Overview and analysis of ontology studies supporting development of the construction industry

Z Zhou, YM Goh, L Shen - Journal of Computing in Civil …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Being information-intensive, the construction industry has the feature of multiagents,
including multiparticipants from different disciplines, multiprocesses with a long-span …

Semantic web technologies for indoor environmental quality: A review and ontology design

A Donkers, D Yang, B de Vries, N Baken - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) affects occupants' satisfaction, health, productivity,
comfort, and well-being. IoT developments enable better monitoring of IEQ parameters; …

Building Information Modeling (BIM) application framework: The process of expanding from 3D to computable nD

L Ding, Y Zhou, B Akinci - Automation in construction, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The utilization of Building Information Modeling (BIM) has been growing
significantly and translating into the support of various tasks within the construction industry …

Key factors for the BIM adoption by architects: A China study

Z Ding, J Zuo, J Wu, JY Wang - Engineering, Construction and …, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–There has been a growing attention to building information modeling (BIM)
globally due to its benefits to various stages of a building's life cycle. To facilitate the …

Semantic enrichment for building information modeling

M Belsky, R Sacks, I Brilakis - Computer‐Aided Civil and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Significant difficulties remain in exchanging information between building information
modeling (BIM) tools. The industry foundation classes (IFC) exchange schema is too generic …

Ontology-based framework for building environmental monitoring and compliance checking under BIM environment

B Zhong, C Gan, H Luo, X Xing - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Building environmental monitoring and compliance checking are important in ensuring
environmental performance. The information required for monitoring and checking is …

Ontology-based semantic approach for construction-oriented quantity take-off from BIM models in the light-frame building industry

H Liu, M Lu, M Al-Hussein - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2016 - Elsevier
In building information modeling (BIM), the model is a digital representation of physical and
functional characteristics of a facility and contains enriched product information pertaining to …

Interpretation of structural analytical models from the coordination view in building information models

IJ Ramaji, AM Memari - Automation in Construction, 2018 - Elsevier
Structural design/analysis is one of the most needed uses of Building Information Modeling
(BIM). Transforming a building information model to an engineering analytical model is …

HBIM modeling from the surface mesh and its extended capability of knowledge representation

X Yang, YC Lu, A Murtiyoso, M Koehl… - … International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Built heritage has been documented by reality-based modeling for geometric description
and by ontology for knowledge management. The current challenge still involves the …

A query expansion method for retrieving online BIM resources based on Industry Foundation Classes

G Gao, YS Liu, M Wang, M Gu, JH Yong - Automation in construction, 2015 - Elsevier
With the rapid popularity of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology, BIM resources
such as building product libraries are growing rapidly on the World Wide Web. As a result …