A BIM-based Detailed Electrical Load Estimation, Costing and Code Checking

Farooq, Jasim; Sharma, Paawan; R, Sreerama Kumar

doi:10.11591/ijece.v8i5.pp3484-3495

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“…One of the solutions is increased use of digital innovations, which include building information modelling (BIM) [4], virtual reality (VR) [5], blockchains [6], artificial intelligence (AI) [7], digital twins (DTs) [8], and a spectrum of other innovations that have emerged in the digital era. The belief that such innovations are effective is supported by data that suggest critical time savings [9], cost reductions [10], and significant safety values [11]. Scholars, however, have recorded low uptake of these solutions in construction organisations [12][13][14][15].…”

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Individual Characteristics as Enablers of Construction Employees’ Digital Literacy: An Exploration of Leaders’ Opinions

2023

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The shift towards digitalisation has been empowering growth in the construction industry, especially in the past decade. Construction stakeholders are offered myriad benefits by embracing digital advancements to achieve efficiency. However, the exploitation of digital opportunities is bounded by the need for a practitioner skillset that aligns with the digital era, a requirement that has been described as difficult to meet and justified by the low degree of digital literacy among construction employees. This paper reports findings from interviews with 19 leaders and decision makers in the construction sector to reveal the indicators that can predict construction employees’ digital literacy. Such an approach offers a comprehensive exploration of the likelihood of employees’ digital literacy through socially oriented characteristics. Overall, 19 individual characteristics emerged from the thematic analysis and highlight the critical connection between social behaviour and digital literacy. The findings of this paper are timely and important for those businesses assessing their employees’ willingness and maturity with regard to technological change through social and behavioural information. The qualitative approach led to the development of a conceptual framework that can explain the dynamics needed to assess employees’ digital literacy in construction organisations. This study, therefore, reveals the effectiveness of predicting employees’ readiness to shine in the digital era by shedding light on their digital literacy through examinations of individual characteristics in a construction workplace. This paper is among the first to encourage research efforts that take into account the importance of studying social and psychological complexities, which are subject areas that are limited in recent construction literature. As such, it is of value to employers wishing to embed greater digitalisation in their firms, as well as researchers in this domain and policymakers looking to encourage greater digital transformations.

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Individual Characteristics as Enablers of Construction Employees’ Digital Literacy: An Exploration of Leaders’ Opinions

2023

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“…Autodesk's Revit API-based custom tools help engineers to save time by automating the calculation and estimation process, especially for repetitive tasks and achieve improvements in the quality of the design and conduct customized and quicker value engineering processes on a realistic BIM model [20]. It is understood that standardized modelling by an effective Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is mandatory for BIMbased automated tools [21]. Integration of the semantic information system of BIM with GIS can be very useful for utility supply station location optimization.…”

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BIM and GIS integrated utility supply station location optimization and possibilities

Rabia¹,

Kumar²

2022

J Appl Eng Science

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Optimal planning of utility supply station location is an integral part of infrastructural projects. In general, this is a multi-objective optimization process by considering engineering, financial and geographical constraints. A shift from conventional 2D-CAD, manual quantification and design application-based approach to Building Information Modelling (BIM)-Geographic Information System (GIS) integrated approach is found to be suitable for minimizing optimal planning time, cost and increasing automation. In this paper, an Autodesk Revit add-in tool is proposed aimed at integrating BIM and GIS for Genetic Algorithm (GA) based utility supply station location optimization and to assess the possibilities of this integration. From the case study it is observed that up to 90% of cost saving can be accomplished by this proposed approach. It is found that compared to the traditional multi-software approach with manual data transfer, this integration can be utilized for multi-stage optimization and is suitable for automating heterogenous data integration with increased accuracy. The platform in which the add-in tool is developed for the utility network can be at either BIM or GIS and this selection is influenced by the availability and ease of data retrieval from the respective semantic information system and the level of automation that is to be accomplished. Standardised BIM-based modelling combined with concepts like artificial intelligence and image processing techniques can be promising for attaining desired results in industrial applications.

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An Add-in Tool for BIM-Based Electrical Load Forecast for Multi-building Microgrid Design

Farooq

Pachauri

Kumar

et al. 2020

Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Smart Grid and Smart City Applications

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A BIM-based Detailed Electrical Load Estimation, Costing and Code Checking

Cited by 3 publications

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Individual Characteristics as Enablers of Construction Employees’ Digital Literacy: An Exploration of Leaders’ Opinions

Individual Characteristics as Enablers of Construction Employees’ Digital Literacy: An Exploration of Leaders’ Opinions

BIM and GIS integrated utility supply station location optimization and possibilities

An Add-in Tool for BIM-Based Electrical Load Forecast for Multi-building Microgrid Design

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