Soares, Bruno Cesarino (2021) Use of building information modeling to support built environment management. PhD thesis, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Abstract
The research aims to evaluate the use of construction information modeling (BIM) to support the management of projects involving the built environment. BIM modelling generates digital representations of the information used in a construction. BIM models can act as databases to represent and store information about the entire life cycle of a construction, being, therefore, important repositories and sources of consultation for the management of the built environment. The modelled information can refer to several types of projects, such as new construction, renovation, expansion, acquisition, or rental of real estate. The assets that make up a built environment, be they digital, such as technical drawings and architectural and engineering projects, or physical, such as the real components of the construction, its elements and the results of the services performed in a work. The basis for organizing information about these assets is that they need to be represented in a unique and efficient way in a BIM environment, which can be done using a construction information classification system (Construction Information Classification System – CICS). There are currently several standards for the classification of construction information using BIM, including the system defined by the technical standard ABNT NBR 15,965. The organization of information using a robust CICS and with wide adoption, as proposed by the Brazilian standard, is then one of the requirements to subsidize the digital transformation of the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. This research covers the design and implementation of a computational prototype to evaluate the use of CICS proposed by the Brazilian technical standard, observing the other relevant regulatory instruments in relation to the use of BIM in Brazil. An extension application (add-in) for the BIM platform of the Revit software was implemented. This artifact was designed to use a mechanism for code checking to verify rules in BIM models to evaluate their conformity with the Brazilian CICS.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Porto, Renata Maria Abrantes Baracho |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building information modeling; code checking; construction information classification system; knowledge organization system; information management |
| Index terms: | prototype, drawing, artifact, Brazil, renovation, real estate, built environment, implementation, modelling, building information modelling, platform, life cycle, transformation, acquisition, database, information modelling |
| Subjects: | renovation and retrofit, data management, sociology, infrastructure and transport systems, information systems, business, value management, technical documentation, real estate economics, modelling and simulation, Geography, digital design, contractual arrangements, analytical methods |
| Topics: | Engineering Principles, Project Management, Geographical Context, Procurement, Urban Studies, Digital Applications, Design Practice, Business Strategy, Research Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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