BIM Backed Decision Support System in the Management of Heritage Building

Abstract

Historical buildings are always at risk to great danger strike by fire, flood and other potential disasters affecting the building conditions. Thus positive and continuous actions need to be taken to preserve the heritage buildings or else a country might lose its cultural heritage value. In managing historic buildings, managers are often faced with complex decision-making process due to limited or unavailability of reliable information. The absence of such information influenced the way decision making and problem-solving made by the managers. This paper aims to highlight the potentials of Building Information Modelling (BIM) as a decision support system for cultural heritage management. An embedded case study was conducted on Istana Balai Besar Kota Bharu, focusing on the changes of the historical building's layout to demonstrate the ontology. A measured drawing dated back in 1976 was used together with the terrestrial laser scanning activity performed presently on the physical building in creating a model in BIM environment. The result gives an overview about tracking information on changes within a historical building as part of cultural heritage management. This paper finds that by modelling the data captured by the 3D laser scanner and utilizing the existing data, BIM is capable of helping managers to retrieve, analyze and store important information in a more efficient and productive process. This exploration is substantial as a precursor to a much broader study on BIM for cultural heritage in the Malaysian context. As BIM is set to drive the construction industry, the finding made would be a catalyst for creating awareness to support the development of BIM for cultural heritage management in Malaysia.

Development of a Decision Support System Framework for Cultural Heritage Management

“…It is based on the combined use of multi-criteria techniques and economic-financial analysis, with the aim to classify the adaptive reuse strategies and define the most suitable scenario of an unused cultural heritage asset. Mustafa et al [6] have highlighted the potentials of Building Information Modelling (BIM) as a decision support system for cultural heritage management. Their paper finds that by modeling the information captured by the 3D laser scanner and utilizing the existing data, BIM is capable of helping managers to retrieve, analyze and store important information in a more efficient and productive process, focusing on the changes in the historical building's layout [6].…”

“…Mustafa et al [6] have highlighted the potentials of Building Information Modelling (BIM) as a decision support system for cultural heritage management. Their paper finds that by modeling the information captured by the 3D laser scanner and utilizing the existing data, BIM is capable of helping managers to retrieve, analyze and store important information in a more efficient and productive process, focusing on the changes in the historical building's layout [6]. Additionally, in recent years, the intensification of tourism, the rapid growth of urban settlements, rural abandonment, and the adoption of various agricultural techniques are profoundly and rapidly changing the landscape character of the eastern Mediterranean [7].…”

“…They successfully increase organizational control and individual productivity through their ability to manipulate data accurately and consistently [4]. In addition to this, they reduce costs and facilitate the identification of measures that make a process more efficient and productive, creating useful scenarios [3,[5][6][7]. DSSs reduce work time by helping users to plan efficiently and improve the level of customer engagement, thus saving time and money [8][9][10].…”

“…DSSs reduce work time by helping users to plan efficiently and improve the level of customer engagement, thus saving time and money [8][9][10]. For instance, in the construction industry, DSSs have supported downtown development while preserving existing cultural buildings, identifying restoration priorities constrained by a predefined budget, defining adaptive reuse strategies, and analyzing and storing information regarding changes in the historical building layout [3,5,6,[11][12][13]. In the sustainable environmental context, Trovato et al [7] have designed a system that aims to help in landscape decision making for the protection of natural and cultural heritage.…”

A scan to as-built building information modeling workflow: a case study in Malaysia

“…As an example for the construction phase, Aziz et al (2016) used a laser scanner to take accurate measurements of precast concrete components, and Autodesk Revit have been used for Modeling. Finally, Mustafa et al ’s (2019) was the only paper that combined as-built BIM, laser scanning and facility contexts which aimed to focus on the abilities of BIM as a decision support system for cultural heritage management. So, due to less of efforts in integrating laser scanning with as-built BIM in facilities, in this study, we aim to develop a scan to as-built BIM workflow to use 3 D laser scanner surveying and create as-built building information models of an existing complex smart facility in Malaysia.…”