Ingeniero de Telecomunicaciones por la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, es secretario de buildingSMART Spanish Chapter, organización de la que fue presidente y fundador entre 2012 y 2017.
Research demonstrate that productivity in the Danish building and construction industry has only doubled over the last fifty years, whereas the manufacturing industry has increased six times. ...Utilisation of mass customization as a strategy has achieved results in the manufacturing industry in terms of increasing productivity and competitiveness, so the strategy might have potentials in the building and construction industry as well. However, mass customization as a strategy for improving the productivity of the building and construction industry has not been explored as much as in the manufacturing industry. The purpose of this paper is to analysethe assumptions and possibilities for applying the principles of masscustomisation related to establishing an adaptable integrated system of entities in the value chain of the building and construction industry.The outset of the paper is a literature review concerning the utilisation of mass customization as a strategy in terms of increasing productivity within the building and construction industry. An essential part of the paper is a case study of 11 building and construction companies and an analysis of the conditions for cooperation between the entities in the value chain of the building and construction industry. The paper induces to which extent it makes sense to talk about utilisation of mass customisation by applying the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) and standardisation initiatives of the construction industry provided by buildingSMART, and at the same time harvesting the benefits of the mass customization.
Purpose
Successful implementation of a building information modeling (BIM) for building operation and maintenance (O&M) requires purposeful, early-design identification of end-user-specific model ...exchange requirements. This paper aims to provide a semantic data-rich classification system for model objects to convey facilities management (FM) requirements in BIM guidelines in support of efficient FM-BIM data workflows.
Design/methodology/approach
A modularized, repeatable and technical solution for semantic requirements of BIM exchange objects was developed through ontology-based data mapping of the industry foundation classes. The proposed solution further contextualizes syntax per the buildingSMART Data Dictionary schema and provides an implementation agreement to address the quality issues of discipline BIMs and establish consistent modeling and naming conventions to facilitate automated BIM data workflow.
Findings
The level of semantics (LOS) development framework and the results of LOS implementation focusing on a building mechanical system case project are presented and discussed to showcase the increased efficiency resulting from its implementation throughout the BIM data management workflows.
Originality/value
This study represents a pioneering effort to create and implement the LOS schema as a modularized solution in support of automatic BIM data creation, adjustment, verification and transition across the design, construction and O&M workflows of a large owner organization in the Midwest USA.
AbstractThe National Building Information Model Standard (NBIMS) Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a tool useful for the strategic management in the implementation of building information modeling ...(BIM) for an organization. This article paper presents the CMM application and evaluations of case studies from 2008 award-winning BIM projects in the United States. The research assessed the 2008 American Institute of Architects Technology in Architectural Practice (AIA-TAP) BIM Award winners according to the National BIM Standard Interactive Capability Maturity Model (I-CMM) tool. Findings from the evaluations indicated that the winning submittals continued historical success in the area of visualization, whereas opportunities for virtual analysis and other critical areas still remain relatively unexplored, even in the “best BIMs in the world.”
This chapter explores features unique to convergence, factors that enable convergence, how convergence relates to and differs from integrated design, lean, and other industry trends, and what are the ...distinguishing factors of an AEC convergence. Convergence relates to, but ultimately differs from, integration, integrated design, and integrated project delivery (IPD). Convergences are triggered today by the changes brought about by computational tools, shifting work processes, the ubiquity of the cloud, and technological disruption. Some convergence factors are specific to the AECO industry, while other triggers are seen in other sectors or markets as well. The free plug‐in Human UI for Grasshopper creates a user‐friendly interface for non‐programmers to modify designs in Rhino. Both CodeBook and DRofus fill in gaps in the critical path, making the complex that much simpler and easier. Rhynamo is an example of an interoperability tool that leverages file format conversion to achieve a desired workflow. Standards. BuildingSmart, level of detail (LOD), interoperability, and Flux, among others, are working toward common standards that will help speed up convergence.
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