ITcon Special Issue

Case studies of BIM use

editor(s) Prof. Thomas Olofsson
Professor and head of Structural Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
email: thomas.olofsson@ltu.se

Prof. Charles Eastman
Professor in the Colleges of Architecture and Computing,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.Georgia, USA
email: Charles.Eastman@coa.gatech.edu

Prof. Ghang Lee
Assistant Professor
Department of Architectural Engineering
Yonsei University Seoul 120-749, Korea
email: glee@yonsei.ac.kr
summary

The use of information rich parametric modelling 3D CAD models is increasing in the AEC industry. With this special issue we want to collect and share the benefits and challenges of using Building Information Models (BIM) for stakeholders in the building process, i.e. owners, architects, contractors, suppliers and others. Case studies of BIM applications are currently being presented in conferences and workshops worldwide. An example of such an initiative is the International Alliance of Interoperability initiated Building Smart forum for the industry and governments to identify, test, review, recommend and implement smart ways to deliver quality buildings and services to the facility owners using BIM technology. Another example is the annual award by the American Institute of Architects for projects that have used integrated and interoperable building information models.

The objectives of the special issue are as follows:

  • To report the use, benefits and challenges of BIM technology in architecture, construction and engineering projects in quantitative figures.
  • To share how cost and benefits (both hard and soft values) of BIM can be identified and measured/estimated in AEC projects.
  • To identify technical issues such as interoperability, data management etc. as well as changes in organisations and business practices needed for the successful implementation of BIM models and tools in AEC projects.

ITcon would first like to invite abstracts, followed by full draft papers, from authors wishing to contribute to this special issue. The papers should be structured in a way that expresses clearly the background, objectives, methodology and results of the work. Authors are requested to use the ITcon formatting rules for all submissions.

Schedule

  • Expression of interest (one page abstract): 1st April 2007
  • Notification of abstract acceptance and invitation to full papers: 1st May 2007
  • Submission of full paper: 1st August 2007
  • Notification of full paper acceptance with reviewers' comments: 1st October 2007
  • Submission of final papers in electronic format: 1st November 2007
  • Publication of the papers on the ITcon web-site: 1st December 2007

The submissions will be reviewed by at least two peer reviewers.

Contact

For more information and to submit papers, contact glee@yonsei.ac.kr, thomas.olofsson@ltu.se or Charles.Eastman@coa.gatech.edu

Papers in this special issue

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1Olofsson T, Lee G, Eastman C (2008).
Editorial - Case studies of BIM in use,
ITcon Vol. 13, Special issue Case studies of BIM use, pg. 244-245, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2008/17
2Manning R, Messner J (2008).
Case studies in BIM implementation for programming of healthcare facilities,
ITcon Vol. 13, Special issue Case studies of BIM use, pg. 246-257, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2008/18
3Ku K, Pollalis S, Fischer M, Shelden D (2008).
3D model-based collaboration in design development and construction of complex shaped buildings,
ITcon Vol. 13, Special issue Case studies of BIM use, pg. 258-285, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2008/19
4Leicht R, Messner J (2008).
Moving toward an ‘intelligent’ shop modeling process,
ITcon Vol. 13, Special issue Case studies of BIM use, pg. 286-302, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2008/20
5Kaner I, Sacks R, Kassian W, Quitt T (2008).
Case studies of BIM adoption for precast concrete design by mid-sized structural engineering firms,
ITcon Vol. 13, Special issue Case studies of BIM use, pg. 303-323, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2008/21
6Khanzode A, Fischer M, Reed D (2008).
Benefits and lessons learned of implementing building virtual design and construction (VDC) technologies for coordination of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems on a large healthcare project,
ITcon Vol. 13, Special issue Case studies of BIM use, pg. 324-342, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2008/22
7Dehlin S, Olofsson T (2008).
An evaluation model for ICT investments in construction projects,
ITcon Vol. 13, Special issue Case studies of BIM use, pg. 343-361, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2008/23
8Pazlar T, Turk Z (2008).
Interoperability in practice: geometric data exchance using the IFC standard,
ITcon Vol. 13, Special issue Case studies of BIM use, pg. 362-380, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2008/24