International Journal of BIM and Engineering Science
IJBES
2571-1075
10.54216/IJBES
https://www.americaspg.com/journals/show/2364
2021
2021
Enhancing facility management for buildings using BIM (case study: model of a medical building)
Building Information Modeling and Management Master Program student at Syrian Virtual University, Damascus, Syria
Joud Mohammad
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Lecturer in the Master's Program in Building Information Modeling and Management at the Syrian Virtual University, Damascus, Syria
Lama Adel
Saoud
Facilities management is one of the main challenges in the maintenance and operation of buildings. The use of BIM in facility management is an effective tool that helps to provide information, identify maintenance needs, plan a budget and direct efforts to improve the long-term performance of the facility. This study aims to find the best ways to apply BIM in facilities management and facilitate access to any information needed at the stage of operation and maintenance to deal with it and improve the maintenance of the building. The Autodesk Revit program was used, which provides many tools and features that help in the process of effective facility management. A practical model of a medical building with various clinics, consisting of two floors and a glazed additional floor, was applied. The Autodesk BIM Interoperability Tools interoperability tool was activated to obtain the full model information and then the fire sprinkler maintenance information was filtered using the COBie Extension for Autodesk Revit standard. The data and information from the building model were exported to an Excel file to illustrate the results in a unified format. Research has shown that the use of BIM improves facility management by providing accurate and comprehensive information about maintenance and operation and facilitates the detection, prediction, treatment, handling and management of maintenance problems more efficiently compared to traditional methods of Facility Management, which are considered more complex. The research concluded that the use of BIM in facility management can achieve efficiency, save time and cost, extend the life of facilities, reduce the field of error, fraud and theft. It is recommended to study BIM accreditation in facilities management, especially for large projects, and learn more about other BIM tools and programs for future studies.
2023
2023
08
24
10.54216/IJBES.070201
https://www.americaspg.com/articleinfo/22/show/2364