USE OF INFORMATION MODELLING DURING THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE BRIDGE

Abstract

Human activity is inconceivable without knowledge. The volume and types of knowledge are as diverse as all types of human activity. After the concept of knowledge management was first applied in construction projects, scholars began to discuss how to manage knowledge in specific projects, taking into account the problems associated with the specifics of the construction industry. An important component of a modern knowledge management system are systems that pay special attention to information technology (IT). The IT system is designed to search, collect, store, classify, transfer and reuse information and knowledge and enables collaboration, knowledge sharing and best practices.

An example of the use of an IT system in construction is the introduction into practice of computer methods of information modelling BIM at all stages of the construction cycle. The use of building information modelling has several advantages compared with classical methods of architectural and building modelling. Building information modelling in the construction industry is a process involving the generation, processing and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of buildings and places. Building information models are files containing proprietary construction, technological, economic and other data, which can be extracted, exchanged or networked to support decision-making regarding a building or other built asset.

This article was studied the basics of the concept of information modelling in construction and analyses the practical application of this concept in the construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge. The advantages arising from the use of BIM at different stages of the life cycle of the bridge object are systematized.