Building Information Modelling for High‐rise Land Administration

Abstract

Current land administration systems mainly use 2D plans to define and secure ownership rights associated with properties in high-rise buildings. These 2D plans may not effectively communicate and manage the spatial complexity associated with multi-layered and stacked properties in such buildings; additionally, multiple pages of plans (representing sections of the building) are required to represent all ownership boundaries. In response, land administration organizations have been investigating a 3D digital approach to managing information about ownership rights in high-rise building structures. In this article, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is proposed as a feasible approach for managing land and property information in high-rise buildings. BIM provides a collaborative, digital and intelligent 3D data environment for managing building information throughout the lifecycle of buildings. However, there is currently no capacity in BIM for recording and representing information about ownership and boundaries of properties, which is core land administration information. Therefore, this article proposes an extension to the BIM standard, which is implemented in a prototype BIM model of a complex building to showcase the potential capability of using BIM for high-rise land administration and for modeling 3D ownership rights.

A Critical Review of the Integration of Geographic Information System and Building Information Modelling at the Data Level

“…The AEC industry is fragmented and information intensive [38], and there exist various 3D data formats from different vendors that hinder information exchange in this area [39]. Even though there exist many open BIM standards, such as BIMXML [40] and COINS [41], IFC is the primary open data schema used for information exchange within AEC/FM domains [33], which is EXPRESS-based and developed by buildingSMART (formerly the International Alliance for Interoperability) [42].…”

Registration of Multi-Level Property Rights in 3D in The Netherlands: Two Cases and Next Steps in Further Implementation

“…Several researches have studied how to use BIM for modelling 3D property rights. See, for example, EL-Mekawy [5] and Atazadeh et al [18]. Furthermore, Stoter et al [14] have demonstrated the possibility to extract legal volumes from a BIM.…”

LandXML Encoding of Mixed 2D and 3D Survey Plans with Multi-Level Topology

“…These are known as Building Format Plans, and the spatial units defined by them as Building Format Units. This form of 3D spatial unit is the most common internationally, and it appears that all jurisdictions that recognize 3D subdivision use this form [11,[16][17][18].…”

“…It should be noted that, in the future not all survey plans may originate from surveys, but quite a number of them might result from design; e.g., BIM/IFC (Building Information Modeling/Industry Foundation Classes) [18]. Additionally, here too the role of topology is of equal importance, and topology encoding from this source needs further investigations.…”