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Analyze/simulate functions | Project phases | Study description | Outcomes | Key technologies | References |
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Daylighting simulation | Planning and design | This paper presents a methodology for automated product model decomposition and recomposition for climate-based daylighting simulation using Radiance | Methodology for the automated product model | Revit, ThermalSim AMS | [54] |
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Safety analysis | Planning and design | The study performs static and dynamic security analysis with the aid of BIM | Application of graphing | Revit, Rooms, Rock, Explosive | [55] |
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Earned value management | Construction | This paper presents the use of BIM in the cost and time management of infrastructure bridges | BIM-based cost estimation application | MS Excel, Tekla Structures | [56] |
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Cost/schedule estimation | Construction | The research builds a system of a 3D intelligent model to predict highway construction cost and duration. | Model for construction planning/Simulation | Revit, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Trimble SketchUp | [57] |
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Safety clash detection | Construction | This paper identifies safety incompatibilities among fundamental attributes using data mining | Conceptual framework and processing system | Graph mining, hierarchical clustering on principal components (HCPC) | [58] |
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Energy performance simulation | Operation and maintenance | This paper provides a virtual retrofit model for aging commercial buildings in a smart grid environment | The framework of the Virtual Retrofit Model (VRM) | Revit, 3D point clouds, Cyclone, AutoCAD, sensors, Google Map™ | [43] |
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User daily activity simulation | Operation and maintenance | This paper does a prototyping experiment with three typical domestic tasks and several real-time interactions | Smart design system | Virtual reality (VR), CAD | [59] |
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Indoor environmental quality analysis | Operation and maintenance | This work explores the application of a real-time monitoring system | Design a user-oriented environmental control model | Rhino/Grasshopper, Matlab | [60] |
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Fire evacuation simulation | Operation and maintenance | The study uses BIM to construct a BIM-based intelligent fire prevention and disaster relief system. | Design and implementation of proposed BIM-based fire integrated system | Bluetooth, Revit | [50] |
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