Department of Civil Engineering
CEN 322 Coursework Assessment
This coursework is designed to provide students with a practical, hands-on experience of Building Information Modelling (BIM) by focusing on a real-world challenge: the modelling of an existing building. The building in question is a primary school teaching block constructed in 2001.
Objectives
1. To develop an understanding of the challenges and complexities involved in modelling an existing building using BIM.
2. To gain experience in dealing with incomplete, damaged, and hand-drawn blueprints.
3. To understand the importance of accuracy and attention to details in BIM.
4. To apply BIM concepts and skills in a practical context.
5. To perform. structural analysis and simulation on BIM model.
Task
Students will be required to create a BIM model of the school building. Due to the age and condition of the existing blueprints, this will involve dealing with a range of challenges, including missing blueprints, blueprints with blotchy traces from scanning, and some sections that are hand-drawn.
The task will be divided into the following stages:
1. Analysis of Existing Blueprints: Students will need to analyse the available blueprints, identify missing or damaged sections, and develop a plan for how to deal with these issues.
2. Model Creation: Using the data collected, students will create a BIM model of the school
building. This should be as accurate as possible, taking into account all available information.
3. Model Analysis: Once the initial model is created, students will create a schedule to simulate the building process and choose one part of the model to perform structural analysis.
Figure 1 shows an example of an existing building for your reference. The full package of the blueprints will be uploaded on LMO.
Figure 1. An example layout of a existing building
Expected Outcomes:
1. Build an architectural and structural model based on provided drawing plans in Revit;
2. Present details of a structural analysis of one floor slab, one column, and one major beam for the
living room to EC2 (both ULS and SLS requirements should be met); Loading: a characteristic live load of 1 kN/m2 plus the self-weight. fck=30 N/mm2, fyk=500 N/mm2. Present corresponding detail drawings of the cross-section of the slab, the column and the beam.
3. Integrate a project schedule to enable a 4D simulation by using Navisworks. Submit the file as Windows AVI format.
4. Use the Phase tool to display the status of four different construction phases of a part of the model.