Publicação
BIM as a tool to support the collaborative project between the structural engineer and the architect: BIM execution plan, education and promotional initiatives
| Resumo: | Building Information Modeling (BIM) is considered to be one of the emerging trends in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, being expected to decrease the inefficiencies concerning the project delivery process. This concept provides an innovate holistic methodology on executing projects, by integrating a set of collaborative policies and technologies which enable to materialize the managing of the building design and project data through a digital format throughout the building´s lifecycle. Over the last few years, various governments have traced strategic implementation approaches to effectively introduce the BIM methodology under a collaborative environment for all national projects, foreseeing the paramount impact of its applicability in the construction sector. The uprising request of BIM allied with the current process of globalization for the construction sector have aroused the AEC firms to the inevitability of implementing BIM in their work procedures, to enhance their international competiveness. However, several barriers have been detected contributing to the slower adoption of BIM, where the lack of personnel with BIM competencies is considered one the most significant constraints. Furthermore, although many standards relevant to BIM exist, it is suggested that there is an absence of implementation guidelines into which those standards could be incorporated for project teams to follow. Acknowledging these needs, the present work has the generic aim to contribute to the implementation of the BIM methodology among the stakeholders of the AEC industry. Its core ambition is the proposal of a BIM Execution Plan (BEP) framework in which a set of methodologies are compiled to enable project teams on strategizing the implementation of a BIM collaborative working procedure throughout the whole project process. The suggested BEP framework is based on a rigorous process of benchmarking regarding the most reputable BIM standards/execution plans and established interviews with distinguished AEC professionals regarding the fields of architecture, engineering and BIM. In addition, a case study was performed where the practical application of the proposed implementation methodologies regarding the collaborative workflows in BIM between the architect and structural engineer, were analysed. Complementary to the produced BEP framework, a series of initiatives concerning the promotion of the BIM concept and a BIM curricular unit, which are integrated in the strategy assumed by the University of Minho, are developed and analysed with the intent to demonstrate the importance of education as an active agent on BIM implementation. |
|---|---|
| Autores principais: | Caires, Bruno Emanuel Araújo |
| Assunto: | Building information modeling (BIM) Collaborative project BIM execution plan (BEP) BIM education Projeto colaborativo Educação BIM |
| Ano: | 2013 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | Building Information Modeling (BIM) is considered to be one of the emerging trends in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, being expected to decrease the inefficiencies concerning the project delivery process. This concept provides an innovate holistic methodology on executing projects, by integrating a set of collaborative policies and technologies which enable to materialize the managing of the building design and project data through a digital format throughout the building´s lifecycle. Over the last few years, various governments have traced strategic implementation approaches to effectively introduce the BIM methodology under a collaborative environment for all national projects, foreseeing the paramount impact of its applicability in the construction sector. The uprising request of BIM allied with the current process of globalization for the construction sector have aroused the AEC firms to the inevitability of implementing BIM in their work procedures, to enhance their international competiveness. However, several barriers have been detected contributing to the slower adoption of BIM, where the lack of personnel with BIM competencies is considered one the most significant constraints. Furthermore, although many standards relevant to BIM exist, it is suggested that there is an absence of implementation guidelines into which those standards could be incorporated for project teams to follow. Acknowledging these needs, the present work has the generic aim to contribute to the implementation of the BIM methodology among the stakeholders of the AEC industry. Its core ambition is the proposal of a BIM Execution Plan (BEP) framework in which a set of methodologies are compiled to enable project teams on strategizing the implementation of a BIM collaborative working procedure throughout the whole project process. The suggested BEP framework is based on a rigorous process of benchmarking regarding the most reputable BIM standards/execution plans and established interviews with distinguished AEC professionals regarding the fields of architecture, engineering and BIM. In addition, a case study was performed where the practical application of the proposed implementation methodologies regarding the collaborative workflows in BIM between the architect and structural engineer, were analysed. Complementary to the produced BEP framework, a series of initiatives concerning the promotion of the BIM concept and a BIM curricular unit, which are integrated in the strategy assumed by the University of Minho, are developed and analysed with the intent to demonstrate the importance of education as an active agent on BIM implementation. |
|---|