A review of integrated applications of BIM and related technologies in whole building life cycle

Meng, Qing-Feng; Zhang, Yifan; Li, Zhen; Shi, Weixiang; Wang, Jun; Sun, Yanhui; Xu, Li; Wang, Xiangyu

doi:10.1108/ecam-09-2019-0511

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“…While contemporary research studies now argue for the need of whole-of-life cycle BIM [19,20] covering the planning, design, construction and facility management phases, a clear research gap in terms of understanding BIM maturity across the whole-of-building life cycle has been reported [11,20].…”

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An Actor–Network Approach to Developing a Life Cycle BIM Maturity Model (LCBMM)

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Building information modelling (BIM) has considerable potential for addressing sustainability issues in construction, but its benefits can be constrained by the failure to adopt BIM across the full project life cycle. Systematic whole-of-life BIM adoption can be supported by maturity models, but most models are limited by a lack of theoretical grounding, socio-technical dichotomies and the failure to adequately consider the full asset life cycle, often by overlooking the operations phase. This study aims to (1) develop a BIM maturity model that addresses these limitations by (2) using an in-depth analysis of an early adopter case study, thus addressing the lack of empirical research in BIM adoption experiences. A single interpretive research study was conducted to qualitatively analyse a US-based university. The data were gathered through interviews, field visits and document analysis. Actor–network theory (ANT) concepts scaffolded the analytical approach. The findings show that a complex BIM socio-technical network emerged, developed and converged during the project management stage but struggled to achieve durability as an ongoing solution to facilities management. By analysing the elements of success and failure across each stage, the researchers distilled five key lessons to achieve whole-of-life BIM maturity and proposed a life cycle BIM maturity model (LCBMM) supported by a practice guide.

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An Actor–Network Approach to Developing a Life Cycle BIM Maturity Model (LCBMM)

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“…As CA covers a wide range of applications and technologies, it is important to define which technologies are grouped under this umbrella. The analysis of relevant and recent literature focused on emerging technologies and trends (Davila Delgado et al, 2019;Gerber et al, 2017;Meng et al, 2020;Nof, 2009;Oesterreich and Teuteberg, 2016;Saidi et al, 2016;Sawhney et al, 2020) allowed the authors to categorize CA according to the technologies presented in Table 1.…”

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A review on the interactions of robotic systems and lean principles in offsite construction

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PurposeThe purpose is two-fold: (1) to explore the interactions of robotic systems and lean construction in the context of offsite construction (OC) that were addressed in the literature published between 2008 and 2019 and (2) to identify the gaps in such interactions while discussing how addressing those gaps can benefit not only OC but the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry as a whole.Design/methodology/approachFirst, a systematic literature review (SLR) identified journal papers addressing the interactions of automation and lean in OC. Then, the researchers focused the analysis on the under-researched subtopic of robotic systems. The focused analysis includes discussing the interactions identified in the SLR through a matrix of interactions and utilizing literature beyond the previously identified articles for future research directions on robotic systems and lean construction in OC.FindingsThe study found 35 journal papers that addressed automation and lean in the context of OC. Most of the identified literature focused on interactions of BIM and lean construction, while only nine focused on the interactions of robotic systems and lean construction. Identified literature related to robotic systems mainly addressed robots and automated equipment. Additional interactions were identified in the realm of wearable devices, unmanned aerial vehicles/automated guided vehicles and digital fabrication/computer numerical control (CNC) machines.Originality/valueThis is one of the first studies dedicated to exploring the interactions of robotic systems and lean construction in OC. Also, it proposes a categorization for construction automation and a matrix of interactions between construction automation and lean construction.

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“…Shirowzhan et al [27] presented a systematic search of papers from 2012 to 2015, retrieved from the Scopus database, to analyze BIM compatibility issues. Meng et al [52] performed a bibliometric analysis of papers published in 2020 retrieved from the Scopus and Google Scholar databases to reveal the most relevant issues related to building life cycle management, technology application and integration. Carvalho et al [53] investigated BIM integration solutions with tools such as BREEAM, LEED and SBTool, in order to evaluate the performance of buildings and projects; the results were presented in papers published over a ten-year period from 2009 to 2019.…”

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“…Solaimani and Sedighi [55] performed a systematic literature review of papers focused on sustainability and lean and green construction, published in the Scopus database from 1998 to 2017. In most reviews, the articles were retrieved from a single database, mainly from WoS [29,32,[52][53][54] or Scopus [15,16,20,27,55]. A few referred to Google Scholar [16,17,52] or Proquest [20].…”

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How BIM Contributes to a Building’s Energy Efficiency throughout Its Whole Life Cycle: Systematic Mapping

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This paper presents a systematic mapping (SM) study with the aim to determine how Building Information Modeling (BIM) methodologies and technologies contribute to energy-related analyses over the course of the entire building life cycle. The method adopted in the study is based on a set of seven research questions. We used a mixed technique combining co-citation analysis and bibliographic coupling in order to analyze the publications’ datasets for the period 2010–2020. The main advantage and novelty of this study are that the joint dataset from the Scopus and Web of Science databases was used to develop the keyword map. The main findings of this study indicate that many BIM-based applications can be used to analyze the building energy performance at all stages of the building life cycle. However, the applications of BIM in conjunction with other information technologies are limited and are still in the initial stage. In the future, the main improvements should be focused on process, model, system, tool, use and information modeling. The most promising long-term solution is an open BIM framework based on open standards, which allows the integration of BIM and energy simulation tools and satisfies specific data exchange requirements.

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A review of integrated applications of BIM and related technologies in whole building life cycle

Cited by 55 publications

References 185 publications

An Actor–Network Approach to Developing a Life Cycle BIM Maturity Model (LCBMM)

An Actor–Network Approach to Developing a Life Cycle BIM Maturity Model (LCBMM)

A review on the interactions of robotic systems and lean principles in offsite construction

How BIM Contributes to a Building’s Energy Efficiency throughout Its Whole Life Cycle: Systematic Mapping

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