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Advanced BIM Application in Construction and Buildings II

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2022) | Viewed by 9703

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Prof. Dr. Junbok Lee

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IAARC Board Member, Department of Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si 17104, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Interests: construction automation and robotics; BIM applications; smart construction systems; construction safety; construction productivity
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309, indexed in SCIE) is organizing a Special Issue entitled “Advanced BIM Application in Construction and Buildings”.

Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

  • BIM-based design and engineering automation;
  • nD BIM modelling and construction management;
  • ICT integrated engineering and management systems;
  • BIM-assisted energy modelling and monitoring system development;
  • Performance evaluation of BIM applications.

Prof. Dr. Junbok Lee
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • BIM applications
  • design and engineering automation
  • construction management
  • nD BIM modelling

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An Exploratory Investigation of Implementation of Building Information Modeling in Nepalese Architecture–Engineering–Construction Industry
by Suman Paneru, Prashnna Ghimire, Ayushma Kandel, Sudhir Thapa, Nirmal Koirala and Mahesh Karki
Buildings 2023, 13(2), 552; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020552 - 17 Feb 2023
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Building Information Modeling (BIM) has gained a lot of traction in Nepal lately due to many AEC firms’ desire to improve their productivity. This research explores the current state and potential of Building Information Modeling in the Nepalese context. The main objective of [...] Read more.
Building Information Modeling (BIM) has gained a lot of traction in Nepal lately due to many AEC firms’ desire to improve their productivity. This research explores the current state and potential of Building Information Modeling in the Nepalese context. The main objective of this research was to gain a holistic view of the digital design and construction approach in the AEC sectors and identify the current state of practice, future trends and opportunities, and challenges for the wider adoption of BIM in the AEC sector. A systematic survey was conducted among various AEC stakeholders; based on their responses, the status of BIM maturity is presented in this paper. We found that the lack of standards and guidelines slows stakeholders’ efforts to unify BIM implementation in projects. However, the survey results show that AEC stakeholders are eager to learn, explore, and implement BIM in their workflows of design and construction practices. The wider implementation of BIM can improve the productivity of design and construction in developing countries such as Nepal. The contributions of this research are methodological and practical. It is demonstrated in this study that qualitative and quantitative data can be integrated in different ways to allow for different avenues of analysis. The logistic regression model deployed in this study identifies the determinants of BIM use and the intensity of their effects on the future use of BIM in the Nepalese AEC industry. The findings of this study can help to formulate BIM standards and training materials that are specific to the Nepalese AEC industry. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced BIM Application in Construction and Buildings II)
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A BIM-Based Quality Inspection System Prototype for Temporary Construction Works
by Chang Hoon Choi and Junbok Lee
Buildings 2022, 12(11), 1931; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12111931 - 09 Nov 2022
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In the construction project, the temporary work is the construction work, which is installed temporarily for the construction of main structure and removed after its completion. Even though it is a temporary facility used and demolished only during the construction phase, it accounts [...] Read more.
In the construction project, the temporary work is the construction work, which is installed temporarily for the construction of main structure and removed after its completion. Even though it is a temporary facility used and demolished only during the construction phase, it accounts for about 10% of the total construction cost. In addition, it is an important work directly connected to the cost and quality of construction, so that the completeness of the building depends on the technology of the temporary work. Therefore, it is necessary to manage it through systematic quality inspection activities. In order to perform a systematic quality inspection, it is essential that detailed and specific inspection activities, such as inspecting the conformity of the design and construction and its compliance with relevant standards based on construction inspection information, such as drawings, specifications, and checklists, are carried out. However, most of the construction inspection information about the temporary work does not include any specific information in documents (drawings, specifications, etc.). Additionally, the direct temporary work among the temporary works is treated as an auxiliary work of the main structure work in the construction site, although it is the construction work based on the work breakdown structure. Accordingly, the quality control engineer must manually check only the contents of the temporary work among the construction inspection information that covers the overall construction work. Additionally, the probability of human error is increased, as the quality control engineer manually carries out the quality inspection tasks, such as preparing the inspection-related materials and checklist and writing the inspection result report. This leads to inefficiency and problems such as re-provisioning for inspection and re-inspection. Therefore, it is necessary to construct a business process that can efficiently carry out the quality inspection work by complementing and improving the above problems involving the temporary work, which is performed most inefficiently. In this study, a BIM-based quality inspection system prototype for temporary works was developed that can automate tasks and systematically store and manage various types of inspection information for each of the temporary facilities in order to improve the efficiency of the quality inspection carried out by the quality control engineer. As a result, a process designed to improve the quality inspection of the temporary work, which can perform the quality inspection work, is proposed. Additionally, the quality of the works related to quality control is improved through improvements in the accuracy and efficiency of the works and simplification of the existing manual work procedures through the proposed business improvement process. Full article
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Features and Conditions of Building Information Modeling Contracts
by Siamak Nilchian, Javad Majrouhi Sardroud, Mehrab Darabpour and Shahriar Tavousi Tafreshi
Buildings 2022, 12(11), 1839; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12111839 - 01 Nov 2022
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Building information modeling (BIM) has improved efficiency in construction projects by utilizing digital instrument capabilities. However, the use of this technology has brought new challenges, particularly legal and contract issues. Conventional construction contracts cannot respond to specific BIM conditions. Therefore, several contract solutions [...] Read more.
Building information modeling (BIM) has improved efficiency in construction projects by utilizing digital instrument capabilities. However, the use of this technology has brought new challenges, particularly legal and contract issues. Conventional construction contracts cannot respond to specific BIM conditions. Therefore, several contract solutions have been proposed to tackle this problem. Despite significant efforts, researchers are still attempting to develop a suitable contract framework and conditions due to the complexities of BIM technical and legal aspects. The present study reviews the solutions developed within seven pioneer countries in BIM and collects the views of construction experts selected by the snowball sampling method in order to identify the most crucial factors that should be considered in BIM contracts. This work incorporated and analyzed 47 questions relating to BIM legal and contract factors in five groups, including BIM contractual basics, BIM contractual obligations and approvals, BIM ownership and copyright, general rules, and other contractual topics. The findings could be exploited to develop a proper BIM contract framework in compliance with construction rules and conditions. Full article
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