Structural sustainability appraisal in BIM
The provision of Application Programming Interface (API) in BIM-enable tools can contribute to facilitating BIM-related research. APIs are useful links for running plug-ins and external programmes but they are yet to be fully exploited in expanding the BIM scope. The modelling of n-Dimensional (nD)...
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| author | Oti, Akponanabofa Henry Tizani, Walid Abanda, F.H. Jaly-Zada, A. Tah, J.H.M. |
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| description | The provision of Application Programming Interface (API) in BIM-enable tools can contribute to facilitating BIM-related research. APIs are useful links for running plug-ins and external programmes but they are yet to be fully exploited in expanding the BIM scope. The modelling of n-Dimensional (nD) building performance measures can potentially benefit from BIM extension through API implementations. Sustainability is one such measure associated with buildings. For the structural engineer, recent design criteria have put great emphasis on the sustainability credentials as part of the traditional criteria of structural integrity, constructability and cost. This paper examines the utilization of API in BIM extension and presents a demonstration of an API application to embed sustainability issues into the appraisal process of structural conceptual design options in BIM. It concludes that API implementations are useful in expanding the BIM scope. Also, the approach including process modelling, algorithms and object-based instantiations demonstrated in the API implementation can be applicable to other nD building performance measures as may be relevant to the various professional platforms in the construction domain. |
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| spelling | nottingham-339752020-05-04T18:04:38Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33975/ Structural sustainability appraisal in BIM Oti, Akponanabofa Henry Tizani, Walid Abanda, F.H. Jaly-Zada, A. Tah, J.H.M. The provision of Application Programming Interface (API) in BIM-enable tools can contribute to facilitating BIM-related research. APIs are useful links for running plug-ins and external programmes but they are yet to be fully exploited in expanding the BIM scope. The modelling of n-Dimensional (nD) building performance measures can potentially benefit from BIM extension through API implementations. Sustainability is one such measure associated with buildings. For the structural engineer, recent design criteria have put great emphasis on the sustainability credentials as part of the traditional criteria of structural integrity, constructability and cost. This paper examines the utilization of API in BIM extension and presents a demonstration of an API application to embed sustainability issues into the appraisal process of structural conceptual design options in BIM. It concludes that API implementations are useful in expanding the BIM scope. Also, the approach including process modelling, algorithms and object-based instantiations demonstrated in the API implementation can be applicable to other nD building performance measures as may be relevant to the various professional platforms in the construction domain. Elsevier 2016-09-01 Article PeerReviewed Oti, Akponanabofa Henry, Tizani, Walid, Abanda, F.H., Jaly-Zada, A. and Tah, J.H.M. (2016) Structural sustainability appraisal in BIM. Automation in Construction, 69 . pp. 44-58. ISSN 0926-5805 API; BIM; Conceptual design; nD modelling; Structural design; Sustainability appraisal http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2016.05.019 doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2016.05.019 doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2016.05.019 |
| spellingShingle | API; BIM; Conceptual design; nD modelling; Structural design; Sustainability appraisal Oti, Akponanabofa Henry Tizani, Walid Abanda, F.H. Jaly-Zada, A. Tah, J.H.M. Structural sustainability appraisal in BIM |
| title | Structural sustainability appraisal in BIM |
| title_full | Structural sustainability appraisal in BIM |
| title_fullStr | Structural sustainability appraisal in BIM |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural sustainability appraisal in BIM |
| title_short | Structural sustainability appraisal in BIM |
| title_sort | structural sustainability appraisal in bim |
| topic | API; BIM; Conceptual design; nD modelling; Structural design; Sustainability appraisal |
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