Exploring how information exchanges can be enhanced through Cloud BIM

Redmond, Alan; Hore, Alan; Alshawi, Mustafa; West, Roger

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2012.02.003

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“…There are three major benefits commonly addressed amongst researchers and practitioners such as: a) Design Optimization, b) Efficiency Improvement (Effective Project Information Management) and c) Sustainability Enhancement (Redmond, 2012;BSI, 2010;Grilo and Jardim-Goncalves, 2010;Sacks et al, 2010). According to the government report (Government Construction Client Group, 2011), the current measured benefit of BIM is about 38% reduction of total construction project cost, and 19% to 40% cost reduction is expected from design stage alone.…”

Section: Bim For Housing Refurbishment Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

BIM Feasibility Study For Housing Refurbishment Projects In The UK

Kim

Park

2013

OTMCJ

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Current existing UK housing stock is responsible for 27% of UK CO2 emission. Refurbishing this housing stock can contribute to the 80% CO2 reduction by 2050 as a UK government target. However, there are barriers to refurbish a house due to high initial cost and lack of knowledge and skills in construction sector. To accomplish the CO2 reduction target, BIM should be utilized because BIM is capable of coping with current barriers. Furthermore the UK government mandates public sector to adopt BIM for construction projects from 2016. Hence, this research aims to explore the feasibilities of BIM adoption for housing refurbishment. This research consists of a desk study, web-based questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews. The data search used mostly public statistics and government reports. The target for questionnaire survey was chosen from local authorities, architects and constructors, construction professional organizations, and BIM software developers as a focused group. The web-based questionnaire was comprised of 16 questions, and it was distributed to 100 construction professionals via email. The findings revealed that the BIM adoption for housing refurbishment projects is feasible and timely, although the clients' demand and BIM penetration in the housing sector is low. This research identified that the benefits of BIM should be understood by stakeholders to increase BIM awareness and demand. In addition, BIM education and financial supports were identified as the most critical steps for encouraging BIM adoption. Furthermore, the construction professionals are aware of the benefits of BIM whether they are engaged in BIM or not. Keywords Building InformationModelling ( o r g a n i z a t i o n , t e c h n o l o g y a n d m a n a g e m e n t i n c o n s t r u c t i o n · a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l j o u r n a l · 6(2)2013 766

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Section: Bim For Housing Refurbishment Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

BIM Feasibility Study For Housing Refurbishment Projects In The UK

Kim

Park

2013

OTMCJ

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“…It is also possible to combine information from different web APIs to create a hybrid of new graphical interface, called mashups, with better visualisation and aggregation [9]. Lack of standardized APIs is identified as one the major challenges of the current evolution of the internet service delivery of cloud computing [10] which is currently being explored in distributed synchronous and asynchronous exchange/management of BIM data [11,12]. Cloud computing targets the provision of reliable and scalable on-demand computing services at distributed environments but there is yet to be a generally acceptable design guideline to tailor the APIs and usage model of providers.…”

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Structural sustainability appraisal in BIM

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Tizani

Abanda

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Automation in Construction

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The provision of Application Programming Interface (API) in BIM-enable tools can contribute to facilitating BIM-related research. APIs are useful links for running plug-ins and external programmes but they are yet to be fully exploited in expanding the BIM scope. The modelling of n-Dimensional (nD) building performance measures can potentially benefit from BIM extension through API implementations. Sustainability is one such measure associated with buildings. For the structural engineer, recent design criteria have put great emphasis on the sustainability credentials as part of the traditional criteria of structural integrity, constructability and cost. This paper examines the utilization of API in BIM extension and presents a demonstration of an API application to embed sustainability issues into the appraisal process of structural conceptual design options in BIM. It concludes that API implementations are useful in expanding the BIM scope. Also, the approach including process modelling, algorithms and object-based instantiations demonstrated in the API implementation can be applicable to other nD building performance measures as may be relevant to the various professional platforms in the construction domain.

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“…It is apparent that BIM has become a central issue in the UK construction industry and will be mandatory for public sector projects by 2016 [38]. There are three major benefits commonly addressed in the literature [39][40][41][42][43]:…”

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Essential BIM Input Data Study for Housing Refurbishment: Homeowners’ Preferences in the UK

Park

Kim

2014

Buildings

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Construction customers are persistently seeking to achieve sustainability and maximize value as sustainability has become a major consideration in the construction industry. In particular, it is essential to refurbish a whole house to achieve the sustainability agenda of 80% CO2 reduction by 2050 as the housing sector accounts for 28% of the total UK CO2 emission. However, whole house refurbishment seems to be challenging due to the highly fragmented nature of construction practice, which makes the integration of diverse information throughout the project lifecycle difficult. Consequently, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore in order to manage construction projects in a collaborative manner, although the current uptake of the housing sector is low at 25%. This research aims to investigate homeowners' decision making factors for housing refurbishment projects and to provide a valuable dataset as an essential input to BIM for such projects. One-hundred and twelve homeowners and 39 construction professionals involved in UK housing refurbishment were surveyed. It was revealed that homeowners value initial cost more while construction professionals value thermal performance. The results supported that homeowners and professionals both considered the first priority to be roof refurbishment. This research revealed that BIM requires a proper BIM dataset and objects for housing refurbishment.

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Exploring how information exchanges can be enhanced through Cloud BIM

Cited by 229 publications

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BIM Feasibility Study For Housing Refurbishment Projects In The UK

BIM Feasibility Study For Housing Refurbishment Projects In The UK

Structural sustainability appraisal in BIM

Essential BIM Input Data Study for Housing Refurbishment: Homeowners’ Preferences in the UK

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