Building Information Modelling methods are already successfully used for planning and construction in the field of building construction and infrastructure projects. Digital building models (BIM) are exchanged in an openBIM environment based on open standards, such as the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC), and used by different engineering disciplines independent of the task. Various extensions to IFC are currently being developed for road and bridge construction to enable efficient data exchange. The use of BIM in operation over the lifetime of road infrastructure has not yet been a focus, but it promises a significant increase in benefits, especially but not only for road administrations. The updating of the condition and the effects of maintenance measures required for asset management gains added value with BIM, especially through the precise geometric information. In this context, it is necessary to expand the proven data flow of the asset management systems with BIM data. For this purpose, the aim is to develop standardised exchange formats based on IFC.
Prof. Hajdin gave a presentation on the use of BIM in road infrastructure asset management during the 1st Digital Transformation in the Life Cycle of Transport Infrastructure Conference on 29 and 30 June 2021 in Esslingen.
Within his presentation he gave an overview to the state of the art on including BIM into infrastructure asset management and showed current innovative approaches from our projects BIM4AMS and AMSFree. The abstract of the related paper can be found here.