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BIM Applications for Construction Sustainability

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 11099

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Sanjeev Adhikari

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Department of Construction Management, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA 30060, USA
Interests: sustainable design and construction; virtual reality; augmented reality; building information modeling; virtual design and construction; construction education; construction 4.0
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Dear Colleagues,

Building the information model has created a based process that gives architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals the insight and tools to more efficiently plan, design, construct, and manage buildings and infrastructure. Building information modeling (BIM) 3D can create animations, renderings, and walkthroughs of the existing model. Integrating BIM with construction sequencing (4D) simulation models benefits participants in terms of planning optimization. Contractors can optimize their construction activities and team coordination. BIM 4D will be able to analyze a) project phasing simulations, b) lean scheduling, and c) just in time (JIT) in this project. BIM cost applications can explore a) real-time conceptual modeling and cost planning, b) quantity extraction to support detailed cost estimates, and c) trade verifications from fabrication models, and d) value engineering at this project. BIM sustainability can analyze a) conceptual energy analysis, b) detailed energy analysis c) sustainable element tracking, and d) LEED tracking in this project. BIM facility management application can analyze a) life cycle BIM strategies, b) BIM As-Builts, c) BIM embedded O&M manuals, and d) data population and extraction.

Building information modeling can facilitate collaborative design and provide new opportunities for planning sustainable buildings. Besides, BIM can provide the basis for building performance simulation with environmental evaluation at the different phases of building use. The costs of construction throughout the life cycle can also be easily calculated based on BIM. The potential of BIM for sustainable construction still has many challenges regarding applying BIM-based environmental performance assessment and optimization on a large scale, since digital technology is rapidly advancing in construction applications, and many sustainability challenges are not adequately addressed. This Special Issue welcomes all technical endeavors, technology developments, case studies, empirical investigations, and experimentations related to building information modeling applications for sustainable construction. Sustainability concerns, social issues, and economic benefits linked to BIM technologies in the AEC industry will be addressed.

The scope of the work includes but is not limited to the following:

BIM-based innovations and sustainability;

BIM-based estimating;

BIM-based scheduling;

BIM-based facility management;

Digital technologies and lean construction;

Green infrastructure and construction;

Automation and robotics;

Life cycle assessment (LCA) and/or life cycle costing (LCC);

Building performance simulation;

Building energy simulation;

Building certification/sustainability assessments;

Visualization and design integration;

API tool development and a parametric scripting.

Dr. Sanjeev Adhikari
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • building information modelling (BIM)
  • innovations and sustainability
  • digital technologies
  • lean construction
  • sustainable construction methods
  • sustainable construction
  • building performance simulation
  • parametric design
  • BIM estimation
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) scheduling
  • digital twins

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The Role of BIM in Integrating Digital Twin in Building Construction: A Literature Review
by Tran Duong Nguyen and Sanjeev Adhikari
Sustainability 2023, 15(13), 10462; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su151310462 - 03 Jul 2023
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Today, construction is essential to every economy since it employs many workers and significantly contributes to GDP. The construction industry’s efficiency has lagged behind other industries for decades due to low productivity, a lack of research, and poor adoption of advancements. Fortunately, the [...] Read more.
Today, construction is essential to every economy since it employs many workers and significantly contributes to GDP. The construction industry’s efficiency has lagged behind other industries for decades due to low productivity, a lack of research, and poor adoption of advancements. Fortunately, the successful development of digital technologies such as Digital Twin (DT) has facilitated growth in many sectors, and DT has the potential to address challenges in building construction projects. While DT is a virtual replica that provides real-time data and analysis of a physical asset to optimize its performance, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a collaborative process for creating, managing, and exchanging information throughout a construction project. BIM is the most efficient way to create an accurate, high-value DT and support industry transformation. An integrated DT and BIM platform can improve building design, construction, and performance in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sectors. Based on a literature review, this research aims to clarify and differentiate DT from other advanced 3D modeling technologies, such as BIM. Related publications from articles about DT and BIM in the construction industry were selected, identified, and organized after careful research of the relevant scientific databases. The research has three primary objectives: (1) to examine the present applications of DT and BIM in the construction industry; (2) to emphasize the similarities and differences between the two; and (3) to develop solutions and design methods for BIM and DT integration in building construction. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue BIM Applications for Construction Sustainability)
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Rapid Environmental Assessment of Buildings: Linking Environmental and Cost Estimating Databases
by Marie Nehasilová, Antonín Lupíšek, Petra Lupíšková Coufalová, Tomáš Kupsa, Jakub Veselka, Barbora Vlasatá, Julie Železná, Pavla Kunová and Martin Volf
Sustainability 2022, 14(17), 10928; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su141710928 - 01 Sep 2022
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Life cycle assessment (LCA) has become an important part of building design optimization. Design studios need tools that make the LCA of buildings faster and simple, and provide results that allow comparison between variants. The objective of this study was to show the [...] Read more.
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has become an important part of building design optimization. Design studios need tools that make the LCA of buildings faster and simple, and provide results that allow comparison between variants. The objective of this study was to show the possibility of LCA data integration into the existing building design tool, the DEK Building Library, which is already widely used in the Czech Republic, by connecting it to 1200 items of the largest Czech cost-estimating database, and the application of this connection into building information modeling (BIM) tools. This process also included the large-scale adaptation of 160 relevant LCA data. The main result was obtained using EnviBIM, a freely accessible BIM plugin, as well as a web interface that allows users to receive cradle-to-gate environmental impacts of DEK Building Library elements. Additionally, a semi-automated algorithms system for different groups of building materials and elements named EnviDataGenerator was developed in MS Excel, which enables the consistent linking of LCA data to the cost-estimating database items. This allows EnviBIM extensions and upgrades. The EnviBIM module was validated using case studies of three buildings modeled in ArchiCAD and REVIT. The difference in results compared to the manual calculation was 3.1% to 10.9%, which was considered a success. Full article
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Investigation on Maintenance Technology of Large-Scale Public Venues Based on BIM Technology
by Tingchen Fang, Yiming Zhao, Jian Gong, Feiliang Wang and Jian Yang
Sustainability 2021, 13(14), 7937; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13147937 - 16 Jul 2021
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Recently, the digital operation and maintenance of large-scale public venues have received increasing attention. The traditional building automation system (BAS), which can only provide information in a non-visualized way, is incapable of meeting the complex requirements of modern operation and maintenance. Therefore, a [...] Read more.
Recently, the digital operation and maintenance of large-scale public venues have received increasing attention. The traditional building automation system (BAS), which can only provide information in a non-visualized way, is incapable of meeting the complex requirements of modern operation and maintenance. Therefore, a 3D-based building information modeling (BIM) technology is needed to improve operation and maintenance efficiency. In the paper, a BAS-to-BIM combined strategy is introduced, and the BIM-based maintenance object framework for large-scale public venues is re-built. The conversion method and lightweight method for the BIM maintenance model are introduced and a new type of public protocol, which can be used to attain a unified protocol layer that serves the BIM model, is proposed. In addition, this article presents the application of technologies, such as virtual/mixed reality, to improve the convenience of operation and maintenance. Finally, a practical project of a snow-sports stadium is given as an example to elaborate on the benefit of the proposed method. It indicates that the functions, for example, information integration, visualization, and positioning, introduced by BIM technology can effectively improve the quality and efficiency of project operation and maintenance. Full article
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