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Procedia Engineering 114 ( 2015 ) 816 – 823

1877-7058 © 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of INEGI - Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering doi: 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.032

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1st International Conference on Structural Integrity

BIM methodology, a new approach - case study of structural elements creation

Lino Maiaa,b*, Pedro Mêdab, João G. Freitasa a Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Universidade da Madeira, Campus Universitário da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal

b CONSTRUCT-LABEST, Faculty of Engineering (FEUP), University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal

Abstract

BIM methodology has gained great importance in the construction industry. This methodology introduces noteworthy changes in the way as building design, construction and maintenance are traditionally managed. This paper explores and evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of BIM methodology application on the preparation, revision and coordination of designs, as well as the analysis of the computational tools available. Using the Revit software a building (laundry of a hospital) was modeled in BIM based in the design drawings carried out by using the traditional methods in CAD 2D. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Peer-review under responsibility of INEGI - Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

Keywords: BIM; IFC; Interoperability; Revit.

1. Introduction

BIM (Building Information Modeling) methodology intents the integration of all phases of the construction process, i.e. the integration and promotion of collaborative work by all the design disciplines involved in the design phase. Besides, it is supported by three-dimensional visualization applications. The great potential of BIM concept is also in standardization of information, being supported, among others, by the standardization of methods to perform the objects modeling process. Based on this, potential improvements in the preparation, coordination and revision of design documents, and management and maintenance of the built environment might be markedly valuable [1].

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© 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of INEGI - Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

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Thus, a research work under a master's thesis [2] was carried out in order to clarify the concept of modeling rules and levels of development, when the development and management of a design is proposed using BIM methodology. Assuming as a starting point the design documents prepared by the traditional method (CAD 2D drawings), the structural design and several design disciplines were modelled according to BIM methodology, in order to (i) assess the ability of communicate and exchange information between the project carried out by the different design disciplines as well as to assess the ability of aggregation and management of all information related with the project (with special attention to the structural design) in a single BIM model; (ii) identify where the conception of modeled object is desirable in order to be later used in the development of other projects, increasing therefore the productivity; (iii) identify and assess cases where the application of BIM methodology has high advantages in relation to traditional methods of elaboration and management of projects, in particular to perform the measurements and the design review. This paper will focus on the point (ii) including the conception of structural elements (e.g. lightened fungiform slabs and capitals) not provided on the software libraries.