BIM backed decision support system in the management of heritage building
Historical buildings are always at risk to great danger strike by fire, flood and other potential disasters affecting the building conditions. Thus positive and continuous actions need to be taken to preserve the heritage buildings or else a country might lose its cultural heritage value. In mana...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penerbit UTM Press
2019
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/71987/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/71987/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/71987/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/71987/1/BIM%20Backed%20Decision%20Support%20System.pdf |
| Summary: | Historical buildings are always at risk to great danger strike by fire, flood and other
potential disasters affecting the building conditions. Thus positive and continuous
actions need to be taken to preserve the heritage buildings or else a country might lose
its cultural heritage value. In managing historic buildings, managers are often faced
with complex decision-making process due to limited or unavailability of reliable
information. The absence of such information influenced the way decision making and
problem-solving made by the managers. This paper aims to highlight the potentials of
Building Information Modelling (BIM) as a decision support system for cultural
heritage management. An embedded case study was conducted on Istana Balai Besar
Kota Bharu, focusing on the changes of the historical building's layout to demonstrate
the ontology. A measured drawing dated back in 1976 was used together with the
terrestrial laser scanning activity performed presently on the physical building in
creating a model in BIM environment. The result gives an overview about tracking
information on changes within a historical building as part of cultural heritage
management. This paper finds that by modelling the data captured by the 3D laser
scanner and utilizing the existing data, BIM is capable of helping managers to retrieve,
analyze and store important information in a more efficient and productive process.
This exploration is substantial as a precursor to a much broader study on BIM for
cultural heritage in the Malaysian context. As BIM is set to drive the construction
industry, the finding made would be a catalyst for creating awareness to support the
development of BIM for cultural heritage management in Malaysia. |
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