GIS in Digital Construction &

GIS/BIM Interoperability
Jeena M Sajimon

Non-confidential - Standard
 1 GIS In Digital Construction

2 BIM & GIS software capabilities

Agenda
3 BIM and GIS Integration examples

4 Key Advantages of Bridging the gap

GIS in Digital Construction

​Designers: Project planning and

permitting, classifying land use,
buildings, highway and
​LOCATION
infrastructure, site investigation

INTELLIGENCE
​Contractors: Site data collection,
during construction, digital
deliverable

​Client: Visual engagement and

review, maintenance stage.
Data across the AEC Industry

Disciplines
 BIM Design
 Civil Design Datasets
 Revit models
 Project Controls
 MicroStation and Civil 3D models
 Environmental and Planning
 Site Inspection Data
 Safety and Risk Management
 Geotechnical and Contaminated land
 GIS Management
 Document Management
 Compliance
 Real Estate data
 Project Financials
 Public Outreach/Comms data
 Public Outreach/Comms – Stakeholders
 Environment Inspections (eg Arborist)
 Client
 Safety Observations /Trackers
 Wetlands/Flooding modelling data
 Reality Capture Mesh
 Reality Point Cloud
 Governmental datasets (eg Land parcels)
 Wind/Weather data
 Noise Vibration models
 Schedule data
BIM vs GIS?
OR

BIM and GIS?

Complicated Lost
data transfer opportunities

Costly delays Out-of-date

and mistakes data
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Softwares & Capabilities

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x 3 : C i v i l en d
IFC 4 a n d r o a
, W a
Botht e rway
produced from ESRI .SHP, .SLPK,
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Data objects across l m surveying/other ArcPro,Hexagon, CityGML, .gltf, .GeoTIFF
i e s
etrdisciplines and
GIS

higher scale. Features

with attributes.g e o m Smallworld, QGIS, , .TAB, .LAS etc.
transformed accordingly. Cesium, MapInfo etc
Script automation odel for
Eg: Roads, Buildings,
N : D a t a m
Trees, Landscape ityJSO available – ArcPy.
C
g i t a l t w ins
di
L ) : B r i d ging Revit,
Complex data objects at a
IM
Manually set
( C i t y GMwith
up and AutoDesk
to Rhino,
.RVT, .IFC, .OBJ, .DA
eoB the help of automation
generated along f B IM
BIM

smaller scale. G d e t ail o Navisworks, E etc.

Features with attributes.
g a p , t i e s ArchiCAD, Bentley
Eg: Walls, Columns, the scripts - Dynamo, MicroStation etc
Floors, Windows, Doors, Grasshopper.
MEP etc G I S
e r g r o un d
U D D I : U nd
M Data r e Softwares Formats
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Infrastr
GIS-BIM Integration Examples

1 2 3 4 5
Autodesk Connector Direct read of Design file Aerial Imagery Other 3D formats
for ArcGIS Revit, IFC, BIM360 transformation
Custom drone imagery 3D Studio Max (*.3ds),
Hosted GIS data can be BIM files are read directly Using third party software can be can be overlayed VRML, GeoVRML
added to the InfraWorks, into GIS and can be as an ETL (Extract, with BIM models. (*.wrl), OpenFlight
AutoCAD & Civil 3D. published as an online Transform, Load) tool. Integrated mesh layers (*.flt), COLLADA
Future - Revit service to be streamed Eg: Safe Software’s FME and point cloud (*.dae), and Wavefront
onto a web browser. format/LiDAR data can
OBJ models (*.obj).
be loaded into a web
browser.
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ARCHITECTURE
REVIT/
IFC

2D and 3D
BRAND
BRAND BRAND+- FME
webGIS

DGN/
DWG/Other
CIVIL WORKS
FME (Feature Manipulation Engine)

WALLS
Revit -> Quantities in Excel ​Challenges:
​Basic Quantity Numbers from RVT model ROOFS ​Complexity, data types
​Automate basic cost estimation WINDOWS ​Non-georeferenced BIM models
​Set up PowerBI/Tableau dashboards DOORS
Initial workflow set up
FLOORS

<CATEGORIES>
Scenario Planning
Key Advantages

1. 2. 3.
Eliminate Data
Redundancy

4.
Better &
Efficient
Design Reduced
Project Costs
Improve
stakeholder
engagement
BIM-GIS
interoperability is
crucial for
Digital Twins
Thank you
References
Images:

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Articles:
• M, Stefan. (2018). Implementation of a Common Data Environment. The Benefits, Challenges & Considerations”. Scottish
Futures Trust. cdeimplementaionresearchaug18.pdf (scottishfuturestrust.org.uk)
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Constructi
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