Zhang, S; Pan, F; Wang, C; Sun, Y and Wang, H (2017) BIM-based collaboration platform for the management of EPC projects in hydropower engineering. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(12): 04017087, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts are becoming the most common form of contracting in the hydropower trade for large-scale hydropower projects. Because of an increase in the complexity, variability, and uncertainty in hydropower engineering, project participants and stakeholders are increasingly cooperating in a collaboration network, which enables them to share risks, information, and resources as well as explore new experiences to jointly participate in the management of large-scale projects. Thus, this paper proposes a new methodology for the collaborative management of hydropower EPC (hydroEPC) projects using building information modeling (BIM) technology. In this paper, a work model of collaborative management using BIM technology for hydroEPC projects is introduced, and a BIM-based collaboration platform for the management of hydroEPC projects is developed using a three-tier architecture and web technologies, whose functions are implemented in five modules, including a model creation module, model management module, collaboration management module, workflow management module, and system administration module. The prototype system is applied in a selected case study of an ongoing project in southwest China to demonstrate the effectiveness of collaboration in a BIM environment. The results demonstrate that the prototype system can be used as a visual BIM-based collaborative management platform using BIM technology.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building information modeling; collaboration work; engineering, procurement, and construction; hydropower engineering; information technologies; project management |
| Index terms: | case study, hydropower project, becoming, platform, building information modelling, module, effectiveness, variability, project management, collaborative management, prototype, methodology, collaboration, complexity, information technology, China, workflow |
| Subjects: | construction type, data collection methods, computing systems, modelling and simulation, architectural elements, management, performance management, research methods, Geography, project management theory and practice, digital design, philosophical process, statistical analysis, systems engineering, information systems |
| Topics: | Organizational Design, Quality Management, Design Practice, Digital Applications, Construction Technology, Project Management, Geographical Context, Research Practice, Engineering Principles, Business Strategy |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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