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0000-0002-2539-4902
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Glasgow Caledonian University
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Northumbria University
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Publisher: Thomas Telford Ltd.
Date: 10-2017
Abstract: Despite the availability of Building Information Modelling (BIM) technologies for well over a decade now, their wide-scale adoption has been largely limited to the design stage for model authoring. The ultimate benefits from BIM have so far eluded the wider stakeholders at the project level and ultimately the end clients in any significant way. It is now accepted that the BIM technologies, on their own, would never achieve the overall benefits for the end clients as they potentially could. To address this, level 2 (L2) BIM has been proposed as an approach to BIM-based asset procurement as a set of processes, standards and contractual protocols for effective information management throughout the life cycle of an asset. This paper presents the implementation of the L2 BIM approach for a large asset-owning organisation, NHS Scotland. An approach for the application of current knowledge on L2 BIM in a practical scenario with a view to it being replicable by other organisations is proposed. A set of challenges that may arise in practice and pointers on how to address them are also outlined. In addition, a stepped approach for transition from level 1 to level 2 BIM is also suggested.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2018
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-1990
Publisher: University College Dublin
Date: 26-07-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2023
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Date: 11-2020
Publisher: University of Turin
Date: 24-07-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-1993
Publisher: Thomas Telford Ltd.
Date: 04-2017
Abstract: The training, development and routes to charteredship of building design engineers have undergone a major transformation in recent years. Additionally, the duration and quality of site experience being gained by designers is reducing. While accident causation is often complex, previous research shows a potential link between design and construction accidents. The effectiveness of the UK’s Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations is being questioned, and designers regularly do not recognise the impact they can make on site safety. A newly developed hazard perception test was used to determine if students and design practitioners are able to identify hazards in designs and to establish if site experience impacts hazard identification. The results of the tests show an association between the ability to identify and mitigate hazards and possession of site experience. The results provide empirical evidence that supports previous anecdotal evidence. The results also question if the design engineers of today are suitably equipped to fulfil the designer’s responsibilities under the CDM Regulations.
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 22-07-2021
Abstract: Facilitating the information exchange and interoperability between stakeholders during the life-cycle of an asset can be one of the fundamental necessities for developing an enhanced information exchange framework. Such a framework can also improve the successful accomplishment of building projects. This paper aims to use Semantic Web technologies for facilitating information exchange within existing building projects. In real-world building projects, the construction industry’s information supply chain may initiate from near scratch when new building projects are started resulting in erse data structures represented in unstructured data sources, like Excel spreadsheets and documents. Large-scale data generated throughout a building's life-cycle requires exchanging and processing during an asset's Operation and Maintenance (O& M) phase. Building information modelling (BIM) processes and related technologies can address some of the challenges and limitations of information exchange and interoperability within new building projects. However, the use of BIM in existing and retrofit assets has been h ered by the challenges surrounding the limitations of existing technologies. The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly, it briefly outlines the framework previously developed for generating semantically enriched 3D retrofit models. Secondly, a framework is proposed focussing on facilitating the information exchange and interoperability for existing buildings. Semantic Web technologies and standards, such as Web Ontology Language and existing AEC domain ontologies are used to enhance and improve the proposed framework. The proposed framework is evaluated by implementing an ex le application and the Resource Description Framework data produced by the previously developed framework. The proposed approach makes a valuable contribution to the asset/facilities management (AM/FM) domain. It should be of interest to various FM practices for existing assets, such as the building information/knowledge management for design, construction and O& M stages of an asset’s life-cycle.
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 10-2016
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 02-09-2021
Publisher: International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction
Date: 13-10-2020
DOI: 10.36680/J.ITCON.2020.028
Abstract: Research has shown that up to half of construction accidents in the UK had a link with design. The UK’s Construction, Design and Management Regulations, (CDM, 2015) place duties on designers of construction projects to consider the health and safety implications of their designs. However, the majority of designers fail to recognise the impact on health and safety that they can make. Previous work shows that visual methods have been used to develop shared mental models of construction safety and health hazards in construction and design teams. Potentially, these methods could also include links to alternative construction processes that may be utilized by designers to reduce the inherent hazards in the design, thereby enhancing their knowledge of construction and maintenance processes from the very people who are affected by the designs. The study reported in this paper aims to improve how designers involved in construction projects learn about how their design influences the management of occupational health and safety at the construction stage. The proposed approach involves the development of a multi-media digital tool for educating and assisting designers on typical design-related hazards. This prototype tool was used in an intervention study with novice and experienced designers, split evenly between experimental and control groups. These groups were assessed via a novel hazard test using fictitious Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawings. The results showed all experimental groups outperformed control groups, with the novice groups demonstrating the greatest increase in both hazards spotted and quality of alternative options recommended. Current research in this area promotes automated design systems for designers using Building Information Modelling (BIM). However, the research presented here advocates keeping the ‘human’ in control while supplementing designers’ knowledge with tacit knowledge gained from interaction from the developed digital tool, so that they can make informed design decisions potentially leading to safer designs.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-1993
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2001
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Date: 28-05-2015
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Date: 07-1999
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 14-07-2020
Publisher: International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction
Date: 04-11-2021
DOI: 10.36680/J.ITCON.2021.045
Abstract: Recently, the concept of Digital Twin [DT] has pervaded the field of urban planning and city infrastructure management. This paper first affirms that the knowledge created by virtue of DT real-world implementation, through undertaking various DT pilot projects, case studies and proof-of-concept initiatives, comprises the ‘know-how’ and genuine practical experience upon which the DT research and practices can further develop and mature. It then argues that this type of knowledge is poorly captured and mostly left neither realized nor fully utilized. This significantly hinders the rate by which DT practices within the urban and built environments evolve. While acknowledging the benefits of the ongoing work by many DT researchers, including enumeration, categorization and detailing of multiple DT use cases, such endeavours arguably suffer from three profound weaknesses causing the inefficient sharing and transfer of DT ‘know-how’ knowledge amongst DT stakeholders. The three limitations are: (a) lack of DT standard terminology constituting a common DT language (b) lack of standard and clear methods to enable documenting DT projects and making the ‘know-how’ explicit to the rest of the DT market and (c) the lack of an established and adequate DT use cases classifications system to guide DT practitioners in searching for and retrieving the previously accomplished DT case studies that are most relevant to their interests and context. Correspondingly, three solutions are proposed constituting a three-pronged DT Uses Classification System [DTUCS]: prong-A (i.e. Standardize-to-Publish) prong-B (i.e. Detail-to-Prove) and prong-C (i.e. Classify-to-Reach). DTUCS is developed using a meta-methodology encapsulating a systematic literature review and three distinct sub-methodologies. The paper concludes with an overview of the implications of DTUCS along with recommendations on how it can be further validated and improved.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-1989
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-1988
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 10-2012
DOI: 10.4018/IJ3DIM.2012100101
Abstract: As is common knowledge now, in 2016 it will be mandatory to use BIM on all public sector projects. This has clearly spurned a lot of interest in BIM within the construction industry. However, the industry appears to be struggling to find its feet as to what it needs to have in place before BIM based projects become a reality. Uses of BIM technology and associated processes have been categorized into 3 levels and the 2016 requirement is for Level 2 implementations only. This paper outlines the requirements of level 2 BIM implementation and assesses the status of the industry as a whole as to its readiness. There are various pre-requisites that need to be in place, mostly in relation to process protocols and standards. This paper gives an understanding of the roadmap that needs to be traversed in order to be ready for BIM. This paper presents an outline of the UK Government’s requirements for 2016 before discussing and assessing the UK construction industry’s readiness. Finally, the paper gives an outline of what needs to be in place for the government’s ambitions to be achieved as well as a summary of some of the challenges along the way and possible ways of addressing some of them.
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Date: 10-2000
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Date: 03-2023
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2020
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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