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Implementation of BIM Technologies in Wood Construction: A Review of the State of the Art From a Multidisciplinary Approach

Version 1 : Received: 21 January 2024 / Approved: 23 January 2024 / Online: 23 January 2024 (08:30:53 CET)

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Lobos Calquin, D.; Mata, R.; Correa, C.; Nuñez, E.; Bustamante, G.; Caicedo, N.; Blanco Fernandez, D.; Díaz, M.; Pulgar-Rubilar, P.; Roa, L. Implementation of Building Information Modeling Technologies in Wood Construction: A Review of the State of the Art from a Multidisciplinary Approach. Buildings 2024, 14, 584. Lobos Calquin, D.; Mata, R.; Correa, C.; Nuñez, E.; Bustamante, G.; Caicedo, N.; Blanco Fernandez, D.; Díaz, M.; Pulgar-Rubilar, P.; Roa, L. Implementation of Building Information Modeling Technologies in Wood Construction: A Review of the State of the Art from a Multidisciplinary Approach. Buildings 2024, 14, 584.

Abstract

This research raises questions about the possibilities and options of using BIM methodology for wood design and construction associated with software for structure modeling along the asset's cycle life. Likewise, several academic and research initiatives are reviewed. In this sense, this paper aims to establish an appropriate link between two agendas that the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, academia, and governments normally handle separately. By conducting several literature reviews (book, journals, and congresses) and extensive software tests (BIM software: Revit, Archicad, Tekla, and Wood plug-ins: AGACAD, Archiframe, Timber Framing 2015, WoodStud Frame, etc.), the state-of-the-art was assessed in both fields, several cases linking BIM and wood are shown in detail and discussed, various theoretical samples are modelled and shown, and the advantages and disadvantages of each technique and stage are explained. On the other hand, although wood construction has been the most common for hundreds of years, this is not the case of BIM Modeling software developments associated with this materiality. Furthermore, since the appearance of materials such as steel and reinforced concrete, all software developments have focused on these materials, leaving aside the possibility of developing applications for use in wood projects. According to previously discussed, it can be concluded that BIM for Wood has been used more frequently in academia and that both fields have several common processes and, in many cases, only a few BIM-wood tools have been used. Thus, disregarding the high potential and high level of benefits that results with the application of these methodologies for the complete building life cycle (design, construction, and operation).

Keywords

Building Information Modelling; Wood construction; Timber construction; Architectural design; Building construction

Subject

Engineering, Civil Engineering

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