Lama, Supreet (2023) Improving design briefing with BIM-based concept generation aiming to enhance building project performance. PhD thesis, University of West London, UK.
Abstract
Design briefing is an essential stage in the building project process (RIBA Plan of Work) and an important activity to ensure that the design and project meet the clients' requirements, design principles and relevant building regulations. In order to deliver a successful building project, it is crucial to effectively understand and capture the overall requirements of the client, and to integrate design, construction, and operation experience in the early stage of design. However, there are some issues with the design briefing methods and techniques that have not been fully resolved. After reviewing some of the advantages of Building Information Modelling (BIM), this study aims to explore BIM-based design briefing methods and techniques through the development of a BIM-based design briefing prototype to promote the efficiency and quality of design briefing and eventually improve the performance of building projects. The study is based on the principles and research methods of software engineering. It started with a series of comprehensive interviews to capture the existing gaps, demands, functionalities and relevant datasets for this proposed BIM-based design briefing prototype tool. Based on the outcomes of the interviews as well as findings from literature, an integrated system framework has been developed in this project to illustrate the major functions and databases for the proposed tool. Eventually, a prototype was developed with Dynamo based on Autodesk Revit. It partially demonstrates the key functionality of this BIMbased design briefing tool. The analyses and discussions address the effect of this BIM-based design method & tool, and the impact on the design briefing process, the overall building project processes, and the potential improvements in the performance and sustainability of a building project delivery. This study has made potential contributions towards the identification of issues in the existing design briefing processes and methods, and improvement of the design briefing stage with the development of the system framework and the BIM-based design briefing method & techniques. Through this development of the prototype tool, this study demonstrates the implementation of BIM in design briefing and evaluates the demand and feasibility of BIM-based design briefing. Finally, this study explores the potential behind implementing BIM in AI-based design.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Fu, Charlie; Rizzuto, Joe and Naoum, Shamil |
| Index terms: | building information modelling, interview, plan of work, efficiency, implementation, building regulation, integrated system, design method, database, project delivery, dataset, design principle, software engineering, briefing, project performance, prototype, functionality |
| Subjects: | regulatory law, performance management, project delivery, software systems, design features, project management theory and practice, modelling and simulation, contractual arrangements, data management, information systems, operations management, design methods, scope management, data collection methods |
| Topics: | Design Practice, Quality Management, Procurement, Digital Applications, Engineering Principles, Legal Issues, Project Management, Research Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCE |
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