BIM-Based Life Cycle Assessment and Costing of Buildings: Current Trends and Opportunities

Nwodo, Martin N.; Anumba, Chimay J.; Asadi, Somayeh

doi:10.1061/9780784480847.007

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“…At the same time, the LCA stresses elements of buildings and the effect of materials adopted on the environment in the structure's life cycle [7,22]. However, LCA places lesser emphasis on socio-cultural attributes while concentrating on the amount of energy utilised by the building and quantity of emissions from carbon releasing materials and elements but would need other multi-criteria assessment tools to improve its usefulness [2,23].…”

Section: Methods and Tools For Buildings Environmental Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCA) is a common and standardised method of eliminating emissions from buildings that are dangerous to the environment. It is a generally used interdisciplinary method used in assessing the impact of the environment's activities and processes [2,3,7,15]. It includes an examination of the effect of construction materials in the AEC supply chain on the environment, regarded as the represented effect of the buildings' sustainability decisions on the environment.…”

Section: Life Cycle Sustainable Assessment (Lca)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…By adopting LCA to assess sustainability, the utilisation of materials and energy is identified and measured across the product's lifecycle, which includes "extraction, processing, manufacturing, transportation, use, reuse, maintenance, recycling or final disposal" [2,16,17] Nwodo et al mentioned that the LCA's main focus is on reducing environmental effects, reduction in carbon emissions of building properties, energy optimisation, and cost effectiveness. Furthermore, it can aid decision making by comparing the embodied and operational impact of different tools [2,18,19]; differentiating construction materials based on their physical properties, such as strength, is critical to the LCA process but would require a life cycle inventory (LCI) database [8]. Other factors such as environmental cost, the significance of the cost, and resource depletion potential must be factored in [8,20].…”

Section: Life Cycle Sustainable Assessment (Lca)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Amidst the global discourse on sustainability and environmental wellness of the earth, the impact of building materials and methods on environmental sustainability, asides from being a source of concern, is attracting more attention [1,2]. The effect of greenhouse gases (GHG) on the health and safety of people and the environment has necessitated urgent studies on availing better and sustainable development methods and approaches.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Barriers to BIM-Based Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Buildings: An Interpretive Structural Modelling Approach

Onososen

Musonda

2022

Buildings

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With the emergence of Building Information Modelling (BIM) as central to construction design, planning, execution and maintenance, integration into the entire infrastructure sustainability process is imperative for achieving sustainable development. Despite its immense benefit of aiding compliance to sustainable construction, potential barriers continue to widen the gap in implementation. Therefore, this study adopts the “interpretive structural modelling approach” to advance a ranked structure of the interrelatedness of the barriers to integrating BIM in buildings sustainability assessment. The “Matrice d’Impacts croises-multipication applique a classement analysis (MICMAC)” was utilised to categorise the identified adoption barriers in the model. The identified barriers and relationship with themselves are valuable in discussing the challenges to BIM-based LCA and developing policies and design decisions to drive the process further. Further, it adds to the emerging discussion of BIM from the life cycle sustainability assessment perspective for infrastructure. The findings are critical for policy, stakeholders and extending the body of knowledge.

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Section: Methods and Tools For Buildings Environmental Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Barriers to BIM-Based Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Buildings: An Interpretive Structural Modelling Approach

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Musonda

2022

Buildings

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“…However, no sufficient effort has been placed in providing a holistic BIM solution encompassing all the life-cycle functions (Hallberg and Tarandi, 2011). Nwodo et al (2017) identified challenges in BIM for life-cycle assessment at early stages, highlighting the disconnect between BIM for design and whole life-cycle.…”

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BIM solutions for construction lifecycle: A myth or a tangible future?

Papadonikolaki¹,

Leon²,

Mahamadu³

2018

eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction

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Building information Modelling (BIM) lies at the centre of construction industry's interest nowadays, with a revolutionary impact on the ways that professionals work, collaborate and conduct business. The application of BIM is not as straightforward as it sounds though, with numerous software solutions available, various implementation processes across the project lifecycle, which challenges the interoperability and how information flows throughout the various project stages. This paper performs and presents a systematic review of the BIM software landscape currently available for the construction industry across the various project phases and in alignment with the 2013 RIBA Plan of Works. A gap analysis is conducted among these BIM solutions to examine the different software application areas, software architecture, interoperability possibilities, accessibility and affordability, by applying descriptive statistics. Surprisingly, the BIM software ecosystem is fragmented across the different project stages and highly proprietary and further hindered by the large number of specialised and highly sophisticated solutions addressed to advanced computer users. To this end, the paper aims to inform the industry's stakeholders, policy makers and software vendors, while shedding light on the extent that sophisticated BIM solutions can be disseminated to the market.

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Life Cycle and Sustainability: Concepts and Keywords

Thiébat

2019

Life Cycle Design

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BIM-Based Life Cycle Assessment and Costing of Buildings: Current Trends and Opportunities

Cited by 14 publications

References 19 publications

Barriers to BIM-Based Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Buildings: An Interpretive Structural Modelling Approach

Barriers to BIM-Based Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Buildings: An Interpretive Structural Modelling Approach

BIM solutions for construction lifecycle: A myth or a tangible future?

Life Cycle and Sustainability: Concepts and Keywords

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