International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2018
The Application of Building Information Modeling in Sustainable Construction: A Literature Review
Publication: ICCREM 2018: Sustainable Construction and Prefabrication
ABSTRACT
Building information modeling (BIM) is regarded as a feasible and efficient tool to realize sustainable construction. A lot of research has been conducted using BIM to evaluate and improve environmental, economic, and social performance of construction. Yet there is still lacking in a review which analyzes the application of BIM in sustainable construction (ABSC). This study utilized a systematic literature searching-selection-classifying method to obtain papers of ABSC research from five databases. To investigate who contributes most in ABSC field, the papers were distributed according to the countries/regions, journals, and research centers. To reveal the research emphasis and research trend in ABSC field, the emphasis of research level, project phase, sustainable dimension, and research topic was analyzed. Based on the analysis results, four critical gaps of ABSC research have been identified, including a lack of an integrated BIM tool for all three sustainable dimensions, unexplored potential of BIM in infrastructure, a lack of sustainable BIM application for maintenance and operation management, and a lack of sustainable BIM application at organizational level. This study will be valuable for researchers to gain an in-depth understanding of research trend and knowledge gaps in ABSC research, and future studies could be conducted to fill the gaps found in this review.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51378160); the National key research and development Program of China (No. 2016YFC0701904).
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ICCREM 2018: Sustainable Construction and Prefabrication
Pages: 21 - 37
Editors: Yaowu Wang, Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Yimin Zhu, Professor, Louisiana State University, Geoffrey Q. P. Shen, Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Mohamed Al-Hussein, Professor, University of Alberta
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