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Implementation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the Field of Transport Infrastructures

A special issue of Infrastructures (ISSN 2412-3811).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 6392

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Fabrizio D'Amico

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Guest Editor
Department of Engineering, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
Interests: I-BIM; infrastructure engineering; digital modeling; road safety; infrastructure management; non-destructive analysis; driving simulation; ground-penetrating radar
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Luca Bertolini

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Guest Editor Assistant
Department of Engineering, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
Interests: I-BIM; infrastructure engineering; non-destructive surveys; digital modeling

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The building information modeling (BIM) methodology generally consists of the creation and management of intelligent digital models capable of storing information regarding the asset that they are representing. BIM integrates multi-disciplinary data to manage a certain asset throughout its entire life cycle, from the planning and design to construction and operations. The application of these processes at first mainly concerned the construction sector, but in more recent years, following the Directive 2014/24/EU that encouraged and specified the use of BIM for publicly funded construction and building projects, it has developed in the field of transport infrastructures as well (I-BIM).

In this Special Issue, we would like to publish research articles focusing on the implementation of BIM in the transport infrastructure sector of civil engineering to optimize the time, costs, and quality of interventions. We welcome both theoretical and application papers presenting studies related to any phase of an infrastructure’s life cycle, from its design to its construction and management as it becomes operative.

Moreover, papers regarding the application of BIM processes to different assets of a transport infrastructure, such as existing and designing, are welcomed and of great interest for the proposed Special Issue. Furthermore, the use of survey data for the digital modeling of civil infrastructures, studies of innovative non-destructive techniques and their integration in I-BIM processes are also topics of interest for this Special Issue; finally, we encourage submissions of BIM applications for risk and safety management in transport infrastructures.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • BIM for the design, construction and management of transport infrastructures;
  • Infrastructure asset management in a BIM environment;
  • BIM for modeling roads, railways and airports (3D);
  • I-BIM for the analysis of times and costs (4D and 5D);
  • I-BIM for sustainability and facility management (6D and 7D);
  • Case studies of BIM for transport infrastructures;
  • I-BIM for risk and traffic safety management;
  • Survey data integration in infrastructure digital modeling.

Dr. Fabrizio D'Amico
Guest Editor

Luca Bertolini
Guest Editor Assistant

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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. Infrastructures 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 1800 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

  • building information modelling for transportation infrastructure (I-BIM)
  • transport infrastructure
  • digitalization of roads, railways and airports
  • life cycle assessment
  • transport engineering digital models
  • interoperability
  • I-BIM n-dimensions
  • I-BIM for safety and management
  • survey data
  • non-destructive techniques

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BIM Modelling of the AQP Touristic Cycle Path
by Margherita Pazzini, Leonardo Cameli, Claudio Lantieri, Valeria Vignali, Daniele Mingozzi and Giuseppe Crescenzo
Infrastructures 2023, 8(6), 105; https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures8060105 - 14 Jun 2023
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BIM (building information modelling) has led to substantial improvements in all design steps. Applied mainly as an information management system in the digital design of structures and buildings, only in recent years has the use of BIM also extended to the construction of [...] Read more.
BIM (building information modelling) has led to substantial improvements in all design steps. Applied mainly as an information management system in the digital design of structures and buildings, only in recent years has the use of BIM also extended to the construction of road infrastructure. The so-called I-BIM (infrastructure building information modelling) methodology supports the designer in the phases of construction and execution of the design considering all aspects related to the project, including sustainability. Through the software “Roads” of “SierraSoft S.r.l.”, in this article, the I-BIM approach has been used to design a 35 km cycle path as sustainable as possible. From an operational point of view, the design of a cycle path section begins with the modelling of the infrastructure in all its aspects: a study of the route, analysis of interference, modelling of the infrastructure (floor plan, profile and sections) and an intersection study. Creating an infrastructure that increases soft mobility vehicles through a comprehensive design, attracting as many users as possible, is the real innovative challenge. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Implementation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the Field of Transport Infrastructures)
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A BIM-Based Approach for Pavement Monitoring Integrating Data from Non-Destructive Testing Methods (NDTs)
by Luca Bertolini, Fabrizio D’Amico, Antonio Napolitano, Luca Bianchini Ciampoli, Valerio Gagliardi and Jhon Romer Diezmos Manalo
Infrastructures 2023, 8(5), 81; https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures8050081 - 27 Apr 2023
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Monitoring of critical civil engineering infrastructures has become a priority for public owners and administrative authorities. Several laws and regulations have been issued on this topic, emphasizing the crucial role of Building Information Modeling (BIM)- based procedures for the design and management of [...] Read more.
Monitoring of critical civil engineering infrastructures has become a priority for public owners and administrative authorities. Several laws and regulations have been issued on this topic, emphasizing the crucial role of Building Information Modeling (BIM)- based procedures for the design and management of civil infrastructures. This study aims at examining the potential of an interoperable and upgradeable BIM model supplemented by ground-based non-destructive survey data, such as Mobile Laser Scanner (MLS) and Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR), for the analysis of the potential distresses identified in a transport infrastructure’s pavement. The main goal of the work is to implement an infrastructure management process that aims to reduce the limits associated with the separate observation of these assessments and to provide a more efficient way to store data regarding the status of a linear transport infrastructure, to the advantage of an integrated analysis. As on-site surveys are carried out, preliminary analyses on the condition of the inspected infrastructure are performed by relying on the information provided by Non-Destructive Testing (NDTs) inspections. Subsequently, a digital informative model capable of storing the data obtained by the surveys is generated, integrating both the MLS and GPR information to accurately represent the status of the infrastructure’s pavement in a three-dimensional environment. Data obtained from these instruments were used as the input for the digitalization process, making use of parametric digital elements capable of adapting their configuration to the information provided by the NDT surveys. As more analysis on the surveys’ results is carried out, potential distresses in the deep layers of the pavement are identified, and the information related to these elements is then integrated into the BIM model previously created. The process hereby described allows for an analysis of the three-dimensional configuration of the pavement, along with potential distresses and their location into the road’s superstructure. This digitalization process has shown promising viability for data management aimed at supporting asset managers in various management phases. Full article
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Building Information Modeling (BIM) Application for a Section of Bologna’s Red Tramway Line
by Ennia Mariapaola Acerra, Gian Franco Daniel Busquet, Marco Parente, Margherita Marinelli, Valeria Vignali and Andrea Simone
Infrastructures 2022, 7(12), 168; https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures7120168 - 08 Dec 2022
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New technologies such as the I-BIM (Infrastructure Building Information Modeling) are radically changing the infrastructure design and construction sector. In this study, the I-BIM approach has been used for the design of a portion of the future Bologna’s Red Tramway Line. Starting from [...] Read more.
New technologies such as the I-BIM (Infrastructure Building Information Modeling) are radically changing the infrastructure design and construction sector. In this study, the I-BIM approach has been used for the design of a portion of the future Bologna’s Red Tramway Line. Starting from the topographical survey of the area, a “federated” model was created, aggregating in a single digital environment all the models inherent to the individual disciplines involved. Interference analysis (Clash Detection) between the various disciplines was performed, subject to the preparation of a coordination matrix and the temporal simulation of the worksite phases (BIM 4D). The results have shown that the I-BIM approach represents a powerful tool for optimizing and validating infrastructure design, allowing users to see how the infrastructure integrates and fits into the real 3D environmental context. Full article
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