Asset Data Collection in BIM

Breakdown of the Research Topic & its Background Case Study

A Brief Introduction

Infrastructure projects have evolved over time to include many tools to improve the performance of the built environment post project handover. One such digital tool that is widely used in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction(AEC) sector is Building Information Modelling(BIM). BIM is the process of designing, constructing and operating a building or infrastructure assets using object-orientated design. The infrastructure assets are normally provided in the asset register with its associated information as per client requirements during project handover.

This report is undertaken to address the issue of producing the asset register in line with the expectations of the infrastructure project using BIM information requirements due to its data-rich capabilities.

Infrastructure Projects & Handover

Infrastructure projects are mixed urban built functional assets that are used for socio-economic development.
The value of the infrastructure handover is realised at the end of the project once compliance related sign-offs and contractual agreements are met.
Handover can be done progressively or as a whole depending the scale of the infrastructure project.

Infrastructure Asset Management

Long term planning to preserve the value of the infrastructure falls within the scope of asset management.
Asset management is a post-project activity but can significantly promise best lifecycle value when initiated within the project phases.
Asset management primarily relies on information supplied to the operations and maintenance team to service the life of the infrastructure.

Asset Data Collection in Projects

Asset information collected during projects should be governed by standards for data structures, storage, analysis and transfer that needs to aligned with the asset owners.
The asset information will be cross-referenced for various asset management activities to drive improvements of the asset lifecycle by the asset owners.
The collected asset information needs to be corelated to various documentation and databases.

BIM Standards for Data

Adoption of BIM presents an opportunity to capture information in the design & construction phase for the use of operations & maintenance.
ISO19650 specifies the information guidelines that can be implemented during & after a project for the storage and sharing of data.
BIM can serve as a post-project data repository accreditation for document management (ISO30301) and asset management(ISO55000).

Summary of Background

The innovation gaps for infrastructure asset management that was presented by Vanier, Lacasse and Danylo in 2000 still exists today.

BIM has sufficient capabilities to enable digital transformation for asset management activities during infrastructure project delivery.

A Framework leveraging the use of BIM to support infrastructure asset management(during operations and maintenance) would likely address the gaps by exploring the challenges in both BIM & asset data collection during project delivery(design and construction)

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