TY - GEN
T1 - Case studies of using BIM for infrastructure in utility tunnel projects in Jiangsu, China
AU - Xing, Weiqi
AU - Guo, Fangyu
AU - Jahren, Charles
AU - Zhang, Cheng
AU - Hao, Jianli
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The successful implementation of BIM (building information modeling) could bring a significant amount of benefits for building projects, such as better visualization, reduced amount of rework, and improved productivity and quality. However, the implementation of BIM for infrastructure in horizontal infrastructure projects is much behind compared to BIM in vertical building projects. There is only a small number of horizontal infrastructure projects that utilize BIM for infrastructure in China. Many agencies still do not have strong beliefs in the benefits of using BIM for infrastructure. Meanwhile, the number of research projects conducted on BIM for infrastructure is also much smaller than the ones conducted on BIM. Thus, the purpose of this research is to investigate the implementation of BIM for infrastructure in Jiangsu, China, through case studies and interviews. Two utility tunnel projects using BIM for infrastructure are studied in particular. The real applications of BIM for infrastructure as well as the perspectives of the BIM experts and the client on BIM for infrastructure (i.e., its differences from BIM for buildings, its costs and benefits, and its future in China) are summarized. In addition, the observed benefits and challenges of using BIM for infrastructure are concluded accordingly.
AB - The successful implementation of BIM (building information modeling) could bring a significant amount of benefits for building projects, such as better visualization, reduced amount of rework, and improved productivity and quality. However, the implementation of BIM for infrastructure in horizontal infrastructure projects is much behind compared to BIM in vertical building projects. There is only a small number of horizontal infrastructure projects that utilize BIM for infrastructure in China. Many agencies still do not have strong beliefs in the benefits of using BIM for infrastructure. Meanwhile, the number of research projects conducted on BIM for infrastructure is also much smaller than the ones conducted on BIM. Thus, the purpose of this research is to investigate the implementation of BIM for infrastructure in Jiangsu, China, through case studies and interviews. Two utility tunnel projects using BIM for infrastructure are studied in particular. The real applications of BIM for infrastructure as well as the perspectives of the BIM experts and the client on BIM for infrastructure (i.e., its differences from BIM for buildings, its costs and benefits, and its future in China) are summarized. In addition, the observed benefits and challenges of using BIM for infrastructure are concluded accordingly.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85096937813&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1061/9780784482858.053
DO - 10.1061/9780784482858.053
M3 - Conference Proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85096937813
T3 - Construction Research Congress 2020: Infrastructure Systems and Sustainability - Selected Papers from the Construction Research Congress 2020
SP - 482
EP - 490
BT - Construction Research Congress 2020
A2 - El Asmar, Mounir
A2 - Tang, Pingbo
A2 - Grau, David
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - Construction Research Congress 2020: Infrastructure Systems and Sustainability
Y2 - 8 March 2020 through 10 March 2020
ER -