scholarly journals Analysis of the Operation of an Aerothermal Heat Pump in a Residential Building Using Building Information Modelling

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bárbara Torregrosa-Jaime ◽  
Benjamín González ◽  
Pedro Martínez ◽  
Gaspar Payá-Ballester
Keyword(s):  
Heat Pump ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Building Information

scholarly journals Construction-Centric Building Information Modelling to Facilitate Building Panel Prefabrication

2015 ◽  
pp. 486-493
Author(s):  
Hexu Liu ◽  
Gurjeet Singh ◽  
Youyi Zhang ◽  
Ming Lu ◽  
Mohamed Al-Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Residential Building ◽  
Application Programming Interface ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Prototype System ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Construction Specifications ◽  
Home Building ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Application Programming

Building information modelling (BIM) is an information technology that has the ability to change the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry in terms of enhanced communication and productivity. With the rise of BIM, panelized/off-site construction is gaining momentum within the home building industry. However, BIM has not yet been leveraged to its full capability with regard to construction prefabrication, due in part to the fact that BIM models are only roughly designed by architects and engineers. Furthermore, some construction-centric information, such as drywall and sheathing layouts, which require substantial manual modelling efforts, is not presented explicitly in the BIM model. In this regard, this research exploits a BIMbased automatic approach for designing and modelling drywall and sheathing layouts in order to facilitate building panel production in the prefabrication plant. The prototype system is built on the basis of Autodesk Revit through the use of Application Programming Interface (API). This system, taking architectural BIM information as the input, generates a detailed constructioncentric BIM model in accordance with construction specifications, and further enables users to obtain shop drawings and a thorough quantity take-off and cut list in order to manage the plant production. In addition, the prototype system is capable of optimizing drywall and sheathing layout design with the objective of minimizing material waste and joint length. A case study of a wood-framed residential building is adopted to demonstrate the developed prototype system.

scholarly journals Investigation of interoperability between building information modelling (BIM) and building energy simulation (BES)

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Chen ◽  
R. Jin ◽  
M. Alam
Keyword(s):  
Residential Building ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Energy Simulation ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Building Energy Simulation ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Information Transformation ◽  
Building Information

Building Information Modelling (BIM) has become an emerging digital technology in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. There is a growing demand on applying BIM for sustainable design including the building energy simulation (BES). Lack of sufficient interoperability has caused barriers to utilize the information from BIM for BES. In this study, the interoperability between BIM and four different BES tools (i.e., Ecotect, EQUEST, Design Builder and IES-VE) was explored by using a case study of a residential building in the design stage. The misrepresented information from BIM to multiple BES tools were identified based on six different categories of building information parameters. The research proposed an approach of creating gbXML file with an improved integrity of information in BIM. Overall, this study would lead to further work in developing platforms for improving the information transformation from BIM to BES.

scholarly journals A Methodology for the Digitalization of the Residential Building Renovation Process through OpenBIM-Based Workflows

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 10429
Author(s):  
Alberto Armijo ◽  
Peru Elguezabal ◽  
Natalia Lasarte ◽  
Matthias Weise
Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Strong Increase ◽  
Building Industry ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Building Information

The European building industry is facing a strong increase in renovation processes, which are still non-cost-effective, involve unproperly coordinated stakeholders, are disturbing for the occupants, and cause important inefficiencies in the overall renovation process. In this context, digitalization and Building Information Modelling (BIM), as an enabler, is the key solution that may drive renovation interventions to ensure a more successful and leaner process, aiding the whole value chain of actors to achieve its full potential. This research describes the OpenBIM methodology applied in order to transform the implicit knowledge from the stakeholders involved in the building renovation process, not structured enough for automation, into an OpenBIM digital process based on the BIM standards. The outcomes of this research are the OpenBIM ready workflows that represent the renovation process and information requirements according to the involvement of different stakeholders rooted in the analysis of barriers, requirements, and needs. Those workflows are the basis for the future development of specific products and tools for boosting digitalization and interoperability in the renovation process.

scholarly journals Time and Cost Planning of a Housing Construction Project Using Building Information Modelling

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddesh Pai
Keyword(s):  
Residential Building ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Single Element ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Cost Parameters ◽  
The Impact

Conventional ways of building construction process lack proper task scheduling and      planning of the project work at the site resulting in poor monitoring of the whole process. Building information modelling (BIM) creates a platform where all the information of every single element of the construction process can be virtually integrated. The integration of 3D elements of a building model with its scheduled time and cost parameters results in 5D BIM. This feature enables the visualization, scheduling, planning, and monitoring and clash detection of all pre- construction, construction and post-construction processes of a building. The present study used the information of a live project of a traditionally built residential building which was remodelled using 5D BIM technique. The purpose of this study was to compare and analyse the impact of 5D BIM on time and cost parameters of the live project.

Behavioural Intention to Use Building Information Modelling (BIM) among Community College Students in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-17
Author(s):  
Nor Akmal Mohamad ◽  
Madihah Khalid
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Community College ◽  
Community College Students ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Behavioural Intention ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Building Information

Building information modelling (BIM) is one of the new technologies being used in architectural and constructions projects. At present, BIM curricula are being taught in many Malaysian higher learning institutions, including at the certificate level in community colleges. Even though many studies have investigated behavioural intention to adopt BIM in the industrial setting, studies on the intention to use BIM among students during their training or learning have not received the same level of attention. This study, therefore, investigated the extent to which community college students are willing to accept and use BIM. Factors that influenced their behavioural intention to use BIM, as well as the relationship between the factors and intention to use were also examined. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was used as the theoretical framework to guide the research, where students’ behavioural intention to use BIM was explained through their perceptions of its usefulness and ease of use, as well as their attitude towards BIM utilization in the classroom. A total of 144 community college students enrolled in the architecture programmes in Malaysia were selected as the sample using convenience sampling. The findings show that the students’ behavioural intention to adopt BIM is high. They also perceive BIM as useful and easy to use, and their attitude towards BIM usage appears to be positive. The regression model produced an adjusted R-squared value of 0.790 indicating that 79% of the total variance in the students’ intention to use BIM can be explained by the three independent variables, i.e., perceived usefulness, ease of use, and attitude. Keywords: Building information modelling, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitude, intention to use, behavioural intention, Technology Acceptance Model

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