BIM and Construction Integration

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a digital approach to designing, constructing, and managing buildings that creates a shared data environment connecting architects, engineers, contractors, and facility operators throughout a structure's entire lifecycle. Researchers in this area examine how BIM can be woven into actual construction workflows—coordinating prefabricated components, tracking materials with RFID, linking physical assets to IoT sensors, and reducing waste through lean construction principles—to make projects faster, safer, and less resource-intensive. A central open question is how to overcome fragmented adoption: different firms use incompatible software, data standards remain inconsistent, and smaller contractors often lack the training or infrastructure to implement BIM effectively. Active work is also exploring how real-time sensor data from completed buildings can feed back into BIM models to improve future designs and support long-term facilities management, closing the loop between construction and operation.

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BIMConstructionPrefabricationSustainabilityFacilities ManagementIoT Integration