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  • Review
  • Open Access
72 Citations
12,168 Views
27 Pages

OpenBIM: An Enabling Solution for Information Interoperability

  • Shaohua Jiang,
  • Liping Jiang,
  • Yunwei Han,
  • Zheng Wu and
  • Na Wang

8 December 2019

The expansion of scale and the increase of complexity of construction projects puts higher requirements on the level of collaboration among different stakeholders. How to realize better information interoperability among multiple disciplines and diff...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue BIM in the Construction Industry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
7,470 Views
27 Pages

Extending the IFC Standard to Enable Road Operation and Maintenance Management through OpenBIM

  • Sara Ait-Lamallam,
  • Reda Yaagoubi,
  • Imane Sebari and
  • Omar Doukari

Open Building Information Modelling (OpenBIM) is a collaborative project management process. Its application to road infrastructures is currently limited. OpenBIM standards for infrastructure are still under development. One of these standards is the...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
963 Views
35 Pages

Integrating OpenBIM and LCA for Sustainable Construction: A Systematic Review and Proposed Research Framework

  • Farnaz Jalaei,
  • Ahmad Jrade,
  • Vafa Rostamiasl,
  • Farzad Jalaei and ,
  • Saeed Jalilzadeh Eirdmousa,
  • Reza Rostaminikoo and
  • Arash Hosseini Gourabpasi
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

19 June 2026

In recent years, an essential approach for promoting and implementing efficient sustainable construction practices has been considered through the integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA). The introduction of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Buildings and Digital Construction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
5,591 Views
28 Pages

Application of openBIM for the Management of Existing Railway Infrastructure: Case Study of the Cancello–Benevento Railway Line

  • Angelo Ciccone,
  • Sabrina Di Stasio,
  • Domenico Asprone,
  • Antonio Salzano and
  • Maurizio Nicolella

17 February 2022

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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Buildings and Infrastructures Management: Models Strategies and Evaluation Tools)
  • Article
  • Open Access
86 Citations
9,172 Views
17 Pages

An openBIM Approach to IoT Integration with Incomplete As-Built Data

  • Nicola Moretti,
  • Xiang Xie,
  • Jorge Merino,
  • Justas Brazauskas and
  • Ajith Kumar Parlikad

23 November 2020

Digital Twins (DT) are powerful tools to support asset managers in the operation and maintenance of cognitive buildings. Building Information Models (BIM) are critical for Asset Management (AM), especially when used in conjunction with Internet of Th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cognitive Buildings)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,160 Views
22 Pages

16 January 2025

BIM (building information modeling) is widely recognized for enhancing the efficiency and precision of building energy modeling (BEM), primarily by reducing model development time and improving model accuracy. This paper presents a novel framework le...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancing Bottom-Up Energy Approaches for Carbon-Neutral Building Stock)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,650 Views
22 Pages

5 November 2021

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 article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Re-Design of the Built Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,423 Views
26 Pages

30 June 2025

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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cutting-Edge Research in the Building Information Modelling (BIM) Application for Sustainable Construction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,512 Views
25 Pages

11 June 2025

The demand for interoperable, lifecycle-oriented data exchange in the port and waterway sector is intensifying amid global digital transformation and infrastructure modernisation. Traditional Building Information Modelling (BIM) practices often fail...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,512 Views
17 Pages

BIM–FM Interoperability Through Open Standards: A Critical Literature Review

  • Mayurachat Chatsuwan,
  • Atsushi Moriwaki,
  • Masayuki Ichinose and
  • Haitham Alkhalaf

Interoperability between Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Facility Management (FM) depends on open, vendor-neutral standards. Yet, operational uptake remains constrained by fragmented workflows, incompatible schemas, and non-standardized deliv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
338 Views
34 Pages

2 October 2026

The integration of IoT sensors into OpenBIM-based monitoring environments requires not only data acquisition but also the consistent organisation of sensor identity, semantic information, monitored variables, spatial context, and information exchange...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,337 Views
24 Pages

17 April 2024

The adoption of building information modelling (BIM) enables data-driven decision-making for many participants in the construction process. Building authorities are stakeholders that have not yet benefited from data integration using BIM. In many cas...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Unearthing the Value of Data in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Industry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,639 Views
18 Pages

6 March 2026

Construction projects generate large volumes of schedule and cost data throughout their lifecycle, requiring systematic integration for effective performance control. Despite the increasing adoption of BIM and Earned Value Management System (EVMS), e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applied Computer Methods in Building Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,285 Views
25 Pages

The construction (AEC) industry has consolidated Building Information Modelling (BIM) as the standard for producing and managing project information, yet its analytical exploitation in Business Intelligence (BI) environments remains manual, ad hoc an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Technologies and Workflows for BIM and Digital Construction)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,130 Views
7 Pages

A Methodology for the Digitalization of the Residential Building Renovation Process through IDDS Ready Workflows

  • Alberto Armijo,
  • Peru Elguezabal,
  • Mohamed Elagiry,
  • Natalia Lasarte and
  • Andrea Costa

The European building industry is facing a strong increase of renovation processes, which are still non-cost-effective, involve unproperly coordinated stakeholders, are disturbing for the occupants, and imply important inefficiencies of the overall r...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 8th Annual International Sustainable Places Conference (SP2020) Proceedings)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,623 Views
22 Pages

25 January 2025

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...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,441 Views
21 Pages

23 April 2026

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has fundamentally changed the way interdisciplinary coordination works in construction projects; however, the theoretical mechanisms underlying open collaboration standards in this field remain insufficiently explo...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,906 Views
32 Pages

This study aims to develop an information strategy plan (ISP) for the integrated management of airport facility information in South Korea by applying smart technologies such as building information modeling (BIM), digital twins, and openBIM. As the...

(This article belongs to the Section Air Traffic and Transportation)
  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,306 Views
38 Pages

Systematic Literature Review of Open Infrastructure BIM

  • Antonio Salzano,
  • Mattia Intignano,
  • Carla Mottola,
  • Salvatore Antonio Biancardo and ,
  • Maurizio Nicolella and
  • Gianluca Dell’Acqua
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Automation and Information and Knowledge Model Technologies in Construction Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
85 Citations
10,735 Views
41 Pages

Data Fusion for Smart Civil Infrastructure Management: A Conceptual Digital Twin Framework

  • Obaidullah Hakimi,
  • Hexu Liu,
  • Osama Abudayyeh,
  • Azim Houshyar and ,
  • Manea Almatared and
  • Ali Alhawiti
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

29 October 2023

Effective civil infrastructure management necessitates the utilization of timely data across the entire asset lifecycle for condition assessment and predictive maintenance. A notable gap in current predictive maintenance practices is the reliance on...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Twin in the AEC Industry – Advances and Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,368 Views
36 Pages

23 January 2025

Building information modeling (BIM) has proven to be a valuable technology in the fields of architecture, construction management, and maintenance management. However, its full implementation in structural engineering remains unfulfilled due to the p...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
160 Views
23 Pages

30 October 2026

The digital transformation of infrastructure management calls for a shift from BIM models developed primarily for design to information environments that can support inspection, maintenance, monitoring, and decision-making throughout the asset lifecy...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in the Digitalization of Infrastructure)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,286 Views
32 Pages

An Open Standard Methodology for BIM-CMMS Integration: Enhancing Facility Operations Through IFC-Based Data Enrichment

  • Giuseppe Piras,
  • Francesco Livio Rossini,
  • Francesco Muzi and
  • Martinfelix Sagayaraj

8 May 2026

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...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Building Information Modelling: From Theories to Practices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,318 Views
26 Pages

Open government data (OGD) provide an opportunity for developing various services by disclosing information monopolized by the government to the public so that the private sector can use it. The private sector is utilizing this to improve the work ef...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Decision Support Systems for the Digital Built Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,931 Views
23 Pages

10 August 2024

Building information modelling (BIM) is an appreciated technology in the field of architecture and construction management. Collaboration of information in BIM has not been fully utilized in the structural engineering stream as many engineers keep on...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligence and Automation in Construction Industry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
10,713 Views
25 Pages

Using Open BIM and IFC to Enable a Comprehensive Consideration of Building Services within a Whole-Building LCA

  • Sebastian Theißen,
  • Jannick Höper,
  • Jan Drzymalla,
  • Reinhard Wimmer and ,
  • Stanimira Markova,
  • Anica Meins-Becker and
  • Michaela Lambertz
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

14 July 2020

Holistic views of all environmental impacts for buildings such as Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) are rarely performed. Building services are mostly included in this assessment only in a simplified way, which means that their embodied impacts are usual...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integration of LCA and BIM for Sustainable Construction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
590 Views
18 Pages

From Laboratory to Building Scale: A Digital-Twin Methodology for Resilience-Oriented Assessment of RC Infrastructure Using Waste Wool-Fibre Cementitious Materials

  • Carlos Ruiz-Díaz,
  • Paula Triviño-Tarradas,
  • Guillermo Guerrero-Vacas,
  • Óscar Rodríguez-Alabanda and ,
  • Pedro Medina-Triviño and
  • María M. Serrano-Baena
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 April 2026

As natural and anthropogenic hazards intensify, improving the performance of reinforced-concrete (RC) infrastructure within a resilience-oriented assessment framework while limiting environmental burdens has become an important challenge for sustaina...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Risk Management and Resilient Infrastructure)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,175 Views
23 Pages

Integrating building information modeling (BIM) with Internet of things (IoT) technologies significantly enhances facility management (FM) by enabling advanced real-time monitoring of indoor environmental quality (IEQ). However, technical complexity,...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
11,636 Views
12 Pages

15 August 2017

In the long-term use of buildings, renovations are sometimes required as usage behaviors have changed and residents’ demands for space are adjusted. However, the public in general are deficient in renovation knowledge and information regarding buildi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Industrialization of the Building Construction Process)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,235 Views
18 Pages

5 December 2023

Design coordination and collaboration are crucial in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries, necessitating the integration of diverse disciplines and expertise to achieve unified and functional designs. Traditionally, these...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart and Digital Construction in AEC Industry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,927 Views
19 Pages

24 October 2021

The use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) is becoming more common in the construction process, and the demand for the integrated use of BIM data is expected to continue increasing. BIM is a technology that can maximize various efficiencies by sh...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue BIM and Its Integration with Emerging Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,059 Views
19 Pages

Open BIM Standards: A Review of the Processes for Managing Existing Structures in the Pre- and Post-Earthquake Phases

  • Christian Musella,
  • Milena Serra,
  • Antonio Salzano,
  • Costantino Menna and
  • Domenico Asprone

21 November 2020

The problem of managing existing structures before and after seismic events has led to the development of many different strategies across the globe. These aim to mitigate the catastrophic effects of earthquakes on the occupants of a building, as wel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,472 Views
15 Pages

30 September 2025

Preservation of Cultural Heritage (CH) demands precise and comprehensive information representation to document, analyse, and manage assets effectively. While Building Information Modelling (BIM) facilitates as-is state documentation, challenges in s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cultural Heritage and New Technologies: NextGen Innovations in Preservation and Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
559 Views
21 Pages

Information Delivery Specification (IDS) for Digital Building Permits: An Interoperable Framework for Semi-Automated Compliance Checking and Sustainable Information Management

  • Martina Signorini,
  • Giacomo Ponzini,
  • Sara Comai,
  • Silvia Mastrolembo Ventura and ,
  • Angelo Luigi Camillo Ciribini and
  • Sonia Lupica Spagnolo
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 September 2026

The digitalisation of the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operation (AECO) sector is creating new opportunities to overcome manual, document-based building permit procedures characterised by lengthy assessments and limited traceability. D...

(This article belongs to the Section Green Building)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access

From BIM to Virtual Reality: A Systematic Review of Semantic Interoperability, Real-Time Performance and Multiobjective Optimization

  • Francisco Muñoz,
  • José Requesens,
  • Broderick Crawford,
  • Eva Ponce and ,
  • Alvaro Peña,
  • Wenceslao Palma and
  • Ricardo Soto
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

11 November 2026

Building Information Modeling (BIM) links geometry to object identities and properties, whereas virtual reality (VR) requires responsive rendering. This review examines semantic transfer, scene preparation and optimization in literature retrieved thr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computer Vision and Deep Learning: Advanced Technology and Applications into Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,164 Views
27 Pages

A Suitable Scan-to-BIM Process Using OS Software and Low-Cost Sensors: Trend, Solutions and Experimental Validation

  • Massimiliano Pepe,
  • Przemysław Klapa,
  • Andrei Crisan,
  • Ahmed Kamal Hamed Dewedar and
  • Donato Palumbo

Open-source software is transforming visualization-oriented digital documentation and conceptual BIM by lowering financial and technical barriers, enabling broader participation in the digitalization of the AEC sector. This study develops and validat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,733 Views
20 Pages

12 December 2025

Industrial deliverables in the AEC/FM sector are increasingly specified, validated, and governed by open standards. However, the machine-readable delivery specifications rarely propagate intact into the real-time collaborative 3D scene descriptions r...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,310 Views
17 Pages

24 April 2025

This work concentrates on an experimental project for the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) inside a Historic Building Information Modeling (HBIM) workflow. In particular, this evaluation was carried out by using open source solutions as co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in HBIM and Digital Twins for Cultural Heritage—from Reality to Model and Back)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,315 Views
29 Pages

Optimizing Building Sustainability: A Systematic Review of BIM-Based Decision Support Systems

  • Shervin Rahnama,
  • Eva Heinlein,
  • Sven Mackenbach and
  • Katharina Klemt-Albert

28 February 2026

In light of the climate protection goals of the Paris Agreement, optimizing the sustainability of planning processes is becoming increasingly important. Building Information Modeling (BIM) centralizes planning information for interdisciplinary evalua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
928 Views
16 Pages

Construction projects are inherently complex systems that require effective decision-making during the schematic and preliminary design stages, when major design alternatives are evaluated and a substantial proportion of project costs is determined....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Architectural Design Innovations for Health and Wellness: Leveraging AI and Digital Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
7,503 Views
16 Pages

21 December 2018

Variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems are one possible tool to meet the objective that all new buildings must be nearly zero-energy buildings by 31 December 2020. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a methodology that centralizes building const...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,184 Views
35 Pages

A Risk-Informed BIM-LCSA Framework for Lifecycle Sustainability Optimization of Bridge Infrastructure

  • Dema Munef Ahmad,
  • László Gáspár,
  • Zsolt Bencze and
  • Rana Ahmad Maya

12 August 2025

The sustainability of bridge infrastructure is becoming increasingly important due to rising environmental, economic, and social demands. However, most current assessment models remain fragmented, often overlooking the social pillar, underutilizing r...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,663 Views
22 Pages

Toolchains for Interoperable BIM Workflows in a Web-Based Integration Platform

  • Philipp Hagedorn,
  • Marlena Block,
  • Sven Zentgraf,
  • Katharina Sigalov and
  • Markus König

11 June 2022

The construction industry is characterized by the diversity of its processes, whereby persons involved in changing project communities are confronted with a changing interplay of software applications. Therefore, planning workflows, and especially th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue BIM Implementation to Meet the Changing Demands of the Construction Industry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,121 Views
23 Pages

20 December 2024

The growing complexity of urban environments and high-rise facilities presents new challenges for disaster preparedness and response, particularly when managing multiple hazards. Traditional systems that focus on single hazards are insufficient for c...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
8,588 Views
24 Pages

Smart Facility Management System Based on Open BIM and Augmented Reality Technology

  • Suwan Chung,
  • Chung-Suk Cho,
  • Jinwoo Song,
  • Kyuhyup Lee and ,
  • Seojoon Lee and
  • Soonwook Kwon
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

2 November 2021

With the wave of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the construction industry is also witnessing the application of numerous state-of-the-art technologies. Among these, augmented reality (AR) technology has the advantage of utilizing existing 3D model...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Geographic Information System and Building Information Modelling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
75 Citations
9,169 Views
19 Pages

Working with Open BIM Standards to Source Legal Spaces for a 3D Cadastre

  • Jennifer Oldfield,
  • Peter Van Oosterom,
  • Jakob Beetz and
  • Thomas F. Krijnen

Much work has already been done on how a 3D Cadastre should best be developed. An inclusive information model, the Land Administration Model (LADM ISO 19152) has been developed to provide an international framework for how this can best be done. This...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research and Development Progress in 3D Cadastral Systems)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
21,797 Views
12 Pages

From IFC to 3D Tiles: An Integrated Open-Source Solution for Visualising BIMs on Cesium

  • Yiqun Chen,
  • Erfan Shooraj,
  • Abbas Rajabifard and
  • Soheil Sabri

The 3D Tiles specification, created by Cesium, is designed for streaming massive heterogeneous three-dimensional (3D) geospatial datasets online using WebGL technology. The program has prevailed in the WebGIS community due to its ability to visualise...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Productive, Livable and Accessible Cities—The Role of 3D City Models)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,179 Views
19 Pages

Mapping Cost Intersection Through LCC, BIM, and AI: A Systematic Literature Review for Future Opportunities

  • Davide Avogaro,
  • Jacopo Cassandro,
  • Eleonora Dall’Anese,
  • Camilla Dori and ,
  • Antonio Farina and
  • Eleonora Laurini
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 September 2025

The increasing integration of digital technologies in the construction sector is transforming the processes of buildings design, management, and evaluation throughout their life cycle. Life Cycle Costing (LCC), Building Information Modeling (BIM), an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Approaches to Sustainability Management and Digital Integration in the Built Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,237 Views
18 Pages

An Interactive and Open Dashboard for BIM-Based Participatory Urban Neighborhood Management

  • Dimitra Andritsou,
  • Konstantinos Lazaridis and
  • Chryssy Potsiou

25 February 2026

The objective of this paper is to develop an adaptable and affordable technical tool for managing small urban areas. It demonstrates a low-cost, reliable, and fast method for integrating BIMs, IFC data, and GIS to support fit-for-purpose, crowdsourci...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cadastre and Land Management in Support of Sustainable Real Estate Markets—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
7,228 Views
21 Pages

21 September 2021

In recent years, Historic Building Information Modelling (HBIM) methodology has strengthened the documentation and interpretation of archaeological contexts and is regarded as a breakthrough in relation to established methodologies and analyses. Chan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 3D Virtual Reconstruction for Archaeological Sites)

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