Building Information Modeling (BIM) and its open standard Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) are becoming popular in the design phase in the Architecture and Construction industry. Here, we focus on integrating BIM and DEVS (Discrete Event systems Specification) simulation of occupancy analysis. We present a case study for Copenhagen’s New Elephant House, where people can move with different dir...

This paper focuses on the value and challenges of implementing 3D modeling for trade shop drawings on a case study project, the new Dickinson School of Law (DSL) Building on The Pennsylvania State University campus. While planning for this project, the Construction Manager (CM) required 3D models and Building Information Models (BIM) from the specialty contractors along with the submittal of tr...

Of late, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is being widely used in managing construction information. As it comprises a 3D object-oriented system with geometric and non-geometric information, BIM allows comprehensive digital representation of built facility great information depth for the stakeholders (i.e., architects, engineers, contractors, subcontractors). Despite components BIM-based man...

Lack of Adequate Visualization of Construction Project, Construction Operations Often Causes Project Parties to Struggle with large Amount of Data. The Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a static model, built for Representing the Geometry of a Constructed Building and its Respective Information. However, Construction Processes are Dynamic and Require Dynamic Representation. From the Plan or...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Lean Thinking have been used separately as key approaches to overall construction projects’ improvement. Their combination, given several scenarios, presents opportunities for improvement as well as challenges in implementation. However, the exploration of eventual interactions and relationships between BIM as a process and Lean Construction principles is...

The cross-disciplinary nature of energy-efficient building design has created many challenges for architecture, engineering and construction instructors. One of the technical challenges in teaching sustainable building design is enabling students to quantitatively understand how different building designs affect a building’s energy performance. Concept based instructional methods fall short in ...

BIM (Building Information Modeling) has been recently implemented by many Architecture, Engineering, and Construction firms due to its productivity gains and long term benefits. This paper presents the development and implementation of a sustainability assessment framework for an architectural design using BIM technology in extracting data from the digital building model needed for determining ...