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Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Journal Prestige (SJR): 0.572

Citation Impact (citeScore): 2
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This is an Open Access Journal

Open Access journal
ISSN (Print) 1392-3730 - ISSN (Online) 1822-3605
Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

[16 journals]

The analysis of barriers to bim implementation for industrialized building
construction: a China study
- Authors: Ping Wu, Ruoyu Jin, Yidong Xu, Feng Lin, Yiting Dong, Zhihong Pan
  Pages: 1 - 13
  Abstract: The emerging Building Information Modeling (BIM) can better promote the development of building industrialization, with data integration between information-rich building models and business processes. However, the practical implementation of BIM still faces barriers. Existing studies have discussed these barriers extensively, but the research on the barriers to the implementation of BIM amid building industrialization in China is inadequate. In this study, 23 barriers were identified through literature review. A questionnaire survey approach was used to collect data from various parties. Factor analysis methods were used to process and rank barrier factors for BIM applications in the context of industrialized building. Based on the analysis of each factor, analytic hierarchy process was adopted to identify the key barriers to the implementation of BIM for industrialized building construction. The study concluded that the main barriers for BIM implementation for industrialized building were capital-related factors and the lack of support from owners. This study proposes that in addition to governmental policy support for BIM and multi-stakeholder engagement, companies should also organize experts to effectively evaluate the risks of applying BIM. Overall, this study provides suggestions on construction organizational transformations in the roadmap of moving towards digital-driven building industrialization.
  PubDate: 2021-01-08
  DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2021.14105
  Issue No: Vol. 27, No. 1 (2021)
Utilization of BIM in the construction of a submarine tunnel: a case study
in Xiamen city, China
- Authors: Sai Li, Zhongjian Zhang, Gang Mei, Daming Lin, Jin Yu, Renke Qiu, Xingju Su, Xuechun Lin, Chonghua Lou
  Pages: 14 - 26
  Abstract: Building information modeling (BIM) is an emerging technology that can effectively solve the problems of information dispersion, complex personnel management, and lack of construction supervision, which often occur during the construction of tunnel engineering. Taking the construction of Haicang Tunnel in Xiamen, China as a case study, the utilization of BIM technology in the design stage, the construction simulation and operation are demonstrated during the full-life cycle of the project. During the construction of Haicang Tunnel, the technologies of BIM 3D, BIM 4D, BIM 5D, and Cloud Platform are used to make the construction process controllable and to facilitate the implementation and deployment of construction plans. BIM 3D is a visualization method to show the detailed model in the construction. The design is optimized by the navigation collision function of BIM 3D. BIM 4D adds the time schedule into BIM 3D model to show the construction schedule. BIM 5D adds the cost into BIM 4D model to show the construction consumption. The methods of BIM 4D and BIM 5D can assist the engineering management in allocating resources and funds in the project. Cloud Platform is used to effectively implement information management.
  PubDate: 2021-01-11
  DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2021.14098
  Issue No: Vol. 27, No. 1 (2021)
Ontology-based HBIM for historic buildings with traditional woodwork in
Taiwan
- Authors: Ying-Mei Cheng, Chiao-Ling Kuo, Chia-Ching Mou
  Pages: 27 - 44
  Abstract: In recent years, the use of Historic Building Information Modeling (HBIM) has grown prevalent and thus provided a research opportunity. Differing from newly constructed buildings, structural components of historic buildings come with unique physical configurations and have amassed impressive amount of restoration data, all of which must be taken into consideration when incorporating Building Information Modeling. In terms of modelling, it is critical to determine the appropriate level of detail (LoD), level of information (LoI), especially the comprehensiveness and expandability of the database. International Committee for Documentation/Conceptual Reference Model (CIDOC CRM) is a widely accepted standard for ontology model. This study aims to integrate the HBIM and CIDOC CRM to construct a framework and comprehensive operational procedure for the modeling of traditional Minan architecture and a database with complete semantics archiving the background and restoration data. Autodesk A360 is ideal for collaborative. However, there are limitations when it comes to developing advanced models for data management or query; interactive experience; meeting model applications derived from future scenarios. Therefore, the study also offers a 3D modeling platform constructed using Unity, as well as a comparison of the platforms built with Unity, three.js and Autodesk A360 as a reference for users.
  PubDate: 2021-01-12
  DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2021.14115
  Issue No: Vol. 27, No. 1 (2021)
Resilience-cost tradeoff supply chain planning for the prefabricated
construction project
- Authors: Hong Zhang, Lu Yu
  Pages: 45 - 59
  Abstract: Delivery of the prefabricated components may be disrupted by low productivity and various of traffic restrictions, thus delaying the prefabricated construction project. However, planning of the prefabricated component supply chain (PCSC) under disruptions has seldom been studied. This paper studies the construction schedule-dependent resilience for the PCSC plan by considering transportation costs and proposes a multi-objective optimization model. First, the PCSC planning problem regarding schedule-dependent resilience and resultant transportation cost is analyzed. Second, a quantification scheme of the schedule-dependent resilience of the PCSC plan is proposed. Third, formulation of the resilience-cost tradeoff optimization model for the PCSC planning is developed. Fourth, the multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO)-based method for solving the resilience-cost tradeoff model is presented. Finally, a case study is presented to demonstrate and justify the developed method. This study contributes to the knowledge and methodologies for PCSC management by addressing resilience at the planning stage.
  PubDate: 2021-01-12
  DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2021.14114
  Issue No: Vol. 27, No. 1 (2021)

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