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Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):

I. Kovacic, L. Oberwinter, C. Müller:
"BIM-supported planning process for sustainable buildings - Process Simulation and Evaluation through Exploratory Research";
Talk: 19th CIB World Building Congress, Brisbane 2013: Construction and Society, Brisbane; 2013-05-05 - 2013-05-09; in: "Proceedings of the 19th CIB World Building Congress, Brisbane 2013: Construction and Society", S. Kajewski, K. Manley, K. Hampson (ed.); (2013), ISBN: 978-0-9875542-1-5; Paper ID 404, 12 pages.



English abstract:
One of the consequences of increasing complexity of planning and construction process is a
large number of disciplines participating in planning process, all of whom use wide spectrum
of specialised visualisation, simulation or calculation tools. With the maturing of BIM tools
and their increasing presence on the market, the hope for possibility of maximisation of
process-integration through joining all of the different building-representation models in one
single joint model came up. The planning practice reality however demonstrated a number
of upcoming problems with BIM implementation on technical- (heterogonous data,
interfaces, large data volumes) but even more so on process-level (question of
responsibilities and work-load distribution, lacking standards or conventions on buildingrepresentation).
The optimal data management, transfer and synchronisation within very
inhomogeneous software context, such as employed within construction projects, require
enormous organization, coordination and communication effort in the earliest design-phases.
The BIM implementation implies therefore on necessity of fundamental rethinking of the
traditional design process; for which the knowledge is still largely lacking.
In this paper we will present the first results of the exploratory research carried out at the
Vienna University of Technology. We simulated a BIM-supported multi-disciplinary planning
process with students of architecture, structural engineering and building physics, using
several BIM-software tools. First insights on process-quality, such as team-, process- and
technology satisfaction, as well as conflict- and stress levels will be presented. We were able
to identify numerous technical problems related to the data transfer and inconsistencies in
translation, which resulted in participant dissatisfaction and significant increasing of workloads.
The first results imply on the importance of traditional process-design techniques such as
face-to face communication, coordination and work-load allocation between the teammembers
in order to conduct efficient BIM-supported process; as well as on urgent need for
advancement of the tools in terms of data transfer- and exchange. In the next step, using
mandatory protocols and timesheets, a detailed statistical analysis of the people-processtechnology
issues will be conducted, as well as comparison of "Open-Platform-BIM" to "One-
Platform-BIM" model.

Keywords:
BIM, Collaboration, Integrated Planning, Exploratory Research, Experiment


Electronic version of the publication:
http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/PubDat_218294.pdf


Created from the Publication Database of the Vienna University of Technology.