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Application of the BIM method in conformity with the regulations of the FGSV and the IT Co

Contact person: Deborah Müller, M.Sc.

The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) defines goals and approaches for a holistic and comprehensive application of BIM in the ‘Digital Construction and Operation Plan’. As part of this initiative, the legislator is calling for the use of modern, IT-supported processes and technologies in the planning, construction and operation of public infrastructure buildings from 2020. As part of the ‘Scientific monitoring of the BMVI pilot projects for the application of BIM in infrastructure construction’, a comprehensive collection of materials was compiled, which summarises current developments regarding the application of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in infrastructure construction. The analysis of the collection of materials shows that the use of BIM methodology in road construction is not yet widespread.

Mature concepts for data management and data exchange (e.g. OKSTRA, LandXML) have already been established in the field of road construction. However, these are designed for specific use cases or for exclusive use during individual project phases. The use of BIM over the entire life cycle, on the other hand, requires an open exchange of data between the project participants. An appropriate data format should enable the creation, use and exchange of information for the desired BIM use cases. In this context, Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) represent a standardised data format.

This project aims to integrate the aspects, parameters and information relevant to a road, which are contained in the FGSV regulations (categories R1 and R2) and in IT-Ko regulations, into a BIM-based road model. The research consortium consisting of the chairs of Traffic Route Construction, Traffic Engineering - Planning and Management and Computer Science in Civil Engineering at the Ruhr University Bochum was commissioned to do this. The focus here is on working out the interrelationships between the individual regulations. The project lays the foundations for a life cycle-based approach (4D model). The working group formed covers the necessary computer-based expertise as well as the technical and committee-political aspects very well and in full.
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Client:

Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
FE-Nr: 02.0427/2018/ARB

Project partners:

RUB, Lehrstuhl für Informatik im Bauwesen
RUB, Lehrstuhl für Verkehrswesen – Planung und Management
Schüßler-Plan Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH