Desbalo Muluken Tilahun, Woldesenbet Asregedew Kassa, Habtu Tamiru Mengist, Bargstädt Hans-Joachim, Yehualaw Mitiku Damtie
Chair of Construction Engineering and Management, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Weimar, Germany.
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture Construction & City Development (EiABC), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Heliyon. 2024 Jun 13;10(12):e33026. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33026. eCollection 2024 Jun 30.
The integration of BIM with other digital advancements has demonstrably led to an increase of performance in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operation (AECO) industry. This integration not only is showing promising results in boosting the industry's performance, but also the productivity and promotes data-driven decision-making. Despite these benefits, there are limited studies that address the integration of BIM and digital data for managing built-assets in general and in developing countries in particular. To fill this gap, a closer assessment of current built-asset information management practice is necessary. The assessment of the practice examines how digital processes and/or technology can be seamlessly integrated into existing practices. In this regard, this study aims to provide valuable insights into increasing the maturity of built-asset information management by integrating digital data with BIM. The study uses a case-based research design using built-assets (universities in Addis Ababa) as public building representative to capture the prevailing information management practices in Ethiopian public buildings. The findings reveal that traditional paper-based practices still dominate the management of built-assets. This leads to difficulties in terms of data loss, unavailability, inaccuracy, and unreliability, all of which are detrimental to the overall performance. Based on these findings, a conceptual framework is designed to improve the performance of built-assets and help owners, end-users, and managers in defining data and information requirements for BIM-enabled asset information management. The framework delineates processes for structured information requirements definition and validation of various asset data from varying sources. The framework utilizes a BIM-enabled platform as a single source of truth and offers a comprehensive solution to the identified challenges. The findings of this study holds significant promise for improving the existing practice of built-asset information management within the study context.
建筑信息模型（BIM）与其他数字技术的融合已显著提高了建筑、工程、施工及运营（AECO）行业的绩效。这种融合不仅在提升行业绩效方面显示出了良好的效果，还提高了生产力，并促进了数据驱动的决策制定。尽管有这些好处，但针对BIM与数字数据集成以管理建筑资产的研究有限，尤其是在发展中国家。为了填补这一空白，有必要对当前的建筑资产信息管理实践进行更深入的评估。对实践的评估考察了数字流程和/或技术如何能够无缝集成到现有实践中。在这方面，本研究旨在通过将数字数据与BIM集成，为提高建筑资产信息管理的成熟度提供有价值的见解。该研究采用基于案例的研究设计，以建筑资产（亚的斯亚贝巴的大学）作为公共建筑的代表，以了解埃塞俄比亚公共建筑中普遍存在的信息管理实践。研究结果表明，传统的纸质实践在建筑资产管理中仍然占据主导地位。这导致了数据丢失、不可用、不准确和不可靠等问题，所有这些都对整体绩效不利。基于这些发现，设计了一个概念框架，以提高建筑资产的绩效，并帮助业主、最终用户和管理人员定义支持BIM的资产信息管理的数据和信息需求。该框架描绘了结构化信息需求定义和验证来自不同来源的各种资产数据的流程。该框架利用支持BIM的平台作为唯一的真相来源，并为已识别的挑战提供了全面的解决方案。本研究的结果对于改善研究背景下建筑资产信息管理的现有实践具有重大意义。
