperly coordinated stakeholders, are disturbing for the occupants, and cause important inefficiencies in the overall r...
This paper presents an implemented methodology to convert highly detailed building information models (BIMs) into geospatial 3D city models (Geos) at multiple levels of detail (LoDs). As BIM models contain highly detailed and complex geometries that...
Construction sites in Korea are the locus of many disasters and work-related illnesses, and construction workers are particularly likely to be exposed to serious disasters such as falls, collapses, and burial. At domestic construction sites, the conc...
Sustainable urban development depends not only on efficient design and construction but also on the long-term governance of built assets during their operational phase. However, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is still predominantly applied to de...
Undergraduate programs face the permanent challenge of constantly transforming to keep an up-to-date curriculum according to globalization and internationalization processes. In the case of civil engineers, professional training should respond to the...
One of the least used aspects of BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the ability to obtain the energy model of the building using the BIM methodology known as BIM 6D. This digital information model allows simulating the real energy behavior of the...
Currently, there is extensive research focused on automatic strategies for the segmentation and classification of 3D point clouds, which can accelerate the study of a landmark and integrate it with heterogeneous data and attributes, useful to facilit...
The methodology and technology associated with building information modeling (BIM) provide architects, engineers, and historians with concepts and tools that support the development of heritage projects. However, this specific form of BIM orientated...
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is modifying the workflow of the construction field, not only in design and construction stages but also for the management of the facilities. Most advances in academics and industry have focussed on the use of BI...
Despite the operational phase being the most cost-intensive in a building’s lifecycle, Facility Management (FM) resource optimization continues to face challenges due to fragmented and low-structured data. Building Information Modeling (BIM) of...
Monitoring and management of construction sites are critical to ensuring project success, efficiency, and safety. Traditional methods often struggle to provide real-time, accurate, and comprehensive data, leading to delays, cost overruns, and errors....
Earthquakes remain one of the greatest threats to urban resilience, demanding innovative strategies that go beyond traditional earthquake-resistant design. Among emerging solutions, viscous fluid dampers stand out as one of the most effective mechani...
A common barrier to achieving design intent is the absence of comprehensive information about operational performance during design development. This results in uninformed decision-making which impacts on actual building performance, in particular Wh...
Heritage buildings usually have complex (non-parametric) geometries that turn their digitization through conventional methods in inaccurate and time-consuming processes. When it comes to the survey and representation of historical assets, remote sen...
The era of openBIM is ongoing, and the open standards IDS (Information Delivery Specification) and bSDD (BuildingSMART Data Dictionary) are significantly impacting the automation of information exchange and verification in projects, using predefined...
Conducting accurate and quick energy analyses for retrofitting purposes became crucial for Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) markets worldwide. This paper investigates the possibility of determining and implementing an ar...
This study aims to identify and analyze existing gaps in the integration of immersive approaches for collaborative processes with Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector. Using a systematic...
Interpreting nonlinear seismic structural analysis results in nuclear power plants remains challenging when conventional post-processing tools are used, as these require analysts to reconstruct structural meaning from fragmented 2D or non-immersive 3...
European strategies are increasingly pushing for the optimisation of building energy performance, a goal that demands structured, in-depth knowledge of existing built heritage. In this scenario, digitalisation emerges as a key enabler, offering the o...
In the intelligent manufacturing process and digitization, new research spaces have been created, such as reverse engineering and its use for the detection of risks in construction. For this reason, in this research, an analysis methodology is propos...
In the scientific community, it is difficult to find a consensus on defining BIM. Just as the acronym BIM has developed in different ways, it is also understood in different ways. Depending on its understanding, different definitions emerge. It is de...
In the field of infrastructure, the development and application of the openBIM (open Building Information Modeling) approach and related standards (principally Industry Foundation Classes) remain limited with regard to processes in O&M (Operation...
Three-dimensional virtual modeling is one of the tools being rapidly implemented in the construction industry, leading to the need for strategies based on intelligent 3D models of cities and/or digital twins, which allow simulation by interacting wit...
This research presents a new intervention methodology on arches and vaults of a Renaissance factory in the Colegio Santo Domingo de Orihuela (16th century) using 3D software LIDAR technology that verifies the execution process of the works studying t...
Since the 1990s, mass timber constructions have become more and more popular. This type of construction has characteristics that are ideal for incorporating building information modeling (BIM). A mass timber structure implies offsite prefabrication a...
Embracing the archaic methods used in supervision and/or management in the field of architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) creates the imperative need to adopt and/or develop sustainable methods to reduce construction physical waste, as we...
The integration of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a growing reality in the building production sector. Through this integration, it is possible to improve the efficiency of management, maintenance, us...
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Electrical risk has a particular impact within the construction sector. This leads to the development of regulations to mitigate it, but correct application of regulations is impossible with a traditional 2D analysis. The construction sector is using...
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is now a globally recognised phenomenon, though its adoption remains inconsistent and variable between and within the construction sectors of different countries. BIM technology has enabled a wide range of functio...
Safety diagnosis through the surface inspection of existing buildings is a crucial fundamental inspection. However, the assessment results often differ depending on the investigator’s knowledge and experience, which poses challenges in ensuring...
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an Industry 4.0 methodology that is increasingly used in the domain of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC). BIM emerges as a new methodology, one that is more collaborative and based on parametric...
Over the course of the last twenty years, building information modeling (BIM) has emerged as a firmly established construction methodology integrating fundamental principles. The implementation of BIM methodologies possesses the capability to augment...
In the proper management of construction, the use of BIM software allows for tracking of the entire lifecycle of buildings, enabling informed design and better management of the product lifecycle, easier collaboration among professionals, and a more...
In the evolving construction landscape, this study introduces a novel methodology leveraging Building Information Modeling (BIM) to revolutionize safety management across diverse projects. By transitioning from traditional, reactive approaches to a p...
A variety of methodological approaches have been developed to performance assessment for the adoption of building information modeling (BIM) at organizational and project levels. Recently, active research has been undertaken on the quantitative analy...
The integration of generative design (GD) and building information modelling (BIM), as a new technology consolidation, can facilitate the constructability of GD’s automatic design solutions, while improving BIM’s capability in the early design phase....
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