Enhanced building information models: using IoT services and integration patterns

摘要

A building information model (BIM) is an information model that includes semantic information about building elements and construction management processes. As multiple parties and stakeholders are involved in a building project and its life cycle, an integrated and interoperable building information model is essential for sharing and exchanging information. This book enhances the BIM to incorporate Internet of Things (IoT) services, which can provide real-time information that is generated by IoT devices to BIM clients. This approach seems reasonable because IoT devices can be considered building elements. Using BIM, the semantic information about IoT devices can be managed bv BIM clients.