TY - JOUR

T1 - The use of Building Information Modelling in the circular economy context: Several models and a new dimension of BIM (8D)

AU - Charef, Rabia

PY - 2022/4/1

Y1 - 2022/4/1

N2 - The use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) to improve projects’ efficiency, starts to be a well-known practice, advocated by many governments. Despite the increasing interest among researchers in the use of BIM for managing end-of-life (EOL) activities, practitioners are still doubtful. Moreover, the potential of BIM to facilitate circular economy (CE) adoption is a research area still in its infancy. An extensive literature review was conducted to explore how BIM is used throughout the asset lifecycle and what are the various BIM dimensions. Then, an inductive and qualitative survey, using semi-structured interviews was conducted. The aim of this research was to present the various BIM models developed throughout the asset lifecycle in the context of CE and to define what the content of the deconstruction information model (DIM) could be. Based on the qualitative analysis of the data, three types of findings present the practitioners' views. First, a process illustrates the sustainable EOL in the context of BIM and CE. Secondly, the three models created throughout the asset lifecycle are presented. Lastly, the content of the model proposed for the management of the EOL activities is detailed. Conclusively, an eighth dimension is proposed associated with the EOL activities and further areas of research are suggested.

AB - The use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) to improve projects’ efficiency, starts to be a well-known practice, advocated by many governments. Despite the increasing interest among researchers in the use of BIM for managing end-of-life (EOL) activities, practitioners are still doubtful. Moreover, the potential of BIM to facilitate circular economy (CE) adoption is a research area still in its infancy. An extensive literature review was conducted to explore how BIM is used throughout the asset lifecycle and what are the various BIM dimensions. Then, an inductive and qualitative survey, using semi-structured interviews was conducted. The aim of this research was to present the various BIM models developed throughout the asset lifecycle in the context of CE and to define what the content of the deconstruction information model (DIM) could be. Based on the qualitative analysis of the data, three types of findings present the practitioners' views. First, a process illustrates the sustainable EOL in the context of BIM and CE. Secondly, the three models created throughout the asset lifecycle are presented. Lastly, the content of the model proposed for the management of the EOL activities is detailed. Conclusively, an eighth dimension is proposed associated with the EOL activities and further areas of research are suggested.

KW - 8D BIM

KW - Asset Information Model (AIM)

KW - BIM dimension

KW - Building Information Modelling (BIM)

KW - Circular Economy

KW - Circularity

KW - Common Data Environment (CDE)

KW - Deconstruction Information Model (DIM)

KW - Earthen construction

KW - Project Information Model (PIM)

U2 - 10.1016/j.clet.2022.100414

DO - 10.1016/j.clet.2022.100414

M3 - Journal article

VL - 7

JO - Cleaner Engineering and Technology

JF - Cleaner Engineering and Technology

SN - 2666-7908

M1 - 100414

ER -