Session
Civil Engineering, Infrastructure and Environment
Description
The complexity and dynamics of construction sites, interwoven with the uncertain behaviour of human factors, may result in severe injuries in the workplace, illness, and may even lead to fatality. Despite the drafting of a strict legislative framework, the statistics in construction industry remain dissatisfactory and worrisome. Therefore, the demand for a thorough risk management process, based on automated safety modelling and preventive strategy, stands out in order to identify and eliminate potential hazards early in the design phase of a construction project, resolving thus safety issues in the field by extending traditional safety management practices. The underlying purpose of this study is to investigate whether and how Building Information Modelling (BIM) can be used within the health and safety framework to enhance risk identification and assessment in building projects at their design phase. To this aim, a case study is conducted via a BIM software, namely Revit, to develop an effective Building Information Model of a two-storey building in which safety measures are introduced according to State legislation and field practices at a specific construction phase. In the proposed way, the real-life complexity of the risk management process is simplified, due to the object-oriented approach of BIM, the variety of BIM libraries and the experiential recognition of unsafe conditions with 3D simulations in place of the non-judgmental and merely bureaucratic lawenforcement methods. In conclusion, BIM enhances the communication between engineers and workers, using interactive tools, and facilitates the Safety Officer duties in the direction of preventing potentials hazards from the early planning phases.
Keywords:
Building Information Modelling (BIM), construction safety, health and safety plan, prevention through design, risk Identification, risk assessment, risk matrix
Session Chair
Muhamet Ahmeti
Session Co-Chair
Bruno Dal Lago
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-19-2
First Page
59
Last Page
68
Location
Pristina, Kosovo
Start Date
10-2019 11:00 AM
End Date
10-2019 12:30 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2019.184
Recommended Citation
Tsoupra, Angeliki P.; Tsoukalis, Fotios P.; and Chassiakos, Athanasios P., "BIM-Based Risk Identification and Assessment in Building Projects at their design Phase" (2019). UBT International Conference. 184.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2019/events/184
Included in
BIM-Based Risk Identification and Assessment in Building Projects at their design Phase
Pristina, Kosovo
The complexity and dynamics of construction sites, interwoven with the uncertain behaviour of human factors, may result in severe injuries in the workplace, illness, and may even lead to fatality. Despite the drafting of a strict legislative framework, the statistics in construction industry remain dissatisfactory and worrisome. Therefore, the demand for a thorough risk management process, based on automated safety modelling and preventive strategy, stands out in order to identify and eliminate potential hazards early in the design phase of a construction project, resolving thus safety issues in the field by extending traditional safety management practices. The underlying purpose of this study is to investigate whether and how Building Information Modelling (BIM) can be used within the health and safety framework to enhance risk identification and assessment in building projects at their design phase. To this aim, a case study is conducted via a BIM software, namely Revit, to develop an effective Building Information Model of a two-storey building in which safety measures are introduced according to State legislation and field practices at a specific construction phase. In the proposed way, the real-life complexity of the risk management process is simplified, due to the object-oriented approach of BIM, the variety of BIM libraries and the experiential recognition of unsafe conditions with 3D simulations in place of the non-judgmental and merely bureaucratic lawenforcement methods. In conclusion, BIM enhances the communication between engineers and workers, using interactive tools, and facilitates the Safety Officer duties in the direction of preventing potentials hazards from the early planning phases.