{"id":3378,"date":"2018-03-06T11:44:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T11:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/?p=3378"},"modified":"2024-07-31T09:41:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T07:41:18","slug":"information-classification-and-coding-in-bim-processes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/information-classification-and-coding-in-bim-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"Information classification and coding in BIM processes"},"content":{"rendered":"

BIM (Building Information Modeling), information classification and coding: UNICLASS, OMNICLASS, UNIFORMAT, MASTERFORMAT, SfB<\/p>\n

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A common definition of BIM<\/strong> is the following: \u201cBIM describes an industrial process applied to the building sector (or building industry)\u201d.<\/p>\n

Since BIM authoring<\/strong> and BIM tool<\/strong> software create more than one building digital model, such models need to “share information<\/em>” and make the final project deliverable. Thus breaking down every possible obstacle to the communication and data exchange among the professionals involved in the project.<\/p>\n

Information classification and coding<\/h2>\n

An effective correlation between different models and documents must be characterized by a sort of “bidirectionality<\/em>” for a correct transmission of information.<\/p>\n

All the information modifications of a specific model (for example an architectural one) must generate an automatic updating of the other models of the same project.<\/p>\n

International classification systems: UNICLASS, OMNICLASS, UNIFORMAT, MASTERFORMAT, SfB<\/h2>\n

The heterogeneity of the building sector has always implied strong critical issues regarding the information interchange right from the beginning of a project, even during “non-digital” times”!<\/p>\n

Resistance to a convergence towards a common classification have often manifested in the specific codings which are elaborated in certain production fields (such as installation systems engineering).<\/p>\n

The need for standardization has always been perceived as a common necessity in this sector. In the European context, an example is represented by CPV code<\/a> to facilitate tendering procedures.<\/p>\n

Moreover, on an international level, the U.S.A.\u00a0 OMNICLASS, UNIFORMAT<\/a> and MASTERFORMAT<\/a>, or the British UNICLASS<\/a> and the scandinavian SfB<\/strong> systems are taken as reference.<\/p>\n

All these systems, which propose a classification and a relating coding, have been issued during the initial stages of computer science development, therefore responding to not so functional methods for the automatic calculation.<\/p>\n

However, they are applied because of the interdisciplinary nature of the coding, therefore allowing the correct identification of objects and their properties among the various software.<\/p>\n

Downsides of the old standardization formats in the construction industry<\/h2>\n

At present times, with the application of ever more modern and performing programming techniques, there are many reasons to discourage the adoption of such identification systems:<\/p>\n