Existing assets maintenance management: Optimizing maintenance procedures and costs through BIM tools

• Published in: Automation in construction 2023-05, Vol.149, p.104788, Article 104788
• Main Authors: Salzano, Antonio, Parisi, Claudia Mariaserena, Acampa, Giovanna, Nicolella, Maurizio
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Asset maintenance; Building condition assessment; Building information modeling; Common data environmental; Facility management; Monitoring
• ISSN: 0926-5805; 1872-7891
• DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2023.104788

Control and maintenance strategies are essential to preserve and ensure an adequate level of safety and functionality of civil or historical assets. In recent years, digital transformation is promoting new operational methods for Facility Management (FM) with the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) systems. The research proposes a method supported by BIM tools to improve maintenance processes in terms of efficiency, quality and speed. The method consists of the integration of Building Condition Assessment (BCA) with Building Information Modeling (BIM) in order to collect, digitize and evaluate the physical and performance conditions of assets to improve management and maintenance processes. The results show two procedures for data collection and integration into the BIM model. The first procedure uses mobile devices and Excel spreadsheets as databases imported into the BIM model through a Visual Programming Language (VPL). The second procedure uses a system of Common Data Environmental (CDE) that capture data from on-site monitoring sensors and link them to the BIM model. The case studies concern an existing building of historical and cultural value, the Brunelleschi's Cloister, and a viaduct belonging to a road infrastructure.© 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From: ISO 19650-1:2018 Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modeling (BIM) — Information management using building information modeling — Part 1: Concepts and principles•The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has been working for years for the digital transformation in the construction sector•The quality standard building process management is implemented through Building Information Modeling;•Building Information Modeling procedures can support the digital transformation process of the new and existing real estate assets;•The ISO 19650-3 clarify the use of information models in the construction sector for the management of the assets during the entire life cycle From: Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 9, January 2017, Pages 17–28•Building Condition Assessment (BCA) is an effective tool for decision support in maintenance procedures;•The BCA is a process that aims to collect as much information as possible about the physical and performance status of a building;•The BCA is useful to rank priorities for intervention and the number of repairs and costs require;•The BCA is an import