CIEM 5170 – BIM and Smart Construction

Assignment 2
Due: 13 November, 2020 Friday (by 11:59pm) on Canvas

1. Basics of BIM (20 points):

(a) Describe (i) Building Information Model, (ii) Building Information Modeling, and (iii)
Building Information Management.
(b) List 10 BIM uses mentioned as compulsory in the Technical Circular date on 20
December 2019 released by Development Bureau, HKSAR.

2. BIM Standards (20 points):

(a) Describe the respective roles of IFC, bSDD (aka IFD), IDM and COBie for BIM
interoperability.
(b) List 5 examples of BIM standards available.
(c) List 5 example aspects to be covered in a BIM project execution plan.

3. BIM Standards (25 points):

Consider the IFC (EXPRESS) schema file ‘IFC2X3_Final.exp’. The file can be opened
using any text editor such as WordPad and Microsoft Word.

(a) Write down the schema of the IFC entities IfcWallStandardCase, IfcWall,
IfcBuildingElement, and IfcAxis2Placement3D.
(b) Write down the inheritance graph of the IFC entitities IfcWallStandardCase and
IfcAxis2Placement3D. (Ignore the INVERSE and DERIVE sections.)
(c) Write down the attributes of the IFC entitities IfcWallStandardCase and
IfcAxis2Placement3D.
(d) Consider the IFC file ‘sample.ifc’. Write down the line of element #2785, and specify
the value of each attribute of the wall represented in Line #2785.
(e) Consider the IFC file ‘sample.ifc’. Build the tree for the element #2777. That is, copy
the line of element #2777 and the lines of the entities that are included as attributes.
Repeat the procedures until the leaf nodes are reached. (Ignore the INVERSE and
WHERE clauses.)

4. BIM Management (25 points):

(a) Identify 2 common data environment (CDE) platforms on market. Compare their
functionalities.
(b) Legal concern is one of the challenges in BIM implementation. Suggest solutions for
the legal concern for liability and/or ownership issues in BIM projects.

5. Values and Challenges of BIM (10 points):

How could BIM benefit the following roles? For each role, list two benefits.
(You may refer to the McGraw Hill reports “Business Value of BIM” or the lecture notes.)
(i) architects, (ii) engineers, (iii) contractors, and (iv) building operators.