Alothman, A and Vilventhan, A (2025) Development of building information model-enabled facility management for metro rail stations. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(3): 05024018, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
The facility management (FM) of the metro rail is a complex and challenging task due to numerous station facilities, their operational interdependencies, and limited historical maintenance data. While there have been a few studies on building information modeling (BIM) implementation for metro rail projects (MRPs), BIM-enabled FM for MRP studies are still limited. This study aims to develop a BIM-enabled FM workflow to transform the traditional project delivery process (TPDP) into a digital project delivery process (DPDP) for MRP leveraging open standards from the Industry Foundation Class (IFC) as a data exchange format. The workflow developed was validated using a case study of a metro rail station and its application was evaluated. The findings of the evaluation highlight that the workflow developed was highly applicable for maintenance tracking and document management of station facilities. The main contribution of this research is that the workflow developed addresses the challenges associated with TPDP, enables digital data transfer and interoperability, and enhances facility information retrieval and bidirectional communication within the BIM-enabled FM platform.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building information modeling; digital handover; facility management; industry foundation classes; metro rail project |
| Index terms: | industry foundation classes, implementation, project delivery, information retrieval, interoperability, data exchange, building information modelling, case study, platform, metro rail station, workflow, railway construction |
| Subjects: | infrastructure and transport systems, information systems, systems and processes, data management, management, data exchange, civil engineering, project delivery, data collection methods, digital design, contractual arrangements, computational design |
| Topics: | Engineering Principles, Procurement, Digital Applications, Business Strategy, Research Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCE |
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