Facility management (FM) has become an important topic in research on the operation and maintenance phase. Managing the work of FM effectively is extremely difficult owing to the variety of environments. One of the difficulties is the performance of two-dimensional (2D) graphics when depicting facilities. Building information modeling (BIM) uses precise geometry and relevant data to support the facilities depicted in three-dimensional (3D) object-oriented computer-aided design (CAD). This paper proposes a new and practical methodology with application to FM that uses an integrated 2D barcode and the BIM approach. Using 2D barcode and BIM technologies, this study proposes a mobile automated BIM-based facility management (BIMFM) system for FM staff in the operation and maintenance phase. The mobile automated BIMFM system is then applied in a selected case study of a commercial building project in Taiwan to verify the proposed methodology and demonstrate its effectiveness in FM practice. The combined results demonstrate that a BIMFM-like system can be an effective mobile automated FM tool. The advantage of the mobile automated BIMFM system lies not only in improving FM work efficiency for the FM staff but also in facilitating FM updates and transfers in the BIM environment.

Facilities management (FM) usually is difficult and complicated work. The facility staffs usually use paper or information system to record the facilities maintenance work. However, it is not easy for facility staffs to refer the traditional 2D CAD-based information illustration in the facility maintenance. Moreover, the information of same facilities maintenance needs to repeat the record and cause inconvenience for facility staffs. To overcome these problems, the building information modeling (BIM) approach is applied and developed as 3D information models for managing and maintaining facilities in the study. With the integration of BIM model with related information of facilities maintenance, the facility staffs may improve the efficiency of maintenance and management work of facilities. This study proposes a BIMbased Facility Management (BIMFM) system for facility managers and staffs. The BIMFM is then applied in selected case study of a school maintenance project in Taiwan to verify our proposed methodology and demonstrate the effectiveness of tracking and managing the related maintenance information in the 3D environment. Finally, this study will present the benefits, limitations and conclusions of BIM application in facilities management, and also provide suggestions for future research

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