A BIM-based approach to reusing construction firm’s management information

• Main Author: Zhiliang Ma
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: UTS ePRESS 2012-12-01
• Series: Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building
• Subjects: Information resources, reuse, BIM, IFC.
• Online Access: https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3033

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><p class="AJCEBHeading2" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #4f81bd;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></strong></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Nowadays most construction firms have begun to use information management systems in their business to work more efficiently. At the same time, a lot of management information is being accumulated and some of the information can be reused to support the decision-making. Up to now, the information has not been reused so effectively in construction firms as expected. This paper introduces a new approach to reusing construction firm’s management information, which is based on BIM (Building Information Modeling) technology. In the paper, the current approaches are reviewed at first, and then the framework of the new approach is described. Next, the key issues of the new approach are clarified. Finally, a use case of the new approach is demonstrated. It is concluded that the new approach can be used in construction firms to better reuse the accumulated management information.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span>