The document discusses the integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and infrastructure by highlighting key collaborations and projects in the field. It presents both centralized and decentralized approaches to data interoperability, showing the involvement of organizations like buildingSMART and OGC in these initiatives. The emphasis is on the development of linked data applications and standards that will enhance data integration throughout the building lifecycle.

1. Building bridges: from single buildings
to districts and urban infrastructure
Pieter Pauwels
BIM seminar, Liége, Belgium
15 February 2016

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GIS – INFRA - BIM

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4. BIM-INFRA-GIS RESEARCH TRACK

5. SOURCE: presentation by Arto Kiviniemi (2014): http://iug.buildingsmart.org/resources/London/BIM-GIS%20intergration/bim-gis
The “model”

6. SOURCE: presentation by Arto Kiviniemi (2014): http://iug.buildingsmart.org/resources/London/BIM-GIS%20intergration/bim-gis

7. SOURCE: NIBS (Alan Edgar), Introduction to National BIM Standard Version 1 Part 1 – Overview, Principles, & Methodologies, 2007
http://web.stanford.edu/group/narratives/classes/08-
GIS
BIM
INFRA

8. 3 KEY DIFFERENCES

9. SOURCE: Nagel Claus, Stadler Alexandra,. Kolbe Thomas H (2009). Conceptual requirements for the automatic reconstruction of
building information modelsfrom uninterpreted 3d models.

10. SOURCE: Nagel Claus, Stadler Alexandra,. Kolbe Thomas H (2009). Conceptual requirements for the automatic reconstruction of
building information models from uninterpreted 3d models.

11. SOURCE: Thomas H. Kolbe (2015). Semantic 3D City Models with CityGML for Urban Analytics and Cross Sector Data Integration.
http://www.slideshare.net/ICGCat/semantic-3d-city-models-with-citygml

12. mapping
conversion
translation

13. SOURCE: J. Beetz (2014). BIM en GIS interoperabiliteit.
http://www.slideshare.net/JakobBeetz/gis-bim-interoperabiliteit-stumico-presentatie-april-2014/16

14. Many negotiations and integration
projects have been done in the past
• Collaborations between OGC and BuildingSMART
• buildingSMART Infra Room and OpenInfra initiative:
http://www.buildingsmart-tech.org/infrastructure
• ISO/TC 211 and ISO/TC 59/SC13 group working on GIS/BIM
integration
• OGC Land and Infrastructure SWG:
http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/landinfras
wg
• V-CON FP7 project: Trafikverket, CSTB, TNO
https://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/english/about-us/doing-
business-with-rijkswaterstaat/v-con/index.aspx
• Infra FinBim: www.infrabim.fi

15. A CENTRALISED APPROACH

16. SOURCE: presentation by Arto Kiviniemi (2014): http://iug.buildingsmart.org/resources/London/BIM-GIS%20intergration/bim-gis

17. SOURCE: presentation by Arto Kiviniemi (2014): http://iug.buildingsmart.org/resources/London/BIM-GIS%20intergration/bim-gis

18. SOURCE: http://docs.buildingsmartalliance.org/MVD_WSIE/introduction.htm
Domain layer
Interop layer
Core layer
Resource layer

19. project openINFRA

20. SOURCE: T. Liebich (2013), IFC for Infrastructure, INFRA-BIM Workshop, Helsinki

21. SOURCE: http://www.buildingsmart-tech.org/downloads/ifc/ifc5-extension-projects/ifc-alignment/ifcalignment-ifcextension-fs

22. project COINS

23. Information container
for data drop (ICDD)
• Recommendation by RWS
• Based on COINS
SOURCE: Henk Schaap (2015). Scope and requirements from Asset Management.
Presentation at BuildingSMART Standards Summit Singapore 2015.

24. SOURCE: J. Beetz (2014). BIM en GIS interoperabiliteit.
http://www.slideshare.net/JakobBeetz/gis-bim-interoperabiliteit-stumico-presentatie-april-2014/16
Central
core

25. A DECENTRALISED APPROACH

26. Information container
for data drop (ICDD)
• Recommendation by RWS
• Based on COINS
SOURCE: Henk Schaap (2015). Scope and requirements from Asset Management.
Presentation at BuildingSMART Standards Summit Singapore 2015.
RDF/OWL
RDF/OWL
RDF/OWL
RDF/OWL
RDF/OWL
RDF/OWL
RDF/OWL
RDF/OWL
RDF/OWL

27. SOURCE: http://neo4j.com/

28. The LDWG in the BuildingSMART activities
Purpose of the Linked Data Working Group:
Bring together experts in BIM and Web of Data technologies to define existing and future
use cases and requirements for linked data based applications across the building life cycle.
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SOURCE: http://www.buildingsmart.org/standards/technical-vision/technical-roadmaps/

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Image courtesy: Jakob Beetz, TU Eindhoven

30. Linked Data in Architecture and Construction
W3C LBD Community Group BuildingSMART LDWG
linkedbuildingdata.net
www.w3.org/community/lbd/
www.buildingsmart-
tech.org/future/linked-data/
linkedbuildingdata people
LDAC event
SOURCE: P. Pauwels (2015). The Web of Construction Data: Pathways and Opportunities. Keynote at CIB W78 international
conference. http://www.slideshare.net/pipauwel1/cibw78keynotepieterpauwelsshort

31. GIS-BIM project LDWG

32. EXPRESS &
IFC/SPFF
BIM GISINFRA
EXPRESS &
IFC/SPFF
XML and RDF

33. geoSPARQL
SOURCE: http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#

34. EXPRESS &
IFC/SPFF
BIM GISINFRA
EXPRESS &
IFC/SPFF
XML and RDF
ifcOWL & ifcRDF
SOURCE: P. Pauwels & W. Terkaj. EXPRESS to OWL for construction industry: Towards a recommendable and usable ifcOWL
ontology. Automation in Construction 63, pp. 100-133.

35. EXPRESS &
IFC/SPFF
BIM GISINFRA
EXPRESS &
IFC/SPFF
XML and RDF
ifcOWL & ifcRDF ifcOWL & ifcRDF
SOURCE: P. Pauwels & W. Terkaj. EXPRESS to OWL for construction industry: Towards a recommendable and usable ifcOWL
ontology. Automation in Construction 63, pp. 100-133.

36. ifcOWL
infraOWL
geoSPARQL
ADAPTED AND EXTENDED FROM: J. Beetz (2014). BIM en GIS interoperabiliteit.
http://www.slideshare.net/JakobBeetz/gis-bim-interoperabiliteit-stumico-presentatie-april-2014/16

37. TO CONCLUDE

38. outline
• Background and context
• A “Model”
• GIS/Infra/BIM differences
• Centralised approach (OpenInfra OGC &
BuildingSMART, COINS)
• Decentralised approach (Linked Building Data,
BuildingSMART LDWG, graph DBs)
LINKING
DATA

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GIS – INFRA – BIM
Thank you
Pipauwel.pauwels@ugent.be