Building Information Modelling (BIM) Technologies in Construction and Architecture: International and National Experience

Introduction. The relevance of the research is induced by the gaps existing in the modern Architectural Science with regard to the conception of innovative digital technologies capable to optimise the reconstruction of the Sydney Opera House and the restoration of the St. John the Theologian Church in the Rostov region. Creating a digital twin of a building simplifies the work on its possible reconstruction. The research is targeted at studying the interrelation of the digital IFC models of the Sydney Opera House and the St. John the Theologian Church in Grushevskaya Cossack village, Rostov region, complemented by creation of their lifecycle-extending projects.

Materials and Methods. The methodological base of the research includes the traditional scientific methods, as well as the interdisciplinary approaches used in the modern Architectural Science. The work studies progress in the designing, reconstruction and modernisation principles of the objects of capital construction, on the example of the building information modelling technologies (BIM), as well as the experience of using computer technologies in reconstruction and reequipping the construction facilities. The computer model of the Sydney Opera House building, along with the photographic evidence of architectural elements, detail drawings, historical buildings’ facade fragments were used in the research for elaborating the St. John the Theologian Church model and designing the new facility — the gate bell tower.

Results. The excellence of BIM over the traditional designing methods has been established, which is expressed in the possibility to perform digital modelling and make calculations on re-equipping the facilities with the modern engineering systems aiming to bring the parameters of the operated equipment in compliance with the up-to-date level of requirements and assessments accepted for the current state of constructions and structures, which determines the range of restoration and reconstruction measures.

Discussion and Conclusion. The article describes the interrelation in structuring the transfer of building information model parameters among the differential programmes involved in the model creation using the IFC format. Application of advanced technologies in the architectural design and construction adjusts and rationalises the processes of construction, operation and reconstruction of the objects of capital construction aiming to manage their life cycle efficiently.

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