Extension of the IFC Schema for Road Subsidiary Facility

Abstract

Extension IFC schema of subsidiary facilities were developed for the purpose of establishing an information model standard for roads. The IFC entities, types and properties for subsidiary facilities were defined through an analysis of the road design documents for the extraction physical component and design information. The converter and viewer for applying the new schema were then developed. Subsidiary facilities BIM models were converted to new IFC models to verify the research results. Standard BIM-based delivery and verification systems are enabled by using a standard model converted by new schema. Furthermore, it can establish an open BIM environment using an IFC over the entire life cycle of the civil engineering project.

A Systematic Review of the Trends and Advances in IFC Schema Extensions for BIM Interoperability

“…Subsequently, ref. [79] developed entities for drainage facilities, followed by [80] who introduced additional entities to capture details of elements in auxiliary facilities.…”